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Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈjouːhan ˈjouːhansɔn]; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television and films. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchestration with contemporary electronic elements.

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Movies Made By Jóhann Jóhannsson (52)

Evolver (2023)

Evolver is a collective virtual reality experience which drops audiences deep inside the landscape of the body, following the flow of oxygen through our branching ecosystem to a single breathing cell. ...

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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, i ...

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We Are George Floyd (2020)

On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a European-American Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8 minutes and 45 seconds until he died. This film chronicles New York City's overwhelming respo ...

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Last and First Men (2020)

As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is both a plea for help and a warning, but also an epic tale of evolution, decline and hope. ...

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The Shadow Play (2019)

Tang Yijie, the Construction Committee Director, falls off from rooftop and dies in a demolition riot. Yang Jiadong, a young police officer starts his investigation and finds that Tang's death is tied up with another case several years ago. Soon he is fram ...

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Mandy (2018)

The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire. ...

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Mary Magdalene (2018)

In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus. ...

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The Apparition (2018)

Jacques Mayano, a French journalist who has lived a traumatic experience, is recruited by the Vatican to be part of a task force that must investigate the veracity of a supernatural apparition allegedly happened in a small French village. ...

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The Mercy (2018)

In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly cir ...

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The Butcher, The Whore and the One-Eyed Man (2018)

Depicts the slow decline of three individuals as they are sucked into a world of sinful existence. It is the story of a wild and voracious love triangle. ...

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mother! (2017)

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. ...

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A Drowning Man (2017)

Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer. ...

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Lovesong (2017)

Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebui ...

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A Song For Europa (2016)

"A Song for Europa' is one of the key tracks from Jóhann Jóhannsson's release 'Orphée' on Deutsche Grammophon. Typically for Johann, the work is a beautifully atmospheric composition, one that immerses the listener into the strange recordings of the 'N ...

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Arrival (2016)

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat. ...

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In the Blood (2016)

It's summer in Copenhagen, it's a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it's also a time of un ...

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A Man Returned (2016)

Reda is 26 years old. His dreams of escaping the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh ended in failure after three years trapped in Greece. He returned with a heroin addiction to life in a camp being torn apart by internal strife and the encroachment ...

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Sicario (2015)

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. ...

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I Am Here (2015)

Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true. ...

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Glacier Man (2014)

A story about a common man that arose to the level of a national treasure through his storytelling and other incredible endeavors. A man that did not compromise any of his dreams, hopes and visions in a rapidly changing world, but kept true to his ways and ...

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The Theory of Everything (2014)

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. ...

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End of Summer (2014)

A hypnotic and slow-burning journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Shot on black and white super 8 film as a series of mostly static tableaux over a period of 20 days during the waning days of the ...

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McCanick (2014)

Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who knows a secret from the past. ...

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Blind Massage (2014)

The employees of a massage parlour share a close bond with each other as they all share a trait in common, they are all visually impaired. ...

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Moving Art: Forests (2014)

Viewers will marvel at the majesty of nature's gentle giants through the seasons as famed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg journeys to California's Redwood Coast, Washington's Olympic National Park and Telluride, Colo. ...

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Moving Art: Deserts (2014)

Renowned filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg takes viewers on an inspiring journey, unveiling the mysteries and marvels of the Four Corners region of America -- a scenic wonderland where the night stars shine as brightly as the day's sun. ...

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Prisoners (2013)

Keller Dover is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their st ...

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Quicksand (2013)

"A week before he passed away, my grandfather shared with me his former aspirations of becoming a filmmaker. After many trials, a narrow escape from the Nazis and immigration to the United States, the dream slowly but surely came true. surely passed out. A ...

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White Black Boy (2012)

Shida is the new kid in class in a private boarding school in Tanzania. He is shy, he has no self-esteem, he does not speak one word of English - the primary language in the school, and he suffers from albinism. Like most children with albinism in the coun ...

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Mystery (2012)

Lu Jie has no idea her husband is leading a double life, until the day she sees him entering a hotel with a young woman. Her world crumbles. A few hours later, the young woman dies beneath the wheels of a car. The police officer in charge of the case refus ...

