IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
has had a notable
cinemaFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
industry for some time. Major actors include Ingvar E. Sigurðsson and
Hilmir Snær GuðnasonHilmir Snær Guðnason is an Icelandic actor. He is famous in his native country and has appeared in both film and on stage. In 2000 he was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion...
. Famous films include the
comedyComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
101 Reykjavík101 Reykjavík is an award winning film set in Reykjavík, Iceland based on a book of the same name by Hallgrímur Helgason. It was made in 2000 and was directed by Baltasar Kormákur....
, which was released in
2000The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...
and directed by
Baltasar KormákurBaltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven , and a film based on the book Mýrin by Arnaldur Indriðason.With his movie Mýrin he won the Crystal Globe...
. The film starred such actors as
Victoria AbrilVictoria Abril is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar....
and Hilmir Snær Guðnason.
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IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík, whose surrounding area is home to approximately two thirds of the national population...
has had a notable
cinemaFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
industry for some time. Major actors include Ingvar E. Sigurðsson and
Hilmir Snær GuðnasonHilmir Snær Guðnason is an Icelandic actor. He is famous in his native country and has appeared in both film and on stage. In 2000 he was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion...
. Famous films include the
comedyComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
101 Reykjavík101 Reykjavík is an award winning film set in Reykjavík, Iceland based on a book of the same name by Hallgrímur Helgason. It was made in 2000 and was directed by Baltasar Kormákur....
, which was released in
2000The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...
and directed by
Baltasar KormákurBaltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven , and a film based on the book Mýrin by Arnaldur Indriðason.With his movie Mýrin he won the Crystal Globe...
. The film starred such actors as
Victoria AbrilVictoria Abril is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar....
and Hilmir Snær Guðnason.
Famous Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur also directed
HafiðThe Sea, , is a 2002 Icelandic film, directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The film tells the story of a wealthy Icelandic family, owners of a fish industry company in a small Icelandic coast town, and various family issues they have to deal with.-Cast:*Gunnar Eyjólfsson as Thórdur*Hilmir Snær Guðnason as...
and
A Little Trip to HeavenA Little Trip to Heaven is an Icelandic/United States drama and thriller film from 2005, directed by Icelandic director of The Sea, Baltasar Kormákur. The film is set in the U.S...
.
Films
- 101 Reykjavík
101 Reykjavík is an award winning film set in Reykjavík, Iceland based on a book of the same name by Hallgrímur Helgason. It was made in 2000 and was directed by Baltasar Kormákur....
- Beowulf & Grendel
Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 film loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Sigurdsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma...
- Börn
Born may refer to:* Childbirth* The Punisher: Born, a limited series comic book featuring the Punisher* Born Feinkost GmbH, a German food company* Born , a lunar crater-Places:* Born , a town in the Netherlands...
- Brennu-Njálssaga (film)
- Children of Nature
Children of Nature is a 1991 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-External links:*...
(Börn náttúrunnar)
- Cold Fever
Cold Fever is a 1995 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It is a road movie set in Iceland and was the first of Friðrik's films to be made in the English language. The movie depicts the travels of a Japanese man across Iceland...
- Eleven Men Out
Eleven Men Out is comedy-drama directed by Robert Ingi Douglas. The film participated in the Toronto International Film Festival , the Berlin International Film Festival , and the Hawaii International Film Festival.- Plot summary :Ottar Thor is the star player of the Icelandic football team KR...
- Englar alheimsins
- Falcons (film)
Falcons , was the seventh film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. This film, released in 2002, is mostly in English language and therefore this drama is considered to be a film of both domestic and international appeal....
- Fíaskó
- Cast:* Róbert Arnfinnsson* Kristbjörg Kjeld* Silja Hauksdóttir* Ólafur Darri Ólafsson* Uwe Boll* Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson* Eggert Þorleifsson* Margrét Ákadóttir...
- Foreldrar
- Hafið
The Sea, , is a 2002 Icelandic film, directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The film tells the story of a wealthy Icelandic family, owners of a fish industry company in a small Icelandic coast town, and various family issues they have to deal with.-Cast:*Gunnar Eyjólfsson as Thórdur*Hilmir Snær Guðnason as...
- Hrafninn flýgur
When the Raven Flies is the title of a 1984 film by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, set in medieval Iceland.- Plot summary :...
- Íslenski draumurinn
The Icelandic Dream is a 2000 Icelandic film directed by Robert Ingi Douglas. The movie depicts the story about an average Icelander and his dream to maintain wealth and fame.-Plot:...
- The Juniper Tree
The Juniper Tree is a 1990 Icelandic film with a small cast of five actors, Björk, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir, Guðrún S. Gísladóttir, Valdimar Örn Flygenring and introducing Geirlaug Sunna Þormar...
- Knight of the Living Dead
Knight of the Living Dead is a 2005 Icelandic cult movie about a knight and a Viking who get resurrected and continue their gruesome battle in the year 2005....
- A Little Trip to Heaven
A Little Trip to Heaven is an Icelandic/United States drama and thriller film from 2005, directed by Icelandic director of The Sea, Baltasar Kormákur. The film is set in the U.S...
- Maður eins og ég
A Man Like Me is a romantic comedy about the life of "Júlli" , a lonely and confused man who is searching for some sense in his life. Surprisingly he meets a young woman from China who changes his life dramatically...
- Með allt á hreinu
On Top is an Icelandic musical comedy from 1982, directed by Icelandic director Ágúst Guðmundsson...
- Mýrin
Jar City is director Baltasar Kormákur's fifth film. It is based on the book Tainted Blood by Arnaldur Indriðason...
