Summer of Icelandic Cinema

One of Bio Paradis’ most

important tasks is to give the

public regular access to the

Icelandic cinema heritage. It is thus

with great pride that we introduce

for the fi rst time a summer long

programme featuring a wide selec-

tion of Icelandic fi lms from a twenty

eight year period. All fi lms are

screened with English subtitles.

The oldest fi lm in the programme

is the excellent The House (Egill

Edvardsson, 1983), described at

the time by noted fi lm scholar Peter

Cowie as “a spectacular and as-

sured debut”. He adds: “The

House shares with Don’t Look Now,

Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist

a vivid sense of the spiritual world at

work in everyday life.” The fi lm has

just been restored and is presented

in a brand new digital print.

The latest fi lm in the programme

is Stormland (Marteinn Thorsson,

2011), a pitch-black comedy with

elements of grand guignol and and

excellent central performances from

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Elma Lísa

Gunnarsdóttir. Both won The Edda,

The Icelandic Film and TV Awards,

last February for their work.

Co-incidentally, both fi lms were pro-

duced by veteran DoP and producer

Snorri Thorisson.

The fi lms are divided into fi ve

sections. The Modern Day section

features fi lms that deal with the

present, most of them take place

in Reykjavik and vicinity and show

our fi lmmakers vision of modern

urban life in Iceland. The Period Films range from medieval times

through to the nineteeneighties. The

Land and Sea section contains fi lms

that feature strongly the elements

of nature and in the Family Films

category you’ll fi nd most of the

output for the last two decades in

that fi eld. Finally the Documentaries

section provides a cross-selection

of recent offerings, the majority

dealing with the eternal struggle of

man vs. nature.

The Icelandic cinema has been go-

ing strong for over thirty years now

and this year looks very promising

indeed. Icelandic audiences have

generally been very supportive of

local fi lms and many of them have

travelled the world, picking up multi-

ple awards at international festivals.

The discovery is yours!

2 A SUMMER OF ICELANDIC CINEMA 2011

WELCOME TO A SUMMER OF ICELANDIC CINEMA

Arthouse and repertory cinema Bíó Paradís is run by the non-profi t organization Heimili kvikmynd-

anna ses. (The Home of Cinema). Board of Gover-

nors: Ari Kristinsson, chairman, Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, Ragnar Bragason. Address: Hverfi s-gata 54, 101 Reykjavík. Tel.:+354 412 7712.

Website: bioparadis.is. General Manager: Lovísa Óladóttir [email protected]. Programme Director: Ásgrímur Sverrisson [email protected]. Operations: Reynir Berg Þorvaldsson [email protected]. The Programme Board: Anna María Karlsdóttir, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Halla Kristín Einarsdóttir, Ottó Geir Borg, Vera Sölvadóttir. Box Offi ce: Opens half an hour before fi rst screening. Tel.: +354 412 7711. Restaurant/bar: Opens half an hour before fi rst screening. Coffee, wine, beer, light refreshments. A selection of DVD’s is also for sale. Programme is subject to change. Screening times of the day can be found at bioparadis.is. Bíó Paradís is supported by The Reykjavik City Council and The Icelandic

Film Centre.

THE MODERN DAY 3

101 REYKJAVIK(101 REYKJAVÍK) 2000

COMEDY. 92 MIN. DIRECTOR: BALTASAR KORMÁKUR. MAIN CAST: VICTORIA ABRIL, HILMIR SNAER GUDNASON, HANNA MARÍA KARLSDÓTTIR.

Kormákur’s debut feature has achieved cult status and wide int-ernational recognition. A young

man´s sexual impulses go haywire

when he discovers the woman he

has just been to bed with happens

to be his mother´s lesbian lover, and

may be carrying his child. Deter-

mined to resist adulthood at all cost,

he soon fi nds out that life is busy

making other plans for him.

SHOWTIMES: MAY 23: 18:00

JUNE 7: 20:00 JUNE 25: 22:00

JULY 15: 18:00 AUGUST 17: 20:00

ASTROPIA (ASTRÓPÍA) 2007

ADVENTURE/COMEDY. 92 MIN. DIRECTOR: GUNNAR B. GUDMUNDSSON. MAIN CAST:

RAGNHILDUR STEINUNN JÓNSDÓTTIR,

SNORRI ENGILBERTSSON, JÖRUNDUR

RAGNARSSON.

A huge box-offi ce success on it’s release. After losing her embezzling

boyfriend Jolli to a four year prison

sentence, Hildur, a drop-dead gor-

geous high society girl, must now

fend for herself and go look for a

job. What she fi nds, however, is

something that’s about to change

her life forever.


MAY 26: 20:00 JUNE 6: 22:00

JUNE 21: 18:00 JULY 3: 20:00

JULY 16: 22:00 AUGUST 3: 18:00

AUGUST 15: 20:00 AUGUST 30: 18:00

MR. BJARNFREDARSON(BJARNFREÐARSON) 2009

COMEDY. 109 MIN. DIRECTOR: RAGNAR

BRAGASON. MAIN CAST: JÓN GNARR,

JÖRUNDUR RAGNARSSON, PÉTUR JÓHANN

SIGFÚSSON, ÁGÚSTA EVA ERLENDSDÓTTIR.

One of the biggest box-offi ce hits in Icelandic fi lm history. The current Mayor of Reykjavik heads the cast. A redemption story that

spans almost fi fty years. Georg, an

over educated know-it-all, has just

been released from jail, but he is still

a prisoner of his own past.


MAY 24: 18:00 JUNE 5: 22:00

JUNE 18: 20:00 JULY 1: 18:00

JULY 21: 22:00 AUGUST 3: 20:00

AUGUST 16: 18:00 AUGUST 28: 20:00

THE MODERN DAY:

4 THE MODERN DAY

THICKER THAN WATER(BLÓÐBÖND) 2006

DRAMA. 87 MIN. DIRECTOR: ÁRNI ÓLI

ÁSGEIRSSON. MAIN CAST: HILMAR JÓNS-

SON, MARGRÉT VILHJÁLMSDÓTTIR, LAUFEY

ELÍASDÓTTIR.

The debut feature of director Árni Óli Ásgeirsson is a low-key effec-tive drama. Peter and Asta are hap-

pily married and have a ten-year-old

son Orn. They are expecting their

second child when Peter discovers

Orn isn’t his biological son. Peter

confronts Asta and realizes she has

kept this secret throughout their

whole marriage. Heartbroken, he

walks out on his family.

SHOWTIMES: JUNE 3: 20:00

JUNE 17: 18:00 JULY 4: 22:00

JULY 28: 20:00 AUGUST 23: 22:00

DÍS(DÍS) 2004

COMEDY. 82 MIN. DIRECTOR: SILJA HAUKS-

DÓTTIR. MAIN CAST: ÁLFRÚN HELGA

ÖRNÓLFSDÓTTIR, ILMUR KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR,

ÁRNI TRYGGVASON.

The debut feature of director Silja Hauksdóttir is a warmhearted comedy. Dís is a 23 year old girl liv-

ing in Reykjavik. She is smart, funny,

charming, outgoing and likeable.

Nevertheless, she is troubled by the

fact that she doesn´t quite know

what to do with her life and how she

compares to others.


JUNE 6: 18:00 JULY 2: 20:00

JULY 22: 20:00 AUGUST 12: 18:00

CHILDREN(BÖRN) 2006

DRAMA. 93 MIN. DIRECTOR: RAGNAR

BRAGASON. MAIN CAST: GÍSLI ÖRN

GARDARSSON, NÍNA DÖGG FILIPUSDÓTTIR,

ÓLAFUR DARRI ÓLAFSSON.

