Movies: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

  • 1995
    Cold Fever

    Cold Fever (1995)

    Cold Fever

    6.51995HD

    A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back....

    Cold Fever
  • 2018
    Mihkel

    Mihkel (2018)

    Mihkel

    5.82018HD

    Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for himself and his fiancée, Vera. His friend Igor, who emigrated to Iceland a few years earlier, convinces M...

    Mihkel
  • 2002
    On Top Down Under

    On Top Down Under (2002)

    On Top Down Under

    4.42002HD

    On Top - Iceland, a lighthouse, a cold winter evening. Her thoughts drift back to that summer ... to bathing in the hot springs ... to when they first met ... and embraced. Down Under - Australia, the desert, a blistering heat wave. His pickup stops ...

    On Top Down Under
  • 1994
    Movie Days

    Movie Days (1994)

    Movie Days

    61994HD

    This Icelandic tale, loosely based on the real-life experiences of director Fridrik Fridriksson tells the saga of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s....

    Movie Days
  • 2024
    Epilogues

    Epilogues (2024)

    Epilogues

    02024HD

    An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings to mind memories. There is nothing ahead for the old man, only lack of purpose, sense of loss and lone...

    Epilogues
  • 1999
    The Split

    The Split (1999)

    The Split

    41999HD

    Sol Jensen, a young Icelandic woman, and Halil Atesh, originally from the countryside in Turkey, meet in Reykjavik and fall passionately in love. Ten years later, Halil becomes an established businessman, while Sol runs a beauty parlor. Their two dau...

    The Split
  • 2004
    Cold Light

    Cold Light (2004)

    Cold Light

    5.82004HD

    What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon....

    Cold Light
  • 2009
    The Sunshine Boy

    The Sunshine Boy (2009)

    The Sunshine Boy

    62009HD

    A Mother's Courage (aka The Sunshine Boy) is a moving, compassionate portrayal of a mother's desperate quest to understand the perplexing condition that controls her son. A journey through different countries, where every stop-over opens a new path i...

    The Sunshine Boy
  • 1982
    Rock in Reykjavik

    Rock in Reykjavik (1982)

    Rock in Reykjavik

    6.11982HD

    Rokk í Reykjavík (Rock in Reykjavik) gives a thorough overview of the powerful and expanding rock scene in Iceland. Most of the film consists of performances by a wide variety of rock-groups in various clubs in Reykjavik in 1981-82. There are also in...

    Rock in Reykjavik
  • 1987
    White Whales

    White Whales (1987)

    White Whales

    61987HD

    A whale-boat is making its final whaling tour of the season. It pursues and catches a whale, and then proceeds home. The men working on the boat have to find themselves different employment now that the season is over. Among the crew are two friends,...

    White Whales
  • 1969
    Kill the Poet

    Kill the Poet (1969)

    Kill the Poet

    01969HD

    Set during WWII when artists were being blacklisted in Communist witch-hunts, follows the star-crossed love story of a young poet and a young female painter from a wealthy family....

    Kill the Poet
  • 1999
    Witchcraft

    Witchcraft (1999)

    Witchcraft

    5.21999HD

    The young and fanatical Jon is appointed pastor to a remote church in 15th century Iceland. As is custom, he marries the widow of his predecessor, a woman much older than he is. He is ardent in his fight against Satan, and the villagers don't dare to...

    Witchcraft
  • 2000
    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West

    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West (2000)

    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West

    02000HD

    A collage-like film that mixes interviews with painter Erró and his collaborators, family and friends with visuals of his paintings and extracts from experimental films made in the sixties with Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Carolee Scheemann, Christo, Mat...

    ERRÓ - North - South - East - West
  • 1998
    Slurpinn & Co.

    Slurpinn & Co. (1998)

    Slurpinn & Co.

    01998HD

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    Slurpinn & Co.
  • 1995
    I Am Curious, Film

    I Am Curious, Film (1995)

    I Am Curious, Film

    3.81995HD

    The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries...

    I Am Curious, Film
  • 2014
    In Search of Livingstone

    In Search of Livingstone (2014)

    In Search of Livingstone

    02014HD

    Thor and Denni's desperate search for tobacco along the south coast of Iceland during a shortage due to a prolonged strike in the country....

    In Search of Livingstone
  • 1992
    Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story

    Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story (1992)

    Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story

    4.81992HD

    Two young friends, Lass and Sveppi, run a nightclub in downtown Reykjavik. They hire a beautiful young singer, Sól, who has just moved from the countryside to the city in order to take singing lessons. The boys make a bet which one will get the girl ...

    Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story
  • 1975
    Nomina Sunt Odiosa

    Nomina Sunt Odiosa (1975)

    Nomina Sunt Odiosa

    01975HD

    Nomina Sunt Odiosa is Fridrik Thór Fridriksson’s first film. The title is in Latin and means names are not necessary even pointless. Maybe that was a statement from the director for future films to come. Scenes from a school graduation party mix with...

    Nomina Sunt Odiosa
  • 2001
    Crossroads

    Crossroads (2001)

    Crossroads

    02001HD

    Within the walls of the hospital, the duo develops a strong visceral relationship that eventually takes them to an unknown emotional territory bouncing them between supposed fantasy and the vicious reality of life....

    Crossroads
  • 1989
    Flugþrá

    Flugþrá (1989)

    Flugþrá

    01989HD

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    Flugþrá