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The Pitch: A Sports Arena With a Soul (2012)

The Pitch tells the story of Melavöllurinn, Reykjavík's main sports arena and meeting place until the 70's. The Pitch served as a melting pot of ideas for Iceland's newly acquired independence in 1944 that brought back hope and prosperity in the years to ...

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For Ellen (2012)

After an overnight long-distance drive, Joby has a special meeting—with lawyers and his ex-wife. A struggling musician with the prerequisite tattoos, slimy hair, goatee, and his head firmly floating in the clouds, Joby hasn't been around to be a dad. Now ...

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The Miners' Hymns (2012)

The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their story is told entirely without words, yet the film is far from silent: it features a remarkable original sco ...

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Junk Love (2011)

Edwin the astronaut is alone on the SS Hamlet spacecraft when a leak suddenly threatens to suck out all the oxygen on board. Edwin insists he can fix the damage himself, but eventually everything looks pretty hopeless. Then suddenly ex-wife Sofia makes con ...

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By Day and by Night (2010)

A Mexican science fiction film where the over-population problem has been solved by programming people to operate in either day or night, and not both. ...

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Copenhagen Dreams (2010)

People in a room in an apartment in a house on a street in a city. "Dreams in Copenhagen" is Max Kestners's documentary film portrait of Denmark's capital. A film about the physical surroundings that are part of shaping our lives. About the buildings we wa ...

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Personal Effects (2009)

Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the crime. A chance meeting with a beautiful ...

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Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based on Heim's Quantum Theory) (2008)

Shot in back and white, the short film materializes in stark, melancholic images one of the key tracks from the album Fordlândia. "One of the two main threads running through it is this idea of failed utopia, as represented by the 'Fordlândia' title – ...

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Varmints (2008)

Adapted and directed by Marc Craste, Varmints is a 24-minute film based on the award-winning book of the same name by Helen Ward and illustrated by Craste, that tells the story of one small creature's struggle to preserve a world in danger of being lost fo ...

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In the Arms of My Enemy (2007)

Jakub and Vladimir, two brothers in their late teens, join in the Cossack army to flee poverty. Elias and Roman, two other brothers, on their own as well, steal horses to survive... When fate brings them together, the encounter proves lethal. Vladimir gets ...

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Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)

A drug-addicted doctor who works in an asylum discovers that one of his patients is a gifted writer. ...

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Wrestling (2007)

A love story about two gay wrestlers living in rural Iceland who must keep their relationship a secret from the inner world of Iceland's national and very macho sport. ...

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Uku Ukai (2006)

Sorrow does not come merely from contemplating death, which forces us to look into Eternity, but also from life, which compels us to confront Time", wrote Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyayev. Renowned Lithuanian documentarist Audrius Stonys took these wo ...

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The Sea of Perdition (2006)

A Warren Comics style short portraying a stranded cosmonaut on Mars. ...

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Thicker Than Water (2006)

Pétur is an optometrist happily married to Ásta. They are expecting a child but already have a 10 year old boy named Örn. On coincidense Pétur finds out that he is not Örn's biological father. ...

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Ashes and Snow (2005)

Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. The 60-minute feature is a poetic narrative rather than a documentary. It aims to lift the natural and artificial ...

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Dís (2004)

Dís, 23, is still to decide what to do with her life. Obsessed by the thought of being "abnormally normal", a mere photocopy of long lost original, she wanders from one odd job to another and tries out various cources at the University. A guiding light co ...

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A Man Like Me (2002)

A postal worker falls in love with the Chinese waitress at a Chinese restaurant. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his father but he's too preoccupied with winning the ...

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Plan B (2000)

Two men in their late twenties, Jim and Frank, old friends from childhood, both emaciated and very grunge guys, meet again after many years. Jim, trying hard to get his life back on track, is pulled in to his old habits of drugs and crimes by Frank and his ...

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The Icelandic Dream (2000)

A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend ...

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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 an ...

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Corpus Camera (1999)

An older couple, Sigga and Runni, reveal funeral photos of their long-dead son who died tragically young. After thirty years, the photos still elicit painful differences between a grieving mother and her stoic husband; Rúna a housewife living in the harsh ...

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Movies Starring Jóhann Jóhannsson (2)

Eternal Recurrence: The Score of 'Arrival' (2017)

This piece offers a fascinating discussion of how the music was made and why it compliments the story and tone. ...

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Screaming Masterpiece (2005)

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

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