Þorsteinn Gunnarsson

In a remote fjord in 1940s Iceland, young farmer Bjarni and aspiring poet Helga begin a passionate, forbidden affair, emotions running as wild as the ocean waves that surround them.

An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings to mind memories. There is nothing ahead for the old man, only lack of purpose, sense of loss and loneliness. He embarks on a journey.

Two childhood friends decide to drive around Iceland backward to raise money for charity. Soon after they set out, however, they discover that perhaps this wasn't the best idea. Nothing goes as planned - in fact, almost everything goes wrong.

When his daughter's criminal boyfriend becomes an increasing threat to the family, a father must take action to protect them.

Gunnar and Sonja are a married couple that had it all, money,love and a beautful daughter. But after the death of there daughter their world falls apart. To make things worse Gunnar is in the middle of a trial, being charged with illegal sales and purchase on behave of his company. When Gunnar and Sonja inherit Gunnar's niece Perla, the couple take on a weekend journey to pick up Perla, who is staying at a remote house in the Icelandic country side where she lost both of her parents in a horrible way. When Gunnar and Sonja arrive at the house strange things start to happen.

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

Robert is an important man with big responsibilities. One day he has an accident that blurs the border between the man and the beast within. Robert acts out and suffers the consequences.

Dís, 23, is still to decide what to do with her life. Obsessed by the thought of being "abnormally normal", a mere photocopy of long lost original, she wanders from one odd job to another and tries out various cources at the University. A guiding light comes her way from an unexpected direction.

Hreggvidur, an old right-winger, dies of a heart attack while trying to publish an article in The Conservative Paper. Hreggvidur has been a regular contributor for decades and he disagrees with the new editorial policy. Thus he rises up from the dead to terrorize the editor into publishing the article.

A boy growing up in the country in the sixties is fascinated by card games and ancient poetry.

Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.

Rainbow’s End tells the story of inter-generational family conflict. Is a haunting work that remains as affecting and original today as when it was first released.

Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.