Erlendur Sveinsson
Editing
Known For

In the mid to late '90s, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.
Black's Game

The 11 year old Breki is at constant odds with his older sister Bergdís, but all he wants is her validation. One day when she is out, Breki sneaks into her closet and makeup, leaving the room a mess. When the family returns to the scene, a series of events unfold leading to a long overdue confrontation between the siblings.
Felt Cute

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Alice is a college freshman aiming for law school. On the day her financial aid is cut, her secret identity is revealed to her classmates.
Elle

Vala and Benni are on the road and struggle to find a mutual purpose in their new destination.
Kanarí

Auður tries to get acclimated to the life on a small island, away from the stress of a modern community.
Shells

At a local party in the suburbs of Reykjavik, Hanna (19) and Jonas (20) escape into the laundry room to share an intimate moment, but when boundaries are crossed the emotional aftermath of guilt quickly follows.
Thick Skin
This film is about the painter Sveinn Björnsson (1925-1997), and his struggles to perfect his art. Following a wide-ranging exhibition at the Kjarvalsstaðir Art Gallery in 1989, he has become tired of the fantasy style which he had been developing for thirty years. What needed to happen in order for him to create something new? What sacrifices would it involve? This film is about that struggle experienced by creative artists. The film is not a biography, or a learned review of the painter's style, but it does show a side of the man which very few see. One evening, he feels he is not alone in his studio; it feels as if some being is there who wants to help him.
Passio: A Painter's Psalm of Colours
A documentary about life in a fishing village showing the people's dependence on the sea (filmed in Ólafsvík).
Sjávarþorp
Educational film about the freezing industry in Iceland in 1981. This documentary illustrates the diffrent stages in processing of fish, from the moment of catching it to the packaging of the fillets for export. Special attention is drawn to the careful handling of the fish and quality control.
From the Icecold Deep

Secrets and butterflies make for one hell of a dinner conversation.
Altagracia
A film about the "Icelanders' Day" in Gimli in Manitoba in 1975, commemorating the 100 year settlement of Icelanders in Canada.
Icelanders' Day 1975
A documentary film about the remote island of Grímsey, the people that live there and the islands copious birdlife.
Eyja Gríms í Norðurhafi
The film is divided in four parts and traces the history of the Icelandic fishing industry from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Verstöðin Ísland

This corporate documentary describes one year in the production of herring, starting with marketing speculations and research of the year's possible catch. It shows the herring caught at sea, landed, salted, and tended to until it is exported after passing rigorous quality control. Intertwined with this story is the history of the herring industry in Iceland.
The Icelandic Herring Industry

This one winter's day encapsulates a thousand years fishing and seamanship in Iceland. We gain an insight into an inner and outer world, where manual labour, man's beliefs in nature, Christianity, superstition and even magic are interwoven. We are questioned if we could imagine how this world of the rowing boat crew, wich reflects the ancient class-divided society, really looked like? How did they percive the nature around them, their God in this nature, it's unstable weather conditions, it's harshness when they go to sea to harvest its riches to make it possible for themselves as well as their nation to keep on living on the edge of the habitable world? Here we are face to face with the very foundation of fishing nation's culture.
Give Us This Day

A film made on the 1100 year anniversary of the settlement of Iceland which gives an overview of Icelandic society and the natural kingdom which Icelanders have made part of their heritage.
After 1100 Years
A documentary about a pioneer of Icelandic film making, Óskar Gíslason, with excerpts from some of his most famous work.
Óskar Gíslason, Photographer
A film about the Snæfellsnes glacier and various mysterious phenomena which are associated with this area.
Undir jökli

All marketing is done through Coldwater Seafood Corporation, which is an affiliated company of the Icelandic Freezing Plants Corp. Coldwater also own and operate two fish plants in the USA, where they produce great varieties of processes sea-products. The film fallows fish from Iceland to the States, shows the marketing and distribution system and fallows the fish through quality control, processing and finally the distribution.