Ruv Movies

1994's Áramótaskaup, an annual 50-minute TV movie, satirizing the events of the past year.

An Icelandic documentary chronicling the life and career of the musician GDRN (Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð). The film utilizes an interview-style narrative to c...

Set at the start of the twentieth century, the movie deals with the orphaned boy Álfgrímur, his adoptive grandparents, and the small, tolerant communi...

A film about the Municipal Water Supply in Reykjavík which was founded in 1909.

A film about Steinn Steinar, a pioneer of modern Icelandic poetry.

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

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

Renowned photographer, Larus, returns to Iceland to attend the funeral of his mother. With him is his wife Rose, twenty years his junior. With his hom...

A group of European physicists are working on new generation of computers. These will completely revolutionize the global information technology by ex...

About a commune of hippies in the village of Hveragerði and their views on a different kind of lifestyle.

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

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

A documentary programme about the life and work of the Icelandic author, Thor Vilhjálmsson.

Sveinn, a musician with writer's block decides to apply for a teaching position in a boarding school where he intends to work on his music, but things...

A young boy is spending the summer on his uncle's horse farm. He takes care of the sheep and plays cowboy but is suddenly drawn into the world of adul...

A film made on the 50 year anniversary of the Reykjavík Power Plant, which discusses their main activities and future projects.

A film about the Icelandic artist, Leifur Breiðfjörð. He mainly works with glass in his art.

The film is a portrait of the Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson, with a significant overview of his life's work.