Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon

Screaming Masterpiece (2005)

A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson  •  Björk  •  Damon Albarn  •  Barði Jóhannsson

A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson  •  Björk  •  Damon Albarn  •  Barði Jóhannsson

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)

An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Chan-wook  •  Tom Tykwer  •  Naomi Kawase  •  Mark Cousins  •  Adam Wingard  •  Brillante MA Mendoza  •  Shinji Aoyama  •  Albert Serra  •  Gakuryu Ishii  •  Jan Ijäs  •  Gustav Deutsch  •  Jorge Michel Grau  •  Aki Kaurismäki  •  Simon Rumley  •  Jeon Kyu-hwan  •  Phie Ambo  •  Vimukthi Jayasundara  •  Aku Louhimies  •  Ken Jacobs  •  Pen-Ek Ratanaruang  •  Michael Glawogger  •  Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson  •  Amir Naderi  •  Eric Khoo  •  Auraeus Solito  •  Gereon Wetzel  •  Brian Yuzna  •  Tolga Karaçelik  •  Rafi Pitts  •  Veiko Õunpuu  •  Woo Ming Jin  •  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson  •  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon  •  Jes Benstock  •  Edmund Yeo  •  Malcolm Le Grice  •  Mika Taanila  •  Kim Jee-woon  •  Andres Tenusaar  •  Jussi Jaakola  •  Norbert Shieh  •  Gillian Wearing  •  Mark Boswell  •  Maxì Dejoie  •  Mart Taniel  •  Bradley Eros  •  Dalpalan  •  Bruce McClure  •  Marina Manushenko  •  Jussi Reittu  •  Ronni Shendar  •  Ville Kerimaa  •  Viktor Kaganovich  •  Moon Kyung-won  •  Feyyaz  •  Manuela Kaufmann  •  Oliver Whitehead  •  Kari Yli-Annala
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An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Chan-wook  •  Tom Tykwer  •  Naomi Kawase  •  Mark Cousins  •  Adam Wingard  •  Brillante MA Mendoza  •  Shinji Aoyama  •  Albert Serra  •  Gakuryu Ishii  •  Jan Ijäs  •  Gustav Deutsch  •  Jorge Michel Grau  •  Aki Kaurismäki  •  Simon Rumley  •  Jeon Kyu-hwan  •  Phie Ambo  •  Vimukthi Jayasundara  •  Aku Louhimies  •  Ken Jacobs  •  Pen-Ek Ratanaruang  •  Michael Glawogger  •  Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson  •  Amir Naderi  •  Eric Khoo  •  Auraeus Solito  •  Gereon Wetzel  •  Brian Yuzna  •  Tolga Karaçelik  •  Rafi Pitts  •  Veiko Õunpuu  •  Woo Ming Jin  •  Fridrik Thor Fridriksson  •  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon  •  Jes Benstock  •  Edmund Yeo  •  Malcolm Le Grice  •  Mika Taanila  •  Kim Jee-woon  •  Andres Tenusaar  •  Jussi Jaakola  •  Norbert Shieh  •  Gillian Wearing  •  Mark Boswell  •  Maxì Dejoie  •  Mart Taniel  •  Bradley Eros  •  Dalpalan  •  Bruce McClure  •  Marina Manushenko  •  Jussi Reittu  •  Ronni Shendar  •  Ville Kerimaa  •  Viktor Kaganovich  •  Moon Kyung-won  •  Feyyaz  •  Manuela Kaufmann  •  Oliver Whitehead  •  Kari Yli-Annala
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Mihkel (2018)

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 Mihkel to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Ingvar E. Sigurðsson  •  Tómas Lemarquis  •  Pääru Oja  •  Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

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 Mihkel to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Ingvar E. Sigurðsson  •  Tómas Lemarquis  •  Pääru Oja  •  Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Little Cosmonaut (2011)

A short film about a young boy's escape from reality, the search for love and security, about cryptic messages from outer space and an invisible friend in the cellar. Based on the director's own memories, this is the story of a young boy's world filled with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir  •  Jón Högni Harðarson  •  Valdimar Örn Flygenring  •  Thor Vilhjálmsson

A short film about a young boy's escape from reality, the search for love and security, about cryptic messages from outer space and an invisible friend in the cellar. Based on the director's own memories, this is the story of a young boy's world filled with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir  •  Jón Högni Harðarson  •  Valdimar Örn Flygenring  •  Thor Vilhjálmsson

Loss

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 loneliness. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Þorsteinn Gunnarsson  •  Sigurður Sigurjónsson  •  Guðrún Gísladóttir

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 loneliness. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Þorsteinn Gunnarsson  •  Sigurður Sigurjónsson  •  Guðrún Gísladóttir

She Talks Icelandic (2006)

The fate of a crosseyed sheep in the highlands of Iceland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Benedikt Erlingsson  •  Brynja Skjaldardóttir  •  Valdimar Örn Flygenring  •  Erpur Eyvindarson

The fate of a crosseyed sheep in the highlands of Iceland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Benedikt Erlingsson  •  Brynja Skjaldardóttir  •  Valdimar Örn Flygenring  •  Erpur Eyvindarson

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

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, Matta and Adami. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
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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, Matta and Adami. ...  (more)

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Possibihilities (2002)

Gudmundsson has spent most of his life outside Iceland after he first moved to the Netherlands in 1963. He has homes and studios in Amsterdam, Reykjavík and Malmo, and in the past few years in Xiamen and Beijing in China. Gudmundsson has displayed his works in most ...  (more)

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Gudmundsson has spent most of his life outside Iceland after he first moved to the Netherlands in 1963. He has homes and studios in Amsterdam, Reykjavík and Malmo, and in the past few years in Xiamen and Beijing in China. Gudmundsson has displayed his works in most ...  (more)

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The Word Music: Jorunn Vidar (2009)

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DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
CAST:  Hans Ulrich Obrist

Imagine Peace (2010)

Four years in the making, the film features interviews and footage never seen before, as well as older scenes of John and Yoko together, in private and performing in public. Yoko Ono talks about her and John Lennon’s love and life together, about the art they made ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
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Four years in the making, the film features interviews and footage never seen before, as well as older scenes of John and Yoko together, in private and performing in public. Yoko Ono talks about her and John Lennon’s love and life together, about the art they made ...  (more)

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Poor Iceland (2016)

When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film what was happening in this tiny but relatively stable and affluent society. He filmed the ever-larger protests that ...  (more)

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When the Icelandic banks collapsed in the autum of 2008, taking most of the economy down with them, Ari Alexander took his camera and started to film what was happening in this tiny but relatively stable and affluent society. He filmed the ever-larger protests that ...  (more)

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