Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

An inventive take on the symbiotic relationship between man and animal, this film is a darkly comic collection of vignettes set in an Icelandic town.

In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes' Critics' Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier.

After upsetting her parents with a childish action, a 9-year-old Icelandic girl is sent to the countryside to mature and is drawn into major drama.

In the late 19th century, Denmark regards Iceland as its territory, which extends beyond matters of geography and governance to the spiritual health of the population. So Lucas, a Lutheran priest, is sent by the Church of Denmark to establish a parish. Lucas believes his faith will guide him, even when he is warned of the obstacles, including a people who may be less than welcoming.

A farming couple finds a strange newborn in their sheep barn, but sinister forces are determined to return her to the wilderness that birthed her.

In Denmark during the 6th century, Danish king Hrothgar and his warriors kill a brawny troll whose son, Grendel, vows revenge.

From the director of Everest, Baltasar Kormákur, comes The Oath, a dark, shadowy and riveting Icelandic thriller in which a respected doctor, played by Kormákur himself, sets off on a mission to pull his daughter away from the world of drugs and petty crime, only to discover that danger can be found in unexpected places. With sweeping Icelandic vistas providing the backdrop to unnerving tension, this is an assured suspense drama bound to have you on the edge of your seat.