A multi-award winning strong ensemble drama, headed by the cast of Vesturport (see also Par-ents, it’s independent twin feature on pg. 6). Karitas is a single mother

of four who desperately tries to

make ends meet. Fighting a losing

battle with her ex-husband for cus-

tody over her three daughters, she’s

oblivious to what’s going on with

her twelve year old son Gudmund,

a victim of brutal bullying at school

and whose life is on the fast track to

destruction. Gudmund’s only friend

in the world is Marinó, a schizo-

phrenic in his forties, who lives with

his mother in the same apartment

building. When Marinó realizes that

his mother has secretly been dating

a stranger, Marino starts to lose grip

on reality. Gardar is an underworld

enforcer who makes a mess at work

and as a result his twin brother

Georg is beaten up. Exiled both

from the underworld and his family,

Gardar has to make a fresh start in

life.


MAY 21: 22:00 JUNE 9: 18:00

JUNE 22: 20:00 JULY 6: 22:00

JULY 18: 20:00 JULY 29: 20:00

AUGUST 16: 20:00 AUGUST 29: 20:00

THE MODERN DAY 5

ANGELS OF THE UNIVERSE(ENGLAR ALHEIMSINS) 2000

DRAMA. 97 MIN. DIRECTOR: FRIDRIK

THÓR FRIDRIKSSON. MAIN CAST: INGVAR

E. SIGURDSSON, BALTASAR KORMÁKUR,

HILMIR SNAER GUDNASON, BJÖRN JR.

FRIDBJÖRNSSON.

This multi-award winning drama is also one of the biggest box-offi ce hits in Icelandic fi lm history. Páll suffers from schizophrenia and

people react baffl ed to his illness.

At fi rst we see him with his family,

childhood friends and the girl that

he loves, and then we follow him

into the psychiatric hospital.


MAY 30: 20:00 JUNE 14: 18:00

JUNE 27: 22:00 JULY 14: 20:00

JULY 27: 18:00 AUGUST 7: 22:00

AUGUST 19: 20:00 SEPTEMBER 1: 18:00

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FIASCO(FÍASKÓ) 2000

COMEDY. 87 MIN. DIRECTOR: RAGNAR

BRAGASON. MAIN CAST: RÓBERT ARN-

FINNSSON, SILJA HAUKSDÓTTIR, MARGRÉT

ÁKADÓTTIR, BJÖRN JR. FRIDBJÖRNSSON,

ÓLAFUR DARRI ÓLAFSSON, EGGERT THOR-

LEIFSSON.

The debut feature of director Ragnar Bragason. A narrative

circle of interconnecting stories in

which three members of the Bardal

househould deal with the secret

loves in their lives.


MAY 31: 22:00 JUNE 23: 18:00

JULY 10: 20:00 JULY 29: 22:00

AUGUST 24: 18:00

PARENTS(FORELDRAR) 2007

DRAMA. 85 MIN. DIRECTOR: RAGNAR

BRAGASON. MAIN CAST: INGVAR E.

SIGURDSSON, NANNA KRISTIN MAGNUS-

DÓTTIR, VÍKINGUR KRISTJÁNSSON.

The independent second part of twin features by Ragnar Bragason and Vesturport exploring the roles of children and parents. The fi rst part, Children, is also screened. Dentist Oscar wants a baby of his

own fl esh and blood but it’s not

working out. When he fi nds out that

his wife has been deceiving him all

these years he decides it’s time for

a change. Einar is a stockbroker

who is very successful at work but

not in his personal life. For the last

couple of months Einar has been

living at a hotel waiting for his wife

to realize the terrible mistake she

made by throwing him out. Katrin

Rose returns from Sweden where

she has lived for eight years. In Ice-

land Katrin has an eleven-year-old

son, brought up by his grandmother

and now Katrin wants him back.


MAY 22: 22:00 JUNE 9: 20:00

JUNE 22: 22:00 JULY 7: 22:00

JULY 18: 22:00 JULY 30: 20:00

AUGUST 16: 22:00 AUGUST 30: 20:00

6 THE MODERN DAY

THE HOUSE(HÚSIÐ) 1983

MYSTERY THRILLER. 101 MIN. DIRECTOR: EGILL EDVARDSSON. MAIN CAST: LILJA

THÓRISDÓTTIR, JÓHANN SIGURDARSON,

HELGI SKÚLASON.

This 28 year old fi lm holds up very well, excellent creepy atmosphere a la Don’t Look Now or early Po-lanski. Presented in a brand new restored version. A young couple

moves into an old house. From the

time they move into the house, they

are strangely aware of something

odd, especially she, while he con-

centrates more and more upon his

work. A series of incidents adds to

her growing uneasiness about the

house. Its past seems to creep in

on her. She feels as if some tragedy

must have befallen the people that

lived there before, but when she

starts asking around she gets few

answers. There is something about

the house that seems to be on the

verge of overpowering her - some-

thing that in an unexpected way is

related to her origins and perma-

nently affects her life and destiny.


JUNE 12: 20:00 JULY 13: 20:00

AUGUST 4: 22:00 AUGUST 23: 18:00

THE ICELANDIC DREAM(ÍSLENSKI DRAUMURINN) 2000

COMEDY. 101 MIN. DIRECTOR: RÓBERT

DOUGLAS. MAIN CAST: THÓRHALLUR

SVERRISSON, JÓN GNARR, HAFDÍS HULD,

MATT KEESLER, LAUFEY BRÁ JÓNSDÓTTIR.

A surprise sleeper hit back in the day, this hilarious comedy (Douglas’ debut) is now con-

sidered a classic and an eerie foretelling of the economic crash which happened eight years later. Thirty-year-old Toti, a business man

and weekend dad, is getting worn

down by family trouble, business

failure and the continuous loss of

his favourite football team. He pins

his hopes on getting rich quick

through selling illegal cigarettes but

it only results in his arrest. After a

short stint in jail he tries to rebuild

his life with the help of his overbear-

ing friend.


MAY 21: 20:00 JUNE 16: 18:00

JULY 7: 20:00 JULY 26: 22:00

AUGUST 29: 18:00

A MAN LIKE ME(MAÐUR EINS OG ÉG) 2010


DOUGLAS. MAIN CAST: JÓN GNARR,

BALDUR TRAUSTI HREINSSON, THORSTEINN

GUDMUNDSSON, STEPHANIE CHE.

Douglas’s sophomore feature and (current Mayor of Reykjavik) Jón Gnarr’s fi rst leading role. Júlli, a

young man restricted by loneliness

and habit, meets a young Chinese

woman and falls in love, only to see

the relationship disintegrate in dra-

matic fashion, thanks to his insecu-

rity. However, once he manages to

put disillusion and disappointment

of the breakup behind him, Júlli is

determined to do everything in his

power to get a second chance.


MAY 30: 18:00 JUNE 29: 20:00

JULY 19: 18:00 AUGUST 17: 22:00

SEPTEMBER 1: 20:00

THE MODERN DAY 7

JAR CITY(MÝRIN) 2006

CRIME THRILLER. 94 MIN. DIRECTOR: BALT-

ASAR KORMÁKUR. MAIN CAST: INGVAR E.

SIDURDSSON, ÁGÚSTA EVA ERLENDS-

DÓTTIR, BJÖRN HLYNUR HARALDSSON.

The biggest box-offi ce hit in Iceland on record and also very successful abroad. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the prestigous Karlovy Vary Film Festival. An

elderly man is found murdered in his

basement fl at. Inspector Erlendur

doesn’t have much to go by in the

investigation, but a photograph of a

young girl´s grave gives him a lead.

He discovers that many years ago

the victim was accused, though not

convicted, of horrible crimes. As Er-

lendur reopens the very cold case,

he follows a trail of unusual forensic

evidence, uncovering secrets that

are much larger than the murder of

one old man – with clues knit into

the genetic bloodline of an entire

country.


