We get to know two mice calles Oscar and Helga. One fine day on a farm in Southern Iceland, they meet in a mousetrap. The emphasis of the film is on its strong story line and a fictional structure that carries us through a year in the life of two mice. It is informative, yet a love story in the best tradition of the movies, involving rivalry, danger and true romance.
State of Bacon tells the kinda real but mostly fake tale of an oddball group of characters leading up to the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. Bacon-enthusiasts, Governor Branstad, a bacon queen, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, members of PETA, and an envoy of Icelanders are not excluded from this bacon party and during the course of the film become intertwined with the organizers of the ...
入围洛迦诺电影节当代影人单元。
Die 19-jhrige Maria ist übergewichtig und arbeitet als Pflegekraft in einem Heim. Dort trifft sie auf Mike, der vom Hals abwrts gelhmt ist. So treffen nun zwei Welten aufeinander: Maria, die voller Komplexe steckt und Mike, der krperlich auf Hilfe angewiesen ist. Sie gehen eine Liebesbeziehung miteinander ein, doch ihre gegenseitige Abhngigkeit macht die ju...
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted April 14, 2010, spewing aircraft-harming ash over most of Europe. It could cause Katla, its neighboring, larger volcano to erupt. NGC looks at Eyjafjallajokull before, during and after, explaining the science behind the chaos and the biggest disruption of air traffic since 9/11.
考虑到冰岛的丰厚水力电热资源能提供炼铝所需的电力,美国铝业公司Alcoa投资了冰岛史上最大的项目。冰岛建起了大坝,蓄水池,却对自然造成了巨大破坏。环保人士,经济学家,项目参与者各有看法,谁也不知道冰岛是在走向经济繁荣还是衰退,或是一场生态灾难
The Iceland government started the largest project in the history of Iceland, to turn its wilderness and beautiful nature into a massive system of hydro-electric and geothermal power plants with dams and reservoirs to provide Alcoa cheap electricity for an a...
We follow a painter, a successful artist living alone and isolated. Driven only by his work, he finds himself lost when he’s forced to deal with his unannounced son and other outsiders that stand in the way of his work and get him out of balance.
“Algjor Sveppi”是冰岛著名的冒险电影系列,2011年的《魔法衣橱》是该系列的第三部作品。几乎每一部“Algjor Sveppi”电影几乎都大受冰岛观众欢迎,并能取得了良好的票房成绩。《魔法衣橱》虽然不如2010年的《魔法咒语》,但还是在冰岛拿下了26万美元的票房(冰岛人口约30万),位居年度票房排行榜的第十位。 也是冰岛本土最卖座的电影。
《魔法衣橱》的故事比较无厘头,杂糅了侦探、悬疑、喜剧等等元素。而且还有一些疯狂的特性,与特瑞·吉列姆的《蒙蒂佩登》系列十分相似。影片的几位主角都是带有“智障特色”的,与“憨豆”有异曲同工之妙,故而影片的观赏性极强。
Beneath the quiet veneer of Iceland lies an invisible nation of Hidden People. This fascinating phenomenon, rarely discussed with outsiders, not only pervades Icelandic culture, but also impacts its infrastructure (e.g., road construction and buildings). This enlightening journey, through Iceland's celestial and mysterious environment, suspends one's state of reality-forcing yo...
A black-comedy short film about cults, gullibility and the search for happiness. When a naive Iceland couple becomes entangled in an American cult, their lodger, Michael, decides to document events for his film school project. The cult leading couple arrive from L.A. to initiate the naive Icelanders and soon the comical becomes macabre.
Two unmarried old friends in their sixties live a happy , easy going life in a small seaside village in Iceland. An attractive woman their age comes to the village planning to write a book there for a few months. When one of the two friends shows her too much interest it puts their relationship in danger.
Erik likes to have a drink once in a while. The day after a good party, sitting with his girlfriend having a chat, he meets people he doesn't remember. Has he arrived at a crossroads Is Erik in deeper trouble than usual
Vera is a young woman who has no memories of her mother. Her desperate search for a mother image merges with her own search of self as she inevitably makes an attempt to define the boundary between herself and a mother she never knew.