Skjaldborg Opening ceremony in Skjaldborg cinema, presenter: Ragnar Ísleifur Bragason

Presented by the National Film Archive of Iceland

The staircases of John Clancy’s terraced house are filled with hundreds of unsold volumes like a Noah’s Ark of Knowledge telling the stories of a city that has known stormier times.

Opening party Friday june 6th at Hotel West

After a years-long dispute with the City of Reykjavík over land in Gufunes, Hilmar Páll finds himself in a constant battle with the city and himself.

A young film student comes home to Iceland for a short visit and decides to spend her time with Erpur Eyvindarson.

“If you ask me, I don't think you can really say that you love birds if you hate seagulls.“

A 56-year-old taxi driver prepares for his last rally and reflects on the limb-lengthening operations he underwent in the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Documentary work in progress on cultural smuggler and poet Ásgeir H Ingólfsson who passed away earlier this year after a swift battle with cancer.

Installation at Skriða book publishing

The illness of horses on an Icelandic farm and the owner's struggle to find the cause, reveals weak legislation and exposes how big industry can manipulate local and state government.

Actress Olena, forced to flee Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, gets one day to return to the theater and tell her story.

In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles”.

The famous fish stew (plokkfiskur) offered by the women's association Sif in Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar.

Skjaldborg 2025's guest of honour it Italian director Alessandra Celesia.

Four teenage girls are taking their first steps guiding anglers on the banks of Laxá in Aðaldalur, Icelands biggest salmon river.

DJ SILJA GLØMMI in Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar

A documentary on the revolution in musical life in 19th century Iceland – from traditional folk styles to ‘the new music’.

A paranormal documentary about a terrifying and unexplained haunting in a isolated wasteland refuge.

Three generations meet in a studio apartment for five days after a long absence.

In a small corner store in Reykjavik, Jón runs his video lab, where he digitizes old recordings, preserving memories of Icelanders that would otherwise be lost and forgotten.

A car ride through the beautiful yet isolated landscape of an Icelandic childhood.

An older sailor howls to the Arctic fox, seeking connection in a world on the wane—until he follows the whimbrel, carried by currents of human solidarity, to African shores.

A documentary about Hallgrímur Helgason

Chosen short docs by kids from Skjaldborg's education program - Skjaldbakan

Do we film to preserve truth or rewrite it?

All bets are off when two feminist dancers take their queer & controversial dance performance Beauty and the Beast on tour all around Sweden at the exact time as #metoo breaks out.

Chef Gísli Ægir Vegamótaprins will conjure a fantastic fish feast

Festival guests vote for the film they believe deserves Einarinn, the Skjaldborg audience prize

Surtur fer sunnan by Ósvald Knudsen

Unforgettable bingo

Parade from Skjaldborgarbio cinema to Patreksfjordur Community Hall

Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar

Closing night party with Inspector Spacetime in Félagsheimili Patreksfjarðar