MAY 19: 22:00 MAY 29: 20:00

JUNE 11: 22:00 JUNE 28: 20:00

JULY 13: 18:00 JULY 25: 22:00

AUGUST 10: 20:00 AUGUST 26: 22:00

NOI THE ALBINO(NÓI ALBÍNÓI) 2003

COMEDY/DRAMA. 93 MIN. DIRECTOR: DAGUR KÁRI. MAIN CAST: TÓMAS LEMAR-

QUIS, THRÖSTUR LEÓ GUNNARSSON, ELÍN

HANSDÓTTIR, ANNA FRIDRIKSDÓTTIR..

The debut feature of Dagur Kári was a major festival hit around the world and still ranks as one of the fi nest fi lms Iceland has pro-duced. A boy wonder and drop-out

on an Icelandic village scale, Noi

(17), dreams of escaping from his

remote fjord with the girl from the

fi lling station.


MAY 19: 18:00 JUNE 1: 22:00

JUNE 14: 20:00 JUNE 25: 20:00

JULY 10: 22:00 JULY 25: 20:00

AUGUST 5: 18:00 AUGUST 25: 18:00

PEARLS AND SWINE(PERLUR OG SVÍN) 1997

COMEDY. 101 MIN. DIRECTOR: ÓSKAR

JÓNASSON. MAIN CAST: ÓLAFÍA HRÖNN

JÓNSDÓTTIR, JÓHANN SIGURDARSON,

STEINUNN ÓLÍNA THORSTEINSDÓTTIR.

Óskar Jónasson’s sophomore fi lm. Lisa and her husband Finnbogi

buy an old run- down bakery. For

a while business is booming but

an unscrupoulus competitor is de-

termined to bring them down. The

bakery is on the verge of bankrupt-

cy when Lisa and Finnbogi embark

on desperate counter-measures.


JUNE 4: 22:00 JUNE 29: 18:00

JULY 20: 20:00 AUGUST 2: 22:00

AUGUST 21: 20:00

REYKJAVIK WHALE WATCHING MASSACRE2009

COMEDY/HORROR. 86 MIN. DIRECTOR: JÚLÍUS KEMP. MAIN CAST: NAE YUKI,

GUNNAR HANSEN, PIHLA VIITALA, HELGI

BJÖRNSSON, STEFÁN JÓNSSON, GUDRÚN

GÍSLADÓTTIR.

Based on a script by Sjón, one of Iceland’s fi nest writers, the fi lm

8 THE MODERN DAY

is drenched in surreal humour. An

epic tale of a group of whale watch-

ers whose ship breaks down. They

get picked up by a whaling vessel

and everything gets out of control.


JUNE 18: 22:00 JULY 1: 22:00

JULY 23: 22:00 AUGUST 5: 22:00

AUGUST 20: 22:00

STORMLAND(ROKLAND) 2011

BLACK COMEDY. 101 MIN. DIRECTOR: MARTEINN THORSSON. MAIN CAST: ÓLAFUR

DARRI ÓLAFSSON, ELMA LÍSA GUNNARS-

DÓTTIR, STEFÁN HALLUR STEFÁNSSON,

LÁRA JÓHANNA JÓNSDÓTTIR.

A pitch black comedy with ele-ments of grand guignol and and excellent central performances from Ólafsson and Gunnarsdóttir. Stuck in his home village after 10

years of academic life in Germany,

Böddi wants to change the world.

But the world is reluctant to change.

He gets fi red from his teaching job,

the girl he’s in love with rejects him

and the one he’s using as a distrac-

tion ends up using him. When it

fi nally dawns on him that nothing

will ever change in the village, he

gets on his horse and heads for

Reykjavík with a gun in his pocket

and noble ideas in his head. He’s

ready for his revolution.


MAY 29: 22:00 JUNE 20: 18:00

JULY 9: 22:00 JULY 20: 18:00

AUGUST 15: 22:00

BACK SOON(SKRAPP ÚT) 2008

COMEDY. 90 MIN. DIRECTOR: SÓLVEIG

ANSPACH. MAIN CAST: DIDDA JÓNSDÓTTIR,

JULIEN COTTEREAU, JÖRUNDUR RAGNARS-

SON, JOY DOYLE, INGVAR E. SIGURDSSON.

A slacker comedy on the road. Anna, a poetess, dish washer and

marijuana dealer in her late thirties,

is tired of her lifestyle and the cold-

ness of Iceland. She wishes to show

her two sons more of the world and

prepares to sell her drug-dealing

business, but it turns out to be quite

complicated.


JUNE 6: 20:00 JULY 7: 18:00

JULY 27: 22:00 AUGUST 9: 20:00

AUGUST 22: 18:00

REMOTE CONTROL(SÓDÓMA REYKJAVÍK) 1993

COMEDY. 90 MIN. DIRECTOR: ÓSKAR

JÓNASSON. MAIN CAST: BJÖRN JR. FRID-

BJÖRNSSON, EGGERT THORLEIFSSON,

HELGI BJÖRNSSON, MARGRÉT GÚSTAFS-

DÓTTIR.

A crazy rock’n’roll comedy and the debut feature of Jónasson. One of the most beloved Ice-landic fi lms and a huge hit in its day. Axel is a car mechanic and

lives the simple life at his mom’s

place with his big American car and

his goldfi sh. When his mother or-

ders him to fi nd the lost TV remote

control his life is turned upside

THE MODERN DAY 9

Í BRENNIDEPLI / IM FOKUS / IN FOCUS: CHRIS KRAUSdown. He becomes involved with

the most ruthless criminals, breaks

into the sleaziest nightclub, drives

way over the speed limit, kidnaps

people and is himself kidnapped.

And that’s only the beginning...


MAY 25: 20:00 JUNE 8: 18:00

JUNE 19: 22:00 JULY 5: 20:00

JULY 21: 18:00 AUGUST 3: 22:00

AUGUST 13: 20:00 SEPTEMBER 1: 22:00

ELEVEN MEN OUT(STRÁKARNIR OKKAR) 2005


DOUGLAS. MAIN CAST: BJÖRN HLYNUR

HARALDSSON, LILJA NÓTT ÞÓRARINS-

DÓTTIR, HELGI BJÖRNSSON, ARNMUNDUR

ERNST.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert meets Ken Loach in Iceland. A

Reykjavik soccer star declares

himself gay in a magazine interview.

His fellow teammates, father and

brother do not react favourably and

he’s thrown off the team. He’s also

got to reckon with his alcoholic

beauty queen ex-wife and his teen-

age son. The footballer decides to

form an all gay soccer team and

fi ght for the opportunity to play

against the big guns.


JUNE 10: 18:00 JUNE 30: 22:00

JULY 14: 18:00 AUGUST 1: 20:00

AUGUST 13: 22:00

DRAMARAMA(VILLILJÓS) 2001

COMEDY/DRAMA. 80 MIN. DIRECTORS: INGA LÍSA MIDDLETON, DAGUR KÁRI, RAG-

NAR BRAGASON, ÁSGRÍMUR SVERRISSON

AND EINAR THÓR GUNNLAUGSSON. MAIN CAST: HAFDÍS HULD, EGGERT THORLEIFS-

SON, NANNA KRISTÍN MAGNÚSDÓTTIR,

EDDA BJÖRGVINSDÓTTIR, BJÖRN JR. FRID-

BJÖRNSSON, INGVAR E. SIGURDSSON, GÍSLI

ÖRN GARDARSSON,TÓMAS LEMARQUIS,

BALDUR TRAUSTI HREINSSON, MEGAS.

A portmanteu fi lm with fi ve conn-ecting stories. Everything looks

set for a perfectly normal evening in

Reykjavík, until the the power goes

off. The door of a bank ATM locks

as a pregnant girl inside goes into

labour. A hearse driver, fi ghting off

a ghost with the help of his parrot,

races wildly through the darkened

streets. A newly engaged couple´s

romantic night out goes sour when

an older couple try to teach them

what life is all about. And a plane

strays off course, while the rock

group on board and everyone in

town that night tries to see the light

in the darkness.


