Jón Axel Egilsson
Editing
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The film tells the story of a young farmgirl moving to Reykjavík after the second world war, and her attempts to adapt to the city life.
The Atomic Station
This film shows three different methods for catching herrings which Icelanders have used in the past century. The use of the nets is illustrated with animated graphics and then matched with live action on board. Live footage is shot off the south and east coast of Iceland.
Herring Fishing

Birgir Andresson is an artist that does not explain his work; instead he tells stories related to it. His collected work describes a deep thinker that never did preen on his work.
The Next Half Hour Will Be Three Quarters

A documentary about the miraculous survival of an Icelandic fisherman, after his boat sank off the shores of the Westman Islands in mid winter. All the crew drowned except one, Gudlaugur Fridthórsson, who swam five and a half kilometers in the ice cold sea and then walked barefoot over a field of sharp lava to reach help. Specialists have made tests on Gudlaugur to determine how he managed to survive seven times longer than any ordinary man under these conditions.
Beyond the Limits
Clay animation. The story of an industrial worker whose inflated ego produces a monster.
Hands

A documentary about the Icelandic poet Jónas Hallgrímsson
Hver var Jónas?
At the change of seasons, Planty comes to life. He is attacked by a bumble bee.
Planty

Tells the story of a young man who falls overboard and seems to be the only survivor of a shipwreck. The first icelandic stop-motion film.