Cinema of Iceland

Iceland has a notable cinema film industry, with many Icelandic actors and directors having gone on to receive international attention.^[6][7] The most famous film, and the only one to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature, is Börn náttúrunnar (Children of Nature), a 1991 film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. This brought Icelandic cinema to the international scene, which has since grown, with films such as Nói Albínói (Noi the Albino) by Dagur Kári, heralded as descendants of the Icelandic film tradition.

Cinema of Iceland
No. of screens	38 (2010)[1]
• Per capita	13.4 per 100,000 (2010)[1]
Main distributors	Samfilm 38.0% Sena 32.0% Myndform 29.0%[2]
Produced feature films (2011)[3]
Fictional	9
Animated	1
Documentary	3
Number of admissions (2011)[4]
Total	1,514,000
• Per capita	5.4 (2010)[5]
Gross box office (2011)[4]
Total	ISK 1.49 billion

The annual Edda Awards are the national film awards of Iceland.

Films

Main article: List of Icelandic films

List of notable Icelandic films

Icelandic	English	Year	Director	Notes
Magnús	Magnús	1989	Þráinn Bertelsson	[a]
Börn náttúrunnar	Children of Nature	1991	Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	[b]
Ungfrúin góða og húsið	The Honour of the House	1999	Guðný Halldórsdóttir	[c]
Englar alheimsins	Angels of the Universe	2000	Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	[c]
Mávahlátur	The Seagull's Laughter	2001	Ágúst Guðmundsson	[c]
Hafið	The Sea	2002	Baltasar Kormákur	[c]
Nói albínói	Noi the Albino	2003	Dagur Kári	[c]
Kaldaljós	Cold Light	2004	Hilmar Oddsson	[c]
Fullorðið fólk	Dark Horse	2005	Dagur Kári	[c]
Mýrin	Jar City	2006	Baltasar Kormákur	[c]
Foreldrar	Parents	2007	Ragnar Bragason	[c]
Sveitabrúðkaup	Country Wedding	2008	Valdís Óskarsdóttir	[c]
Bjarnfreðarson	Mister Bjarnfreðarson	2010	Ragnar Bragason	[c]
Brim	Undercurrent	2011	Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson	[c]
Eldfjall	Volcano	2011	Rúnar Rúnarsson	[c]
Djúpið	The Deep	2012	Baltasar Kormákur	[d][c]
Hross í oss	Of Horses and Men	2013	Benedikt Erlingsson	[c]
Vonarstræti	Life in a Fishbowl	2014	Baldvin Z	[c]
Hrútar	Rams	2015	Grímur Hákonarson	[a][c]
Hjartasteinn	Heartstone	2016	Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson	[c]
Undir trénu	Under the Tree	2017	Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson	[c]
Kona fer í stríð	Woman at War	2018	Benedikt Erlingsson	[c]
Agnes Joy	Agnes Joy	2019	Silja Hauksdóttir	[c]
Gullregn	The Garden	2020	Ragnar Bragason	[c]
Dýrið	Lamb	2021	Valdimar Jóhannsson	[c][d]

1. Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Film
2. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
3. Winner of the Edda Award for Best Film
4. Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

See also

• Cinema of the world
• Kvikmyndapod