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- A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.
- When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
- Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.
- In a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.
- An off duty police begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his recently dead wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.
- An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.
- In the summer of 2006, Sigur Rós returned home to play a series of free, unannounced concerts for the people of Iceland.
- Financial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways.
- All Theresa wants to do is paint. Unfortunately, she's going blind, and it's only a matter of time before she can never see another canvas. Her husband Eric is not supportive, and Theresa's condition wears on their marriage. One day Theresa meets James, and he's a charming devil. He sweeps her off her feet, and before she knows it, they've engaged in an affair. James is an artist, too and finally Theresa has someone who can understand her. She makes plans to leave Eric and be with James instead. But, Theresa doesn't know much about James - His alcoholic father was abusive to both James and his mother and it all came to a tragic end with his father killing his mother in front of James. Outraged, James kills his father with a hunting gun. James never really loved Theresa; she just looks strikingly similar to his mother. He's been following Theresa for some time. Waiting. Plotting. Hoping - He wanted his mother back and is certain that Theresa can replace her. And, he will do whatever is necessary to ensure his success.
- In less than twenty-four hours, a middle-aged academic and his nearly half his age fiancée will get married in Iceland's windswept island, Flatey, amid endless preparations and bitter second thoughts. Is this what they really want?
- Ashamed for being a debt-collecting thug, David believes that he is an ugly duckling waiting to become a swan. Through an unlikely mentor he finds out that life has indeed something very special in store for him.
- A young couple set out to open a guesthouse in a remote place in Iceland. They come for peace but soon find out that something evil is lurking beneath their basement and hunting them in their dreams while they sleep.
- Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a losing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she's oblivious to what's going on with her twelve year old son Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and whose life is on the fast track to destruction. Gudmund's only friend in the world is Marinó, a schizophrenic in his forties, who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marino starts to lose grip on reality. Gardar is an underworld enforcer who makes a mess at work and as a result his twin brother Georg is beaten up. Exiled both from the underworld and his family, Gardar has to make a fresh start in life. He decided to seek out his family, Gardar has to make a fresh start in life. He decided to seek out his son Gudmund whom he has never seen but the straight and narrow is a though path to follow
- The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of his own flesh and blood but it's not working out. When he finds out that his wife has been deceiving him all these years he decides it's time for a change. Einar is a stockbroker who is very successful at work but not in his personal life. For the last couple of months Einar has been living at a hotel waiting for his wife to realize the terrible mistake she made by throwing him out. Katrin Rose returns from Sweden where she has lived for eight years. In Iceland Katrin has an eleven-year-old son, brought up by his grandmother and now Katrin wants him back. Katrin gets a job as a dentist's assistant intending to make a fresh start but her troubled past catches up with her. PARENTS is the independent second part of twin features by Ragnar Bragason and Vesturport exploring the roles of children and parents. The first part, CHILDREN was released in 2006.
- A desperate city-slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to know how to save them by refinancing their slaughterhouse not knowing that he's walking into a local war of small-town politics and general misbehaving.
- Paul, part-time laborer and amateur artist, leads an unremarkable life like any other, until his world is disrupted by vivid revelations of the afterlife. At first a welcome respite from reality, his waking visions soon reveal a demonic conspiracy at work within his own community. One by one, prominent members of high society fall victim to a series of mysterious assassination attempts. As the government scrambles to contain the rising panic of the ruling class, public disillusionment grows. Amidst the maelstrom, Paul becomes entangled in a web of powerful elite, evangelical cults, and a plot that could not only bring down the country's economy, but also incite the total collapse of society. Filmed before the 2008 Icelandic banking crash that shocked the world, Messenger is a prediction of chaos turned prophetic. While many of its projections have already been fulfilled by recent events, one can only hope that the remainder will not...
- When Anna and her boyfriend Ingi decide to sell the house Anna has recently inherited from her late father Ofeig, the father's ghost appears and makes one thing perfectly clear: his house won't be sold! Prospective buyers are chased away by very strange events, which confirm that Ofeig, the ghost, is no different from what he was in life: a charming, but egoistic, alcoholic womanizer. Ingi tries to exorcise Ofeig, but the poltergeist world proves a tricky one. Instead of getting rid of Ofeig, another ghost is raised - a jealous former girlfriend of Ofeig. The dead lovers' bickering makes life in the house intolerable, the ghosts get ever more forceful, and selling the house is out of the question. But sometimes even ghosts can get too greedy. When Ofeig tries to drag an innocent lady into his dimension, the situation calls for drastic measures.
