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1) Metalhead
Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
An intense drama of loss, faith, redemption, Megadeth and Judas Priest. METALHEAD begins with a farming accident in the 1980’s that sends a young girl, Hera, and her parents into a tail-spin of grief over the death of her heavy metal music-obsessed older brother. A decade later and Hera has become a surly headbanger and DIY musician. Seemingly trapped in a haunted landscape of slaughterhouses and barren winter fields, making all the wrong choices...
2) Rift
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (111 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
In this Hitchcockian Thriller, when Gunnar receives a distraught phone call from his ex, he drives up to a secluded cabin to see him. He discovers that there's more going on than he imagined. Someone is lurking outside and the two find that they are haunted by someone -- or something. Official Selection at **Fantastic Fest**. Winner of the Artistic Vision Award at **L.A. Outfest**. Winner of the Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award at the **CinEuphoria...
3) The Oath
Publisher
levelFILM
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
In THE OATH, Baltasar Kormákur plays the part of a father who sets off on a mission to try to pull his daughter away from the world of drugs and petty crime, only to discover that danger can be found in unexpected places. From acclaimed filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, who also stars in THE OATH, making his first appearance in front of the camera in eight years. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
4) The County
Publisher
New Europe Film Sales
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
Set in a small Icelandic farming community, THE COUNTY tells the story of Inga, a middle-aged dairy farmer who rebels against the all powerful local Cooperative. Inga tries to get other farmers to join her in rising up against the Co-op’s corruption, but encounters great resistance, forcing her to confront the community’s dependence and loyalty to this single, dominant enterprise. Inga must use her resourcefulness and cunning to break free of...
5) The County
Publisher
Dekanalog
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
Inga is a hard-working farmer within a bureaucratic co-operative that operates as a monopoly, pushing her and her community deep into debt. After her husband's suspicious death, Inga learns the true extent of both her powerlessness and her late husband’s involvement with the co-op’s schemings. With an eye to the future, and with no other option, she aims to chip away at the co-op’s domination.
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (125 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
In acclaimed Icelandic film HEARTSTONE, two teens share a summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other finds new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends, it's time to leave the playground and face adulthood.
7) Rams
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under...
8) Yes-People
Publisher
Magnet Film
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (9 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
One morning an eclectic mix of people faces the everyday battle - such as work, school and dish-washing. As the day progresses, their relationships are tested and ultimately their capacity to cope.
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
After moving back home, a man gets sucked into a dispute between his parents and their neighbors over an old and beautiful tree. What starts as a typical spat unexpectedly and violently reaches a boiling point, soon spiraling out of control.
10) The Minister
Publisher
Cineflix
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (404 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
Politician. Poet. Prime Minister? Some have labelled Benedikt Ríkardsson an unorthodox radical; he calls himself an honest citizen of Iceland. Radical or righteous? One thing is for sure, he will be a leader unlike any we’ve ever seen before.
11) Woman at War
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry. But as she prepares to abandon her role as environmental activist to become a mother, she decides to plot one final attack to deal the aluminum industry a crippling blow.
12) The Swan
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Icelandic
Description
In contemporary rural Iceland, a wayward 9-year old girl, Sól, is sent to distant countryside relatives for a summer to work and to mature. Nature seems endless there, the animals soulful but the people harsh. All except the mysterious farmhand Jón, who – as Sól herself – likes words better than people. But the farmers’ daughter Ásta has a claim on Jón as well, and soon Sól becomes entangled in a drama she hardly can grasp. This summer...
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
Icelandic
Formats
Description
In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes’ Critics’ Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth takes over his life and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. Combining classic thriller tropes...