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Icelandic politicians and businesses try to lure aluminum production to the island country. Director Þorfinnur Guðnason Andri Snær Magnason. 7. Children of Nature. 1991 1h 22m. 7.3 (1.6K) Rate. Old Thorgeir must leave his home far off in the Icelandic 'countryside' and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavik.
Oct 8, 2021 · Lamb: Directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson. With Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson. A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Valdimar Jóhannsson
- 2021-10-08
The following is a list of notable films produced in Iceland by Icelanders. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. Although Arne Mattsson is Swedish, his film is included because it is based on a book by the Icelandic Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness.
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- Land and Sons
- On Top
- When The Raven Flies
- The Juniper Tree
- Children of Nature
- Remote Control
- Cold Fever
- Devil’s Island
- 101 Reykjavik
- Angels of The Universe
Movie critics often cite Agust Gudmundsson’s Land and Sons(Land og synir) as the origination point of contemporary Icelandic cinema. It was based on Indridi G. Thorsteinsson’s novel (father of renowned crime-fiction writer Arnaldur Indridason). It’s a story about a generation of weary farmers dwelling in a remote valley north of Iceland. The film d...
Agust Gudmundsson, who scored domestic box-office hits and international acclaim with the films Land and Sons (1980) &Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981), ventured into a comedy genre with On Top. This widely popular Icelandic musical comedy revolves around two rival bands – one all-male and one all-female – who compete with each other from town to to...
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson wanted to make an authentic Viking-era movie in order to counter the insipid Hollywood stereotypes. Swedish producers Bo Jonsson and Gunnlaugsson wrote the story, which was predominantly inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, John Ford’s The Searchers, and the sagas of early Icelanders. Known as the Icelandic film industry’s first...
Nietzchka Keene’s self-funded feature is an adaptation as well as a feminist re-imagining of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale. It marks the acting debut of Icelandic pop star Bjork. Set in the medieval era and shot in spellbindingly stark black-and-white, Juniper Treeis a coming-of-age tale of a young woman named Margit (Bjork), whose mother is murde...
The 1980s Iceland movies were largely inspired by home-grown mythical tales & sagas. Moreover, these films were made for Icelanders. However, in the 1990s new generation of filmmakers deeply contemplated their nation’s social themes yet injected universal emotions to resonate with film lovers around the world. In that way, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’...
While guns set up narrative conflicts in Hollywood films, a missing remote control drives this tale of Reykjavik’s underworld. Oskar Jonsson’s debut feature, Remote Control (Sódóma Reykjavík), revolves around young mechanic Axel (Bjorn Jorundur Fridbjornsson), his mother, and his hard-partying sister Maeja. Axel goes on to retrieve the TV remote fo...
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s fourth feature film has an enchanting transnational narrative. American indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch was invited (in the early 90s) for the screening of his brilliant anecdotal comedy Mystery Train(1989) at the Reykjavik Film Festival. Producer Jim Stark made the visit on Jarmusch’s behalf. When Fridriksson and Mr. Stark ...
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson follows up Children of Nature & Cold Feverwith yet another good, wry comedy based on Einar Gudmundsson’s novel. The film is set in the 1950s in the squalid premises of Reykjavik. Renowned Iceland director Baltasar Koramkur plays rebellious Baddi, whose mother has left him and his introverted brother Danni for an American so...
Baltasar Kormakur’s crowd-pleasing black comedy doesn’t have any particularly likable characters. Protagonist Hlynur (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) is a man-child who sleeps, drinks, rummages through porn collection, and engages in meaningless relationships with several women. Slacker would be too simple a word to describe his existence. His bleak, hopele...
Based on author Einar Gudmundsson’s novel, Fridriksson’s visually impressive life-affirming feature tells the story of a thirty-something Icelandic artist with mental health problems. Paul (Ingvart E. Sigurdsson) is an unsuccessful painter who lives with his parents after experiencing unbearable rejection from his girlfriend, Dagny. Since Paul’s in...
- When the Raven Flies (1984) Icelandic | 109m | 85% Rotten Tomatoes | Watch Free on YouTube. If we can’t start the list of Icelandic movies with Children of Nature, then let’s start it with the next best thing.
- A View To a Kill (1985) English | 131m | 37% Rotten Tomatoes | Watch on Amazon Prime. It’s unsurprising that a country-hopping series like James Bond was one of the first big-budget movies shot in Iceland.
- The Juniper Tree (1990) English | 98m | 100% Rotten Tomatoes | Watch on Amazon Prime. The Glasgow Film Festival 2020 first introduced me to The Juniper Tree so I’m glad I can do the same for you.
- 101 Reykjavik (2000) Icelandic, English | 88m | 89% Rotten Tomatoes | Watch Free on YouTube. Let’s jump ahead 10 years to 101 Reykjavík. It’s not dissimilar to other indie movies released in the late nineties/early noughties.
After premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the film was released in Iceland on 24 September 2021. It was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
20 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Reykjavik-Rotterdam. 2008 1h 28m Not Rated. 6.7 (2.5K) Rate. Financial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways. Director Óskar Jónasson Stars Baltasar Kormákur Ingvar Sigurdsson Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir. 2. The Deep. 2012 1h 35m Not Rated. 6.6 (5.7K) Rate.