JUNE 30: 20:00 JULY 14: 22:00

AUGUST 4: 20:00 AUGUST 19: 22:00

THE GOOD HEART2010

COMEDY/DRAMA. 90 MIN. DIRECTOR: DAGUR KÁRI. MAIN CAST: BRIAN COX, PAUL

DANO, ISILD LE BESCO.

Set in New York, this is Dagur Kári’s homage to the dingy bars of this world. Lucas, a young

homeless man, has come to an

existential dead-end. He tries to

commit suicide but fails. At the

hospital he meets Jacques, a

grumpy old bar-owner whose un-

healthy lifestyle has resulted in no

fewer than fi ve heart attacks. Jacq-

ues takes Lucas under his wing

with the intention of passing on his

legacy.


MAY 19: 20:00 MAY 27: 18:00

JUNE 13: 22:00 JUNE 24: 20:00

JULY 12: 18:00 JULY 28: 22:00

AUGUST 8: 18:00 AUGUST 23: 20:00

10 PERIOD FILMS

HULLABALLOO(GAURAGANGUR) 2010

FAMILY COMEDY. 90 MIN. DIRECTOR: GUNNAR B. GUDMUNDSSON. MAIN CAST: ALEXANDER BRIEM, EYGLÓ HILMARSDÓTTIR,

HILDUR ARNDAL, ATLI ÓSKAR FJALARSON.

Based on Ólafur Haukur Símonar-son’s popular play. Set in the early

1980’s. Ormur, a teenager who

believes he is a genius poet, comes

to face with trials and tribulations

of adulthood and needs to grow up

quickly.


MAY 23: 20:00 JUNE 16: 22:00

JULY 5: 18:00 AUGUST 5: 20:00

AUGUST 21: 22:00

UNDER THE GLACIER(KRISTNIHALD UNDIR JÖKLI)

1989

COMEDY/DRAMA. 91 MIN. DIRECTOR: GUDNÝ HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR. MAIN CAST: BALDVIN HALLDÓRSSON, MARGRÉT HELGA

JÓHANNSDÓTTIR, SIGURÐUR SIGURJÓNS-

SON.

Based on Nobel Prize winner Halldór Kiljan Laxness’ novel. Set

in the 1960’s. Umbi (an acronym

for emissary of the bishop), is sent

by him to undertake an important

investigation at Snæfell glacier. In

particular he is to look into the con-

duct and behavior of Jón Prímus,

the old pastor at Snæfell. Slowly

he is dragged into a quagmire of

strange happenings and his ef-

forts to understand only make him

confused.


JUNE 28: 22:00 JULY 15: 22:00

JULY 24: 20:00 AUGUST 12: 22:00

AGNES(AGNES) 1995

DRAMA. 106 MIN. DIRECTOR: EGILL ED-

VARDSSON. MAIN CAST: BALTASAR KOR-

MÁKUR, EGILL ÓLAFSSON, MARÍA ELLING-

SEN.

Based on the life of the last people in Iceland to be executed. Set in the nineteenth century. The

fi lm depicts the last year of Agnes’s

life, when she fi rst meets and falls

passionately in love with Natan, a

seductive man of knowledge and

mystique. Agnes soon realizes that

she is just one of Natan’s many

mistresses, and is clearly dispensa-

ble. Her love for Natan turns to cold

hatred.


JUNE 27: 18:00 JULY 23: 20:00

AUGUST 11: 18:00 AUGUST 31: 18:00

MOVIE DAYS(BÍÓDAGAR) 1994

COMEDY/DRAMA. 82 MIN. DIRECTOR: FRIDRIK THÓR FRIDRIKSSON. MAIN CAST: GUÐRÚN ÁSMUNDSDÓTTIR, JÓN SIGUR-

BJÖRNSSON, SIGRÚN HJÁLMTÝSDÓTTIR,

ÖRVAR JENS ARNARSSON, RÚRIK HARALDS-

SON, ORRI HELGASON.

A storyteller comes into being. Director Fridrik Thór Fridriksson’s childhood memories turned into poetry in motion. Set in the

PERIOD FILMS:

late fi fties, early sixties. Funny tales

of Thomas, boy coming of age,

discovering Russian spies, Icelandic

ghosts, Roy Rogers, The Crawling

Hand, Adolf Hitler, sheep-eating

hermits, Jesus Christ, the US Army,

perverts on wheels, Iceland’s only

Hollywood star, great storytellers,

and funerals.


MAY 27: 20:00 JUNE 21: 22:00

JULY 11: 18:00 AUGUST 7: 20:00

AUGUST 25: 22:00

THE DANCE(DANSINN) 1998

COMEDY/DRAMA. 87 MIN. DIRECTOR: ÁGÚST GUDMUNDSSON. MAIN CAST: BALDUR TRAUSTI HREINSSON, DOFRI HER-

MANNSSON, GUNNAR HELGASON, PÁLÍNA

JÓNSDÓTTIR, KRISTINA SUNDAR HANSSEN,

GÍSLI HALLDÓRSSON.

Based on Faroese writer William Heinesen’s short story. Set in the

early 20th century. The beautiful

Sirsa has decided to try and forget

her true love, the wild and roman-

tic Ivar, choosing instead to marry

Harald, son of the most important

family on the island.


JUNE 24: 22:00 JULY 17: 20:00

AUGUST 2: 20:00 AUGUST 15: 18:00

DEVIL’S ISLAND(DJÖFLAEYJAN) 1995

DRAMA. 103 MIN. DIRECTOR: FRIDRIK THÓR

FRIDRIKSSON. MAIN CAST: BALTASAR

KORMÁKUR, GÍSLI HALLDÓRSSON, GUD-

MUNDUR ÓLAFSSON, HALLDÓRA GEIR-

HARDSDÓTTIR, INGVAR E. SIGURDSSON.

Based on writer Einar Kárason’s popular novels, one of the biggest box offi ce hits in Iceland. A bitter

sweet tale of Iceland in the fi fties.

Life is rough in Reykjavik’s post-

war slum of Camp Thule. Strug-

gling wives and their hard-working

husbands try to make ends meet.

The younger generation dreams of

dollars, Rock’n’Roll and the Ameri-

can way of life. Vividly depicts the

everyday life of a wacky family, their

neighbours and friends and shows

how some of their dreams come

true and others don’t.


MAY 26: 18:00 JUNE 8: 22:00

JUNE 21: 20:00 JULY 4: 18:00

JULY 20: 22:00 AUGUST 2: 18:00

AUGUST 12: 20:00 AUGUST 31: 22:00

THE SEAGULL’S LAUGHTER(MÁVAHLÁTUR) 2001

DRAMA. 104 MIN. DIRECTOR: ÁGÚST

GUDMUNDSSON. MAIN CAST: MARGRÉT

VILHJÁLMSDÓTTIR, UGLA EGILSDÓTTIR,

HEINO FERCH, HILMIR SNAER GUDNASON

KRISTBJÖRG KJELD.

Based on Kristin Marja Baldurs-dóttir’s popular novel about female conspiracy in the days before feminism. In a small comm-

unity in the wake of the second

world war, a young girl, growing

into womanhood, suspects that her

recently returned mysterous aunt

is up to no good. She sets out to

investigate her with life-changing

results.


JUNE 13: 18:00 JULY 3: 22:00

JULY 29: 18:00 AUGUST 18: 20:00

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TEARS OF STONE(TÁR ÚR STEINI) 1995

DRAMA. 114 MIN. DIRECTOR: HILMAR

ODDSSON. MAIN CAST: BERGTHÓRA

ARADÓTTIR, HEINZ BENNENT, INGRID

ANDREE, RUTH ÓLAFSDÓTTIR, THOMAS

BRASCH, ULRICH TUKOR, THRÖSTUR LEÓ

GUNNARSSON.

