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ACT NORMAL - dir. OLAFUR JOHANNESSON

Buddhist monk decides to disrobe and get married after sixteen years of Monkhood. Filmed for over ten years. Read more
 
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AFRICA UNITED - dir. OLAFUR JOHANNESSON

Zico came to Iceland from Marocco to make money. After ten years Zico becomes bankrupt, meaning he can´t work anymore. Left desperate and depressed Zico decides to bring life to his amateur soccer team called Africa United and take them into the professional 3rd division in Iceland.

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IN THE SHOES OF THE DRAGON - dir. HRONN SVEINSDOTTIR

Hronn Sveinsdottir, a young feisty film maker, surprises both family and friends by entering a Miss Iceland beauty pagent and following it through. Her mother takes on the role of cameraman as she follows her daughter through 3 intensive months of competition.

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LALLI JOHNS - dir. THORFINNUR GUDNASON

Lalli Johns is a small-time criminal in Reykjavik. He as lived on the streets for thirty years and his only fixed address is the jail where he has served a total of seventeen years for thirty-five convictions for petty theft and a variety of other offences. Yet every time he leaves prison he wows to better himself, stop drinking, stealing and taking drugs. Read more
 
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LAST STOP, HLEMMUR - dir. OLAFUR SVEINSSON

Reykjavik, a strange combination of village and adolescent city. Bus connections are so poor here that people only use them as a last resort: children and teenagers, the poor, the old, the sick, the strange. Read more
 
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LIVERPOOL OF THE NORTH - dir. THORGEIR GUDMUNDSSON

A fast-paced documentary on the Icelandic rock ‘n’ roll explosion and the birth of a local teen culture. Told through the story of the small town where it all started and in the words of the participants who have been prominent in Icelandic music ever since.

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LOVE IS IN THE AIR - dir. RAGNAR BRAGASON

Love is in the Air is a documentary about a group of actors that dream the impossible and try to make it come true. With a unique and acrobatic production of the greatest love story of all times, they travel to the home country of the Bard with the plan to conquer the cradle of theatre, London. Read more
 
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POP IN REYKJAVIK - dir. AGUST JAKOBSSON

Pop in Reykjavik is an indispensable documentary on the vibrant Icelandic pop scene. After Björk and the Sugarcubes paved the way, a number of bands are on the threshold of international fame (or oblivion) and this is a cross section of the best. Read more
 
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POSSIBIHILITIES - dir. ARI ALEXANDER ERGIS

Possibihilities (it´s not possibilities) is based on Sigurdur Gudmundsson, one of the international best known Icelandic artist, born in Reykjavík 1942. He has spent most of his life outside Iceland after he first moved to the Netherlands in 1963. He has homes and studios in Amsterdam, Reykjavík and Malmo, and in the past few years in Xiamen and Beijing in China. Read more
 
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SCREAMING MASTERPIECE - dir. ARI ALEXANDER ERGIS

Why does a nation with a population barely exceeding that of a New York city block produce a stream of artists who gain loyal international audiences and recording contracts and still have a sound and style all their own - a style that some say is distinctly Icelandic. Read more
 
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SEARCHING FOR RAJEEV - dir. RUNAR RUNARSSON

Searching for Rajeev is a documentary film about an Icelandic girl who decides to go to India in the hope of finding an Indian freind of her´s who used to live in Iceland. Ten years have passed since he left Iceland and Birta has very little information about where he lives.

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SKAGAFJORDUR - dir. PETER HUTTON

A silent collage of color and black and white images of the landscape in Skagafjörður in the northwest of Iceland shot by the director in 16 mm. Read more
 
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WHO IS BARDI? - dir. RAGNAR BRAGASON

Who is Bardi? Director Ragnar Bragason tries to discover the truth... Read more
 

 

 

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