Margit and her older sister Katla flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter with Johan and his resentful young son, Jonas, the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that’s soon strained by Katla’s burgeoning sorcery.
Jet lives a joyful life working at a factory with his girlfriend who he's deeply in love with. Shortly after they decide to get married and live together happily ever after her cat, who she has a weird affection for, dies. The girlfriend falls into depression which could (strangely enough) lead to...
An epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control.
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.
Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until the the power goes off?
Dís, 23, is still to decide what to do with her life. Obsessed by the thought of being "abnormally normal", a mere photocopy of long lost original, she wanders from one odd job to another and tries out various cources at the University. A guiding light comes her way from an unexpected direction.
December is a present-day tale set in Reykjavik during the holiday season. Jonni (Tomas Lemarquis) returns to Iceland to spend Christmas with his family and to record an album with his old (one-hit-wonder) band. He soon finds out that circumstances in his family have changed dramatically and his...
Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has...
A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best...
TV movie based on the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga. The first part of Njálssaga is a half-hour long drama based on a part of Brenna-Nálssaga. It tells the story of Hallgerður Langbrók having food stolen in Kirkjubær and the horse she received as a reward from Gunnar. This...
An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings to mind memories. There is nothing ahead for the old man, only lack of purpose, sense of loss and loneliness. He embarks on a journey.
In an idyllic South Icelandic village, an aimless delivery driver’s life is upended when her half-brother disappears following his wife’s suspicious demise.
Villi Neto investigates the potential death of singer Friðrik Dór. On his hunt for truth Villi discovers that the conspiracy is much larger and deeper than anyone could have suspected.
Emily is a young boy that dreams about owning a dog and he starts working so he can save up to buy one. Meanwhile his family are dealing with money problems.
Young couple Anna and Gunnar live in a society where people are assigned a new spouse in a lottery every seven years. Full of heartache, the couple faces their biggest fear in the face of life with a new partner.
A lesbian in midlife crisis acts on her desire to escape the day to day routine only to find disappointment instead of that absolute bliss she hoped for.
When a mysterious woman plans to take a taxi to the beach in the middle of a winter night, her driver begins to suspect that she is going to walk into the sea.