A bio-drama about one of Ice-land’s most renowned compos-ers. Set in Germany in the late

thirties. The Icelandic composer Jón

Leifs, who has a promising future,

falls in love with a Jewish girl. His

quest for success becomes a quest

for survival as his love for music

has to vie with his love for his wife

and two daughters. Facing two

impossible choices, he fi nds his life

turning into a Greek tragedy in a

country which is rapidly becoming

hell on earth.


JUNE 15: 18:00 JULY 4: 20:00

JULY 27: 20:00 AUGUST 8: 22:00

AUGUST 29: 22:00

HONOUR OF THE HOUSE(UNGFRÚIN GÓÐA OG HÚSIÐ)

1999

DRAMA. 110 MIN. DIRECTOR: GUDNÝ HALL-

DÓRSDÓTTIR. MAIN CAST: EGILL ÓLAFSSON,

RAGNHILDUR GÍSLADÓTTIR, TINNA GUNN-

LAUGSDÓTTIR.

Based on Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness’ short story. A

hypocritical and selfi sh older sister

holds power over her younger,

unselfi sh and humaitarian sister by

hiding the shame of her younger

sister’s pregnancy, with the purpose

of upholding the aristocratic status

of their name and household. Or

that is what we are told, because

underneath the facade, is a story of

two sisters, who have had intimacy

with the same man.


JUNE 14: 22:00 JULY 1: 20:00

JULY 16: 20:00 AUGUST 6: 22:00

BEOWULF AND GRENDEL(BJÓLFSKVIÐA) 2007

ACTION/ADVENTURE. 104 MIN. DIRECTOR: STURLA GUNNARSSON. MAIN CAST: GERARD BUTLER, STELLAN SKARSGARD,

SARAH POLLEY, INGVAR E. SIGURDSSON.

Loosely based on the 9th century Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. It tells the blood-soaked tale of a

Norse hero´s battle with a great and

murderous troll.


JUNE 17: 20:00 JULY 12: 22:00

AUGUST 4: 18:00 AUGUST 22: 20:00

THE QUIET STORM(VEÐRAMÓT) 2007

DRAMA. 103 MIN. DIRECTOR: GUDNÝ

HALLDÓRSDÓTTIR. MAIN CAST: HILMIR

SNAER GUDNASON, TINNA HRAFNSDÓTTIR,

ATLI RAFN SIGURDARSON, HERA HILMARS-

DÓTTIR.

Based on autobiographical ele-ments of director Halldórsdótt-ir. Set in the early 70’s. A young

free-spirited girl joins the ranks of

guidance-counselors running a

small institution at an abandoned

farm for troubled teens. Deceit,

desires and tragedy soon set into

motion events that affect all players

at the institution.


JUNE 26: 20:00 JULY 8: 22:00

JULY 30: 22:00 AUGUST 22: 22:00

LAND AND SEA 13

WHITE NIGHT WEDDING(BRÚÐGUMINN) 2008

COMEDY/DRAMA. 96 MIN. DIRECTOR: BALTASAR KORMÁKUR. MAIN CAST: HILMIRSNAER GUDNASON, ÓLAFÍA HRÖNN JÓNS-DÓTTIR, JÓHANN SIGURDARSON, MARGRÉT VILHJÁLMSDÓTTIR, LAUFEY ELÍASDÓTTIR.

Loosely based on Ivanov by Chekov. A huge hit in Iceland. Jon, a middle-aged professor is

about to get married for the second

time. This time to a young woman,

half his age. There are those who

oppose to the marriage, including

his future mother-in-law. When the

guests start fl ocking to the island

where the marriage is to be held,

the groom starts getting cold feet.


MAY 20: 18:00 JUNE 2: 20:00

JUNE 15: 22:00 JUNE 28: 18:00

JULY 11: 20:00 JULY 24: 22:00

AUGUST 6: 20:00 AUGUST 26: 18:00

COLD FEVER(Á KÖLDUM KLAKA) 1995

COMEDY/DRAMA. 87 MIN. DIRECTOR: FRIDRIK THÓR FRIDRIKSSON. MAIN CAST: MASATOSHI NAGASE, FISHER STEVENS,

GÍSLI HALLDÓRSSON, LILI TAYLOR.

With popstar Nagase (Mystery

Train), the fi lm is probably the most widely seen of Fridriks-son’s fi lms. Japanese Atsushi

feels obliged to perform a memorial

service for his parents at the spot

where they died: a remote river in

Iceland. The story of how one young

man goes on a very diffi cult

journey to fi nd out something im

portant about himself.


JUNE 20: 22:00 JULY 12: 20:00

JULY 18: 18:00 AUGUST 18: 22:00

BRIM(BRIM) 2010

DRAMA. 95 MIN. DIRECTOR: ÁRNI ÓLI ÁS-

GEIRSSON. MAIN CAST: INGVAR E. SIGURDS-

SON, NÍNA DÖGG FILIPPUSDÓTTIR, GÍSLI

ÖRN GARDARSSON, ÓLAFUR EGILL EGILS-

SON, ÓLAFUR DARRI ÓLAFSSON, BJÖRN

HLYNUR HARALDSSON.

Ásgeirsson’s sophomore fi lm, made with the cast of Vesturport. A young woman hires on as a crew-

member on a fi shing vessel, where

a tight knit group of men is already

in place. Her being on board is not

going down well with the crew. With

confl ict happening within the group,

as well as with nature, this motley

crew has to stick together and face

their destiny in a sea voyage that

takes an unexpected turn.


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JUNE 13: 20:00 JUNE 26: 22:00

JULY 9: 20:00 JULY 22: 18:00

AUGUST 11: 22:00 AUGUST 24: 20:00

LAND AND SEA:

14 LAND AND SEA

CHILDREN OF NATURE(BÖRN NÁTTÚRUNNAR) 1991

DRAMA. 85 MIN. DIRECTOR: FRIDRIK THÓR

FRIDRIKSSON. MAIN CAST: GÍSLI HALLDÓRS-

SON, SIGRÍDUR HAGALÍN.

The Oscar-nominated fi lm that made Fridriksson’s name. Prob-ably most beloved of Icelandic fi lms. An old man who lives by

himself decides to give up farming

and move to the city, where he has

a diffi ccult time settling in and ends

up in an old people’s home. There

he meets an old fl ame who dreams

of being buried on the farm where

she grew up, which has now been

deserted for years. One night they

fl ee together in search of adventure.


MAY 28: 20:00 JUNE 10: 20:00

JUNE 23: 22:00 JULY 6: 18:00

JULY 19: 20:00 AUGUST 1: 22:00

AUGUST 15: 20:00 AUGUST 27: 22:00

THE SEA(HAFIÐ) 2002

DRAMA. 82 MIN. DIRECTOR: BALTASAR

KORMÁKUR. MAIN CAST: GUNNAR EYJÓLFS-

SON, KRISTBJÖRG KJELD, HILMIR SNAER

GUDNASON, HERDÍS THORVALDSDÓTTIR.

Based on a play by Ólafur Haukur Símonarson, another big hit in Iceland for Kormákur. Wealthy,

aging patriarch assembles his scatt-

ered heirs to discuss the future of

the family fi shery. But bringing

everyone together unleashes a

storm of long-repressed sexual

abuse, lingering suspicions, sibling

rivalries and incestuous passions.

Ultimately, it’s a heartless battle

between the past and the future that

culminates in a night of explosive

rage.


