Margrét Guðmundsdóttir

1999's Áramótaskaup, an annual 50-minute TV movie, satirizing the events of the past year.

Maria is somewhat of a rebel and problem child. Her mother died and her father remarried some awful lady, and Maria isn't happy at all. She takes a drug overdose and winds up in a home for other girls with problems, but the two women who run the place turn out to be not quite the ladies they seemed. Maria knows she can't stay there very long, and starts planning her escape.

12 hours in the life of a young man who has just received bad news which change everything.

Bella is a struggling writer who gets a job assisting an elderly lady. She soon discovers that this job is a lot harder than she thought. Will she give up or gain a new perspective on life?