In 2015 a basketball team for girls was formed in Iceland. The coach was experienced, unconditional and constantly raised the bar. The girls were trained as leaders off the field and like professional athletes on the field. Early on they set their goal high, they would always compete with the...

The Vasulka Effect is a documentary portraying the life and work of pioneers of video art Steina and Woody Vasulka. Their history with video dates back to the late 60 ́s when they lived and worked in New York. Some have called them the grandparents of the “YouTube generation”, others:...

In December 1976 six young people confessed to the murders of Gudmundur Einarsson and Geirfinnur Einarsson. That ended what had become a national crisis in a small country, Iceland, accustomed to a lack of criminal activity. The six suspects served prison terms, with one of them receiving the longest sentence...

Roll Up, Roll Up for an unforgettable experience! The Show of Shows tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and vaudeville and fairground attractions. In this film, rarities and never-before seen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment, variety performances, music hall and seaside entertainment are chronicled from the 19th...

Her century is a series of 52x4 min short episodes. The documentary was originally made to celebrate 100 year voting anniversary for women. The episodes are shown every week for the whole year 2015 to celebrate this great event. The episodes go from fashion to feminism and everything in between....

The cod wars were a series of disputes between Britain and Iceland running from the 1950s to the 1970s over the rights to fish in Icelandic waters. The peak of the Cod Wars saw thirty-seven Royal Navy warships mobilized to protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed territory. While the...

Harpa Concert Hall: In July 2007, Sagafilm started documenting the construction of the Icelandic National Concert and Conference Centre on behalf of Portus Group. The aim was to document thoroughly the rise of the building and the dramatic changes in the east harbor of Reykjavik City centre highlight the effects...

Icelandic Search and Rescue Teams ICE-SAR – Haiti Special. At 10 pm the 12th of January 2010 a call out was dispatched to the volunteers of the Icelandic Search and Rescue Team’s international unit (ICE-SAR). An earthquake of 7.3 on the Richter scale had struck Haiti and flattened the capital...

In a community of around 320.000 people, 3.500 of them are on call 24/7. The story of ICE-SAR, The Icelandic Search and Rescue Teams goes back to 1928. This organization is unique in the world. It is completely based and reliant on volunteers, although still bound by laws to send...

Eg lifi....Vestmannaeyjagosi› 1973 A three part (3x40min plus a 52 min international version) documentary on the first ever volcanic eruption to happen in an urban area were 5000 inhabitants had to be evacuated in the middle of the night. The Helgafell volcano erupted for 6 months lava covering over 1/3...