JUNE 11: 20:00 JULY 5: 22:00

JULY 28: 18:00 AUGUST 11: 20:00

AUGUST 28: 22:00

COLD LIGHT(KALDALJÓS) 2004

DRAMA. 93 MIN. DIRECTOR: HILMAR ODDS-

SON. MAIN CAST: INGVAR E. SIGURDSSON,

ÁSLÁKUR INGVARSSON, KRISTBJÖRG KJELD.

Based on writer Vigdís Grímsdótt-ir’s novel. What could be better

than knowing your future? And what

could be worse? A love-fi lled child-

hood abruptly ends when catastro-

phe descends. One that the child

had foreseen, yet failed to act upon.

A 40-year-old man hides in a self-

made prison of mundane life. The

fi lm opens as he fi nally becomes

resolved to dare gaze at his unthink-

able past.


JULY 31: 20:00 AUGUST 20: 20:00

COLD TRAIL(KÖLD SLÓÐ) 2005

THRILLER. 99 MIN. DIRECTOR: BJÖRN BR.

BJÖRNSSON. MAIN CAST: THRÖSTUR LEÓ

GUNNARSSON, ELVA ÓSK ÓLAFSSDÓTTIR,

HJALTI RÖGNVALDSSON.

A thriller set in the highlands. A

reporter travels to a remote dam to

investigate a mysterious death. He

soon discovers that nothing is what

it seems in this isolated place.


MAY 30: 22:00 JUNE 16: 20:00

JULY 2: 22:00 JULY 25: 18:00

AUGUST 14: 22:00

FAMILY FILMS 15

THE BIG RESCUE(ALGJÖR SVEPPI OG LEITIN AÐ

VILLA) 2009

COMEDY. 78 MIN. DIRECTOR: BRAGI THÓR HINRIKSSON. MAIN CAST: SVERRIR THÓR SVERRISSON, VILHELM ANTON JÓNSSON, GUDJÓN DAVID KARLSSON.

Based on characters from TV series Algjör Sveppi. Very popular in Iceland. Sveppi and Villi have

been the best of friends since they

remember. What Sveppi lacks, Villi

makes up for with his intelligence.

When Villi is kidnapped by some

bad guys, Sveppi, with the help of

his friend Goi, decides to fi nd and

rescue Villi and an incredible adven-

ture takes place.


JUNE 19: 18:00 JULY 10: 18:00

AUGUST 27: 18:00

THE SECRET SPELL(ALGJÖR SVEPPI OG DULAR-

FULLA HÓTELHERBERGIÐ) 2010

COMEDY. 78 MIN. DIRECTOR: BRAGI THÓR HINRIKSSON. MAIN CAST: SVERRIR THÓR SVERRISSON, VILHELM ANTON JÓNSSON, GUDJÓN DAVID KARLSSON.

The follow-up to The Big Rescue. Also a big hit. Sveppi and Villi are

going on vacation to an old hotel in

the countryside where Sveppi’s dad

is going to write a book. Soon the

two friends discover that the hotel

is haunted and a dark but beauti-

ful secret lies behind everything.

They team up with their friend Goi

and embark on a quest to solve the

mystery.


JUNE 25: 18:00 JULY 17: 18:00

AUGUST 28: 18:00

BENJAMIN DOVE(BENJAMÍN DÚFA) 1995

DRAMA. 91 MIN. DIRECTOR: GÍSLI SNAER

ERLINGSSON. MAIN CAST: HJÖRLEIFUR

BJÖRNSSON, GUNNAR ATLI CAUTHERY,

STURLA SIGHVATSSON, SIGFÚS STURLU-

SON.

A multiple award winning fi lm, based on Fridrik Erlingsson’s beloved novel. Feature debut of Erlingsson and one of the fi nest achievements of the Icelandic cinema. A group of young boys

form their own little round table of

knights. However, friction within

the group causes some members

to form a new gang. Rivalry and

chaoes ensue with unexpected and

serious consequences.


JUNE 12: 18:00 JULY 16: 18:00

AUGUST 6: 18:00 AUGUST 20: 18:00

FAMILY FILMS:

NO NETWORK(DUGGHOLUFÓLKIÐ) 2007

ADVENTURE. 83 MIN. DIRECTOR: ARI

KRISTINSSON. MAIN CAST: BERGTHÓR

THORVALDSSON, THÓRDÍS HULDA ÁRNA-

DÓTTIR, ÁRNI BEINTEINN ÁRNASON, BRYN-

HILDUR GUDJÓNSDÓTTIR, ERLENDUR

EIRÍKSSON, MARGRÉT VILHJÁLMSDÓTTIR.

Sophomore feature of Ari Krist-insson. Kalli, a young boy who is

brought up by a single mother in the

suburbs of Reykjavik, thrives in the

world of imaginary characters, in

a world where he gets most of his

life experiences through screens:

movies, television shows, and com-

puters. When he is sent to spend

Christmas with his father and his

father´s new family, far up north at a

remote and isolated farm, the story

takes him out of that world and puts

him in one where he has to fi ght

“real life” challanges.


MAY 29: 18:00 JULY 2: 18:00

JULY 24: 18:00

IKINGUT(IKINGÚT) 2000

DRAMA/ADVENTURE. 87 MIN. DIRECTOR: GISLI SNAER ERLINGSSON. MAIN CAST: HJALTI RÚNAR JÓNSSON, HANS TITTUS

NAKINGE, PÁLMI GESTSSON.

Sophomore feature of Erlings-son. 16th century Iceland. A small

Eskimo boy comes drifting on an

iceberg to a superstitious settlement

in northern Iceland and is believed,

by his strange looks, to be an emis-

sary of the devil and the cause of

the hardship brought on by a severe

winter. When the boy makes friends

with the priest’s son, he proves to

be a blessing rather than a curse

and the villagers are forced to

reconsider their beliefs and preju-

dices.


MAY 28: 18:00 JULY 9: 18:00

JULY 31: 18:00 AUGUST 21: 18:00

REGINA(REGÍNA) 2002

MUSICAL COMEDY. 90 MIN. DIRECTOR: MARÍA SIGURDARDÓTTIR. MAIN CAST: SIGURBJÖRG ALMA INGÓLFSDÓTTIR,

BENEDIKT CLAUSEN, BALTASAR KORMÁKUR,

HALLDÓRA GEIRHARDSDÓTTIR, SÓLVEIG

ARNARSDÓTTIR, BJÖRN INGI HILMARSSON.

The feature debut of Sigurdar-dóttir and one of the fi rst digital fi lms ever made. Regina is 10

years old. The story begins one

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FAMILY FILMS 17

sunny summer morning when kids

are leaving for the summer camp

and Regina has been told she can-

not go. While alone at home killing

time she discovers her gift, which

is hypnotizing singing. Her friend

Peter shows his talent for fi nding

words that rhyme and together they

increase the power of singing.


MAY 21: 18:00 JUNE 26: 18:00

JULY 23: 18:00 AUGUST 13: 18:00

THE SKY PALACE(SKÝJAHÖLLIN) 1994

ADVENTURE. 85 MIN. DIRECTOR: THOR-

STEINN JÓNSSON. MAIN CAST: GUDRÚN

GÍSLADÓTTIR, GÍSLI HALLDÓRSSON, HJALTI

RÖGNVALDSSON, KÁRI GUNNARSSON, SIG-

URDUR SIGURJÓNSSON, STEINDÓR HJÖR-

LEIFSSON, ÓLAFÍA HRÖNN JÓNSDÓTTIR.

Based on Gudmundur Ólafsson’s popular book. Emil, an eight-year-

old boy, wants to buy a puppy

because his grandfather’s trusty

dog has died. After Emil has worked

hard to earn the necessary money,

his father fl atly rejects the idea. The

boy ignores his father’s wishes, de-

cides to leave home with the puppy,

and sets out on an eventful journey

to his grandfather’s.


