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The Final Member: Film about a Penis Museum and the “entry competition” between two men

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:01:04 +0000

The film called "The final member" follows the aging curator of one of the world's only penis museum as he races against his own mortality to complete his comprehensive collection. Paris has the Louvre. London has the Tate Modern, and New York the Metropolitan Museum. But Husavik, Iceland — a diminutive village on the fringe of the Arctic Circle — boasts the world's only museum devoted exclusively to painstakingly preserved male genitalia. Founded and curated by Sigurður "Siggi" Hjartarson, the Icelandic Phallological Museum houses four decades worth of mammalian members, from a petite field mouse to the colossal sperm whale, and every "thing" in between. But, lamentably, Siggi's collection lacks the holy grail of phallic phantasmagoria: a human specimen. Siggi's world changes dramatically when he receives generous offers from an elderly Icelandic Casanova and an eccentric American. However, as the competition for eternal penile preservation heats up between the two men, Siggi soon discovers that this process is more complicated than it initially appeared. In their debut feature film, Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math follow Siggi on his dogged, often emotional quest to complete his exhibition in a peculiar, yet startlingly relatable, story of self-fulfillment and the value of personal legacies (both big and small). Another clip from the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ1O7SRSaME#t=33

World’s Strongest Man: The Giants of Iceland

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:52:52 +0000

Despite its tiny population, Iceland has a reputation in the World's Strongest Man competition that stands higher than perhaps any other country's. This small, black rock in the middle of the ocean has produced a lineage of strongmen dating back to the Vikings. We went out there to investigate why this tiny island produces such strong people. Hanging out at Jakabol—a gym run by ex-champion Magnus Ver Magnusson—we met a whole host of Icelandic strongmen, which includes Hafthor "Thor" Bjornsson, the 6'9" star of Game of Thrones.

Iceland: Beyond Sigur Rós (1080p)

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:55:56 +0000

Idiosyncratic, intelligent and involving, Iceland: Beyond Sigur Rós (2011), a not-for-profit film production, is a memorable celebration of Iceland's dynamic and diverse contemporary independent music scene. This HD documentary features insightful interviews with Haukur Magnússon, flamboyant editor of Reykjavík’s Grapevine Magazine, Ólafur Arnalds, world renowned pop-classical composer and music producer, and Pétur Úlfur Einarsson and Hafsteinn Michael Guðmundsson, ambitious co-founders behind online music distributor Gogoyoko. With performances also from cutting-edge Icelandic acts such as Reykjavik!, Hafdis Huld, Berndsen, Mugison, Ólafur Arnalds, Lára Rúