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Educational film about the freezing industry in Iceland in 1981. This documentary illustrates the diffrent stages in processing of fish, from the...

Shot on board a boat from the Westman Islands, this film covers a typical fishing trip. Follows the three-man crew of this small vessel at their...

This documentary shows how Icelanders maintain the salmon stock in their rivers. It includes scenes from salmon fishing in the river Laxá...

A film about scientific research on the glacier Vatnajökull with excerpts from films taken on the glacier by various film makers in the past.

About the lowest class in society, female industrial workers. The film tells of one such person and her struggle for struggle for survival.

This film is about the traditional puffin catch in the Westman Islands and shows the fowlers in action, often performing breathtaking feats in the...

A documentary about life in a fishing village showing the people's dependence on the sea (filmed in Ólafsvík).

A documentary film about a garbage collector and his views on life.

Social critique, made on the occasion of the 1100 year birthday of the settlement of Iceland in 1974.

A guided tour to places to Hallgrímur Pétursson. (A famours Icelandic poet of psalms.) The film includes some staged sequences from his...

Made during a period when Iceland was still extending its fisheries' zone, this film deals with the total dependence of Icelanders on the fishing...

An educational film about a new type of trawler which had considerable effects on the fishing industry in its time (around 1947)

The film discusses the gap between the public and "accepted" art.

This film is about one fo the eruptions of the well-known volcano, Hekla, in Southern Iceland. Usually the damage caused by Hekla is in the form of...

A film about the region of Landmannalaugar.

A programme about the Icelandic actor, Brynjólfur Jóhannesson, with excerpts from some of his most famous performances.