JUNE 11: 18:00 JULY 3: 18:00

JULY 30: 18:00

COUNT ME OUT(STIKKFRÍ) 1997

COMEDY. 84 MIN. DIRECTOR: ARI KRISTINS-

SON. MAIN CAST: BERGTHÓRA ARADÓTTIR,

HALLDÓRA BJÖRNSDÓTTIR, HALLDÓRA

GEIRHARDSÓTTIR, MARÍA ELLINGSEN, TINNA

FINNBOGADÓTTIR, VALDIMAR FLYGENRING.

The debut feature of Ari Kristins-son, Fridrik Thór Fridriksson’s DP and main collaborator through the years. Hrefna (9) lives alone with

her mother. She has never met her

father and she has been told that he

lives abroad. On her tenth birthday,

Hrefna discovers that her father is

actually living in a suburb nearby,

married to a young woman. Hrefna

and her girlfriend decide to pay

a visit. On the doorstep they lose

their nerve when a man - her father

- opens the door with a baby in his

arms. The girls decide to go again

and secretly observe the house and

the family. They take an instannt

dislike to Pálína, the father’s bad-

tempered and constantly nagging

wife, and together they work out

a plan to save the father from this

terrible woman.


MAY 22: 18:00 JUNE 18: 18:00

AUGUST 7: 18:00

18 DOCUMENTARIES

DOCUMENTARIES:

DREAMLAND(DRAUMALANDIÐ) 2009

90 MIN. DIRECTORS: THORFINNUR GUDNA-

SON, ANDRI SNAER MAGNASON.

The most popular documentary ever

screened in Iceland. A fi lm about

a nation standing at a crossroads.

Leading up to Iceland’s greatest

economic crisis, its government

started the largest megaproject in

the country’s history: to build the

biggest dam in Europe. Under the

mantra of economic growth, the

dam was to provide Alcoa with

cheap electricity for an aluminium

smelter in the rugged east fjords of

Iceland. Today, Iceland is left hold-

ing a huge debt, facing an uncertain

future.


JUNE 8: 20:00 JUNE 30: 18:00

JULY 13: 22:00 JULY 26: 20:00

AUGUST 18: 18:00

DREAM OF THE WAY, PT. 1(DRAUMURINN UM VEGINN, 1.

HLUTI) 2010

106 MIN. DIRECTOR: ERLENDUR SVEINS-

SON.

Thor Vilhjálmsson, nestor of Ice-

landic writers, one of the pioneers of

modern literature in Iceland, makes

a 40 year old dream come true

when he starts his pilgrimage along

the 800 km long St. James Way in

northern Spain in the year 2005,

when he will become eighty. He is

eager to know what will happen to

himself within when he encounters

the way, his fellow pilgrims from

many countries and the inhabitants

of the various regions along the

way.


JUNE 27: 20:00 JULY 22: 22:00

AUGUST 14: 18:00 AUGUST 17: 18:00

ICE-SAR: HAITI RESPONSE(ÍSLENSKA RÚSTABJÖRGUNAR-

SVEITIN Á HAITI) 2010

70 MIN. DIRECTOR: MAGNUS VIDAR

SIGURDSSON.

About the work of the Icelandic

Search and Rescue Team (ICE-SAR)

in Haiti following the great earth-

quake in January 2010.


JUNE 5: 20:00 JULY 6: 20:00

JULY 26: 18:00 AUGUST 10: 22:00

AUGUST 19: 18:00

DOCUMENTARIES 19

I LIVE: THE VESTMANNA ISLANDS ERUPTION 1973(ÉG LIFI) 2003

120 MIN. DIRECTOR: MAGNÚS VIDAR SIG-

URDSSON.

The award-winning documentary on

the Vestmann Island Volcanic Erup-

tion in 1973 and its impact on the

residents of the island.


JUNE 20: 20:00 JULY 17: 22:00

AUGUST 9: 18:00 AUGUST 30: 22:00

SHANGHAIING DAYS(HÁSETA VANTAR Á BÁT) 2007


SIGURDSSON.The logbook of a few Icelandic

trawler-men in 1947-1970. It was

dangerous to go on a drinking spree

in those days — the Icelandic trawl-

ers were short of crew, so

skippers went back to the old way

of manning their ships. Man-hunt-

ing, or ‘Shanghaiing’ was the name

of the game.


JUNE 7: 22:00 JUNE 22: 18:00

JULY 15: 20:00 AUGUST 9: 22:00

AUGUST 25: 20:00

66°/23° NORTH WEST: THE DAY OF THE AVALANCHE(NORÐ VESTUR) 2010

100 MIN. DIRECTOR: EINAR THÓR GUNN-

LAUGSSON.

The amazing story of one of the

biggest rescue operations Iceland

has seen when a huge avalanche

hit a small fi shing village, Flateyri,

on October 26th 1995. Before an

outside help reached Flateyri, the

locals were on their own during the

fi rst fi ve hours, searching and digg-

ing up their neighbors, friends and

relatives and organizing the rescue.

Many obstacles, such as storm and

further danger of avalanches, were

present as rescue teams nation-

wide, helicopters and ships tried to

fi nd their way to Flateyri. This snow

avalanche was one of the deadli-

est in Iceland’s history, and 1995 is

recognized as being the most costly

in human lives in recent local history

of natural disasters. The story is

told by rescuers, media people, the

former president of Iceland, and

survivors who some were under the

snow for 9 hours.


JUNE 23: 20:00 JULY 11: 22:00

AUGUST 10: 18:00 AUGUST 31: 20:00

THE LAST WALTZ: THE COD WARS(SÍÐASTI VALSINN) 2000


SIGURDSSON.

The Edda award winning fi lm docu-

ments the Cod Wars between Ice-

20 DOCUMENTARIES

land and the UK. A truly amazing

story of David taking on Goliath -

and winning. The Last Waltz remains

one of Iceland’s best received

documentaries, airing on BBC2 to

excellent reviews as well as being

nominated for the British Media

Maritime Awards. The Last Waltz

tells the stories from the fateful and

dangerous fi shing grounds around

Iceland, where two nations fought

for their livelihood. At stake was

the life or death of a whole industry

upon which the fi shing communities

in Britain and Iceland relied.


MAY 31: 20:00 JUNE 24: 18:00

JULY 21: 20:00 AUGUST 1: 18:00

AUGUST 24: 22:00

NO BONE, NO SKIN(ROÐLAUST OG BEINLAUST)

2011

48 MIN. DIRECTOR: INGVAR THORISSON.

On board a factory trawler from a

small village in the north of Iceland,

a group of fi shermen have found an

unusual way to deal with the rough

life at sea. They put together a

band – No Bone No Skin. The music

of No Bone No Skin stays close to

home and deals with the everyday

life of the fi shermen, their longings,

hopes, fears and desires. In fact it is

their own work songs.


JUNE 15: 20:00 JULY 8: 18:00

JULY 31: 22:00 AUGUST 27: 20:00

HEIMA - A FILM BY SIGUR RÓS(HEIMA) 1997

97 MIN. DIRECTOR: DEAN DEBLOIS.

Summer 2006. Having toured the

world over, Sigur Ros return home

to play a series of free, unannounc-

ed concerts in Iceland.