(Jar City)
- Nói Albínói
Noi the Albino is an Icelandic film by director Dagur Kári released in 2003. The film explores the life of teenage outsider Nói Kristmundsson in a remote fishing village in western Iceland...
- Nýtt Líf
Nýtt Líf is a film directed by Þráinn Bertelsson and released in 1983. The film is a comedy shot in the Vestmannaeyjar Islands and stars Eggert Þorleifsson and Karl Ágúst Úlfsson, among others. The music features several musicians including the band Tappi Tíkarrass which contributed the songs...
- Rokk í Reykjavík
Rokk í Reykjavík was a documentary directed by Icelandic Friðrik Þór Friðriksson during the Icelandic winter of 1981-1982 and released for the local television the same year.
...
- Screaming Masterpiece
Screaming Masterpiece is a 2005 documentary film directed and written by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon about the music scene in Iceland...
- The Seagull's Laughter
The Seagull's Laughter is a 2001 Icelandic film directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson. It was Iceland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:*Cinema of Iceland...
(Mávahlátur)
- Skytturnar (film)
White Whales the third film directed by Icelandic director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson in 1987. Starring Eggert Guðmundsson, Þórarinn Óskar Þórarinsson, and Eggert Þorleifsson, this film features Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sykurmolarnir, Bubbi Morthens, and MX-21 on the soundtrack.-Full cast:*Eggert...
- Sódóma Reykjavík
Remote Control is an Icelandic film from 1993 directed by Óskar Jónasson. The plot is a farcical comedy and revolves around the young auto-mechanic Axel and his adventure in the Reykjavík underworld which starts when his mother insists that he must recover the remote control to her TV...
- Voksne Mennesker
- Wrath of Gods
Wrath of Gods is a documentary directed by Jon Gustafsson. It tells the story of the dramatic circumstances Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson and his crew had to go through during the making of the film Beowulf & Grendel...
- Heiðin (Small Mountain)
Actors
- Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir is an Icelandic singer and actress.She was a member of the band Ske and in 2005 began her solo career...
- Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven , and a film based on the book Mýrin by Arnaldur Indriðason.With his movie Mýrin he won the Crystal Globe...
- Berglind Icey
Berglind Icey is an Icelandic model, actress and former competitive swimmer.Icey was the St. Pauli Girl for 2004.- Filmography :* Cha$e ... as "Hunter Icey"...
- Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Björk Guðmundsdóttir is a critically acclaimed Icelandic avant-garde singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer, whose work includes seven solo albums and two film soundtracks....
- Eyþór Guðjónsson
Eyþór Guðjónsson , often anglicized as Eythor Gudjonsson, is an Icelandic actor. He stands 6'3" tall.Eythor Gudjonsson is an entrepreneur by nature. He is a former athlete, two times Icelandic national champion with his team in the popular European sport, team handball...
- Gunnar Hansen
Gunnar Hansen is an Icelandic American actor and author, perhaps best known for playing Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre .- Early life :...
- Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Hilmir Snær Guðnason is an Icelandic actor. He is famous in his native country and has appeared in both film and on stage. In 2000 he was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion...
- María Ellingsen
María Ellingsen , is an Icelandic actress starring in movies such as The Mighty Ducks 2. She is married to Þorsteinn J, a famous TV personality in Iceland. She can speak English, German, Danish and Faroese. She had a contract role on NBC's daytime drama Santa Barbara as Katrina Rukyer from 1991 to...
- Peter Ronson
Peter Ronson , born Pétur Rögnvaldsson, was an Iceland-born athlete and actor.He competed in 110 metres hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympics. As an actor he played "Hans" in the 1959 film adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth.He died of natural causes in 2007 in Orange County, California...
- Stefán Karl Stefánsson
Stefán Karl Stefánsson is an Icelandic film and stage actor who is best known for playing the character Robbie Rotten on the television show LazyTown....
Directors
- Baltasar Kormákur
Baltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven , and a film based on the book Mýrin by Arnaldur Indriðason.With his movie Mýrin he won the Crystal Globe...
- Dagur Kári
Dagur Kári is an Icelandic film director.He was born in Paris to Icelandic parents and returned to Iceland when he was 3 years old...
- Einar Þór Gunnlaugsson
- Robert Ingi Douglas
Róbert Ingi Douglas is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who made his feature film debut with Íslenski draumurinn . That film became a sleeper hit in the summer of 2000 becoming one of Iceland's biggest box-office hits that year...
- Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson , sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director.He started his film making career with experimental films and documentaries in the early 1980s. He founded The Icelandic Film Corporation in 1990, it has since become Iceland's most important...
- Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic moviemaker. He is the brother of the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. He is mostly known for his series of Viking movies, sometimes called "Cod Westerns".- Filmography :...
- Jon Gustafsson
Jon Gustafsson is an Iceland born film director. Best known for directing the Canadian documentary film Wrath of Gods, starring Gerard Butler, Wendy Ord, Sarah Polley, Paul Stephens and Sturla Gunnarsson. He grew up in Iceland where he started his career as a television performer before studying...
- Olaf de Fleur
Olaf de Fleur is an Icelandic film director and producer.He studied physics in Reykjavík, graduating in 1995. Since then he has participated in many film projects, including both feature and documentary films...
Film Music
- Michael Pärt Músík ehf.
- Overview :Michael Pärt Musik is an Icelandic-Estonian film music, sound and music production company founded by music producer Michael Pärt. The company is focused on score and soundtrack productions for feature films, TV and documentaries...
- Mugison
Mugison is an Icelandic musician and singer who originally performed as a one-man band using a guitar and computer, but now often performs with a band. He studied in London to become a record producer....
- Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson also known as HÖH , is a musician, an art director, and allsherjargoði of Ásatrúarfélagið ....