- Welcome to world of the Circledrawers - lowly janitors of the Almighty's imperfect system, angels living among us and performing the most mundane of tasks. Oleg, a special emissary has arrived at transmission central in Iceland to do the semi-centennial report on the efficiency of the Circledrawer system. He introduces himself to the team and begins his analysis of these poor creatures were once human but, due to unproductive or lackluster lives, have been reborn as angels. They are condemned to complete a near impossible list of 1571 tasks in the hope of being reborn as human once more. But the report is not Oleg's only task in Iceland, as Lewis, a young man in New York, is about to find out. Accidentally undetected by the system for twenty years, he was born and raised human. But now his human life will be erased and his life as a Circledrawer begins. As Oleg continues his report in Iceland, Lewis is placed in the care of two seasoned Circledrawers, Marcus and Moses, who introduce him to their strange limbo reality, including: the women who govern it (including Sharon Angela of the "Sopranos"), the attention-starved Human Protector (Steve Schirripa of the "Sopranos") who assists in transitioning, and the wonders of batteries, flashlights, and prostitute nights. But can Lewis really leave his former human life behind? And is there something Oleg isn't sharing about his mission to Iceland and the true identity and calling of Lewis? Welcome to the clumsy, humorous, pathetic bureaucrats of the after- and before-life. Welcome to THE CIRCLEDRAWERS.
- A couple decide to get married in a church out in the country. It is 1 hour drive from Reykjavik but things do not go as planed.
- Documentary about a youth home, Breiðavík, for boys on the age between 9-16 years old. There happened alot of brutal violance on all 128 boys which where send there because they got involved with the law. Few of them stepped up and shared their story of Breiðavík, when they where there between the years of 1956 - 1972.
- Not expecting his son back today, Emil is brought to face his past, his family, his community, after he finds himself stuck upon the small mountain. This will be a day to remember.
- Anna Hallgrimsdottir lives in Reykjavik with her two sons. Fed up with the coldness of Iceland, she decides to sell her business to be able to move out of the country. Her business, selling dope, is prosperous, she wants a good price out of it... the dealer whom she'll hand it over to (as well as her mobile : that's how her customers reach her and order the amount they need) tells her he'll have the money within 48 hours. Meanwhile, Anna gets involved in all kinds of Icelandic familial adventures and her kitchen fills up with customers/friends, partying, while waiting for her to comeback, and sell them their daily grass.
- Frumeðli is a pre-film for the "Marathon before menopause" feature. And is a bitter sweet story of Sara, a single middle-aged woman who works for a health magazine in Reykjavik She lives in an artistic loft apartment in Reykjavik and has many good friends. Everything seems to be in order, but beneath the surface she is going through an existential crisis and has to come to terms with her loneliness and the fact that if she's going to make her dream of having a child come true, she's on the last spin. This is a romantic pre-film with a humorous and dramatic twist that spans.
- Björk and Sigur Rós teamed up in June of 2008 to hold a concert to raise awareness for Icelandic nature.
- A film school student documents a naive Icelandic couples' initiation into an American cult. Soon the comical turns macabre.
- A dramatic story about a relationship between a man and a horse.
- Detective inspector Anita returns to her hometown after a 15 year absence. She dreads meeting the people she's long been avoiding. On the way there, she's called back to duty, because a body has been found on the shore by Glerársandar.
- The appearance of the injured girl changes the investigation of the death of the tourist, but the lack of ambition and mediocre work ethics of the police complicate matters. Anita strengthens her bonds with those who are closest to her.
- Anita makes a serious error while interrogating the girl, the team tries to get their act together before everything falls apart. The widower arrives in Iceland and shines a light on the case that starts to take on a whole new shape.
- Gusti interviews Lena and finds out how his colleagues have made a botch of things. Frida's under pressure and the imminent arrival of Gusti to town, which encourages Anita to look for assistance in a familiar place.
- The autopsy confirms murder. Salomon visits Helga and Elin while Anita battles Gusti who has extended his stay. Cold cases lead to new information. A lovers' soiree takes an unexpected turn.
- Another body is found, which is connected to one of the cases that Frida and Anita are investigating. Mother and daughter are taken aback and Salamon and Anita's relationship creates an unexpected opportunity for the investigative team.
- Salomon and Anita's past is more important that anyone can suspect. Ragnar is updated about the status of the case and together Gusti and Anita put in action the most difficult project of her career and life.
- The world keeps on turning. Anita and Gusti are in a race against time, fearing the worst. The events of the past two years start to become clearer and it's obvious that together they head for a final reckoning that will change everything.