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HOW TO FIND US:

Bio Paradis is located at Hverfi sgata

54, in downtown Reykjavik. The

street runs paralell to the main

shopping street, Laugavegur. It’s

about 500m from Laekjartorg Square

in the city’s centre.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 21

DATE DAY 18:00 20:00 22:00

6 Fri Movie Days Jar City The Icelandic Dream

7 Sat Count Me Out White Night Wedding Cold Trail

8 Sun Ikíngut Noi the Albino The Last Waltz

9 Mon Hullaballo Stormland The Honour of the

House

10 Tue Regina Children Parents

11 Wed Astropia Mr. Bjarnfredarson The Good Heart

12 Thu Dis Brim A Man Like Me

13 Fri Dreamland Devil's Island Remote Control

14 Sat No Network Heima Angels of the Universe

15 Sun Benjamin Dove Fiasco Children of Nature

16 Mon The Sea Shanghaaing Days ICE-SAR: Haiti Re-

sponse

19 Thu Noi the Albino The Good Heart Jar City

20 Fri White Night Wedding Pearls and Swine Back Soon

21 Sat Regina The Icelandic Dream Children

22 Sun Count Me Out Eleven Men Out Parents

23 Mon 101 Reykjavik Hullaballoo No Bone, No Skin

24 Tue Mr. Bjarnfredarson The Seagull's

Laughter

Tears of Stone

25 Wed Sky Palace Remote Control Brim

26 Thu Devil's Island Astropia Heima by Sigur rós

27 Fri The Good Heart Movie Days Cold Fever

28 Sat Ikingut Children of Nature The Dance

29 Sun No Network Jar City Stormland

30 Mon A Man Like Me Angels of the Universe Cold Trail

31 Tue Brim The Last Waltz Fiasco

SCHEDULE:Screening times are subject to change. Please check daily listings at our website (bioparadis.is) or in Fréttabladid daily newspaper.

MAY:

JUNE:DATE DAY 18:00 20:00 22:00

1 Wed The House Agnes Noi the Albino

2 Thu Beowulf and Grendel White Night Wedding I Live

3 Fri 66/23 North West Thicker Than Water Reykjavík Whale Watch-

ing Massacre

4 Sat The Big Rescue Under the Glacier Pearls and Swine

5 Sun The Secret Spell ICE-SAR Mr. Bjarnfredarson

6 Mon Dis Back Soon Astropia

7 Tue The Quiet Storm 101 Reykjavík Shanghaaing Days

8 Wed Remote Control Dreamland Devil's Island

9 Thu Children Parents Dramarama

10 Fri Eleven Men Out Children of Nature Heima by Sigur rós

11 Sat Sky Palace The Sea Jar City

22 PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

12 Sun Benjamin Dove The House Dream of the Way

13 Mon Seagull's Laughter Brim The Good Heart

14 Tue Angels of the Universe Noi the Albino Honour of the House

15 Wed Tears of Stone No Bone No Skin White Night Wedding

16 Thu The Icelandic Dream Cold Trail Hullaballoo

17 Fri Thicker Than Water Beowulf and Grendel Cold Light

18 Sat Count Me Out Mr. Bjarnfredarson Reykjavík Whale Watch-

ing Massacre

19 Sun The Big Rescue Heima by Sigurrós Remote Control

20 Mon Stormland I Live Cold Fever

21 Tue Astropia Devil's Island Movie Days

22 Wed Shanghaiing Days Children Parents

23 Thu Fiasco 66/23 North West Children of Nature

24 Fri The Last Waltz The Good Heart The Dance

25 Sat The Secret Spell Noi the Albino 101 Reykjavík

26 Sun Regina The Quiet Storm Brim

27 Mon Agnes Dream of the Way Angels of the Universe

28 Tue White Night

Wedding

Jar City Under the Glacier

29 Wed Pearls and Swine A Man Like Me Heima by Sigurrós

30 Thu Dreamland Dramarama Eleven Men Out

DATE DAY 18:00 20:00 22:00

1 Fri Mr. Bjarnfredarson The Honour of the

House

Reykjavík Whale Watch-

ing Massacre

2 Sat No Network Dis Cold Trail

3 Sun The Sky Palace Astropia Seagull's Laughter

4 Mon Devil's Island Tears of Stone Thicker Than Water

5 Tue Hullaballoo Remote Control The Sea

6 Wed Children of Nature ICE-SAR Children

7 Thu Back Soon The Icelandic Dream Parents

8 Fri No Bone No Skin Heima by Sigurrós The Quiet Storm

9 Sat Ikingut Brim Stormland

10 Sun The Big Rescue Fiasco Noi the Albino

11 Mon Movie Days White Night Wedding 66/23 North West

12 Tue The Good Heart Cold Fever Beowulf and Grendel

13 Wed Jar City The House Dreamland

14 Thu Eleven Men Out Angels of the Universe Dramarama

15 Fri 101 Reykjavík Shanghaaing Days Under the Glacier

16 Sat Benjamin Dove The Honour of the

House

Astropia

17 Sun The Secret Spell The Dance I Live

18 Mon Cold Fever Children Parents

19 Tue A Man Like Me Children of Nature Heima by Sigurrós

20 Wed Stormland Pearls and Swine Devil's Island

21 Thu Remote Control The Last Waltz Mr. Bjarnfredarson

22 Fri Brim Dis Dream of the Way

23 Sat Regina Agnes Reykjavík Whale Watch-

ing Massacre

24 Sun No Network Under the Glacier White Night Wedding

25 Mon Cold Trail Noi the Albino Jar City

JULY:

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 23

Í BRENNIDEPLI / IM FOKUS / IN FOCUS:

AUGUST-SEPT.:DATE DAY 18:00 20:00 22:00

1 Mon The Last Waltz Eleven Men Out Children of Nature

2 Tue Devil's Island The Dance Pearls and Swine

3 Wed Astropia Mr. Bjarnfredarson Remote Control

4 Thu Beowulf and Grendel Dramarama The House

5 Fri Noi the Albino Hullaballoo Reykjavík Whale

Watching Massacre

6 Sat Benjamin Dove White Night Wedding The Honour of the

House

7 Sun Count Me Out Movie Days Angels of the Universe

8 Mon The Good Heart Heima by Sigurrós Tears of Stone

9 Tue I lIve Back Soon Shanghaaing Days

10 Wed 66/23 North West Jar City ICE-SAR

11 Thu Agnes The Sea Brim

12 Fri Dis Devil's Island Under the Glacier

26 Tue ICE-SAR Dreamland The Icelandic Dream

27 Wed Angels of the Universe Tears of Stone Back Soon

28 Thu The Sea Thicker Than Water The Good Heart

29 Fri Seagull's Laughter Children Fiasco

30 Sat Sky Palace Parents The Quiet Storm

31 Sun Ikíngut Cold Light No Bone No Skin

12 Fri Dis Devil's Island Under the Glacier

13 Sat Regina Remote Control Eleven Men Out

14 Sun Dream of the Way Children of Nature Cold Trail

15 Mon The Dance Astropia Stormland

16 Tue Mr. Bjarnfredarson Children Parents

17 Wed Dream of the Way 101 Reykjavík A Man Like Me

18 Thu Dreamland Seagull's Laughter Cold Fever

19 Fri ICE-SAR Angels of the Universe Dramarama

20 Sat Benjamin Dove Cold Light Reykjavík Whale

Watching Massacre

21 Sun Ikíngut Pearls and Swine Hullaballoo

22 Mon Back Soon Beowulf and Grendel The Quiet Storm

23 Tue The House The Good Heart Thicker Than Water

24 Wed Fiasco Brim The Last Waltz

25 Thu Noi the Albino Shanghaaing Days Movie Days

26 Fri White Night Wedding Heima by Sigurrós Jar City

27 Sat The Big Rescue No Bone No Skin Children of Nature

28 Sun The Secret Spell Mr. Bjarnfredarson The Sea

29 Mon The Icelandic Dream Children Tears of Stone

30 Tue Astropia Parents I Live

31 Wed Agnes 66/23 North West Devil's Island

1 Thu Angels of the Universe A Man Like Me Remote Control

NOTE: Indicates the fi lm won The Edda (The Icelandic Film and

TV Awards) as Film of the Year,

Documentary of the Year or

Children’s Film of the Year. The

Edda Awards were fi rst handed

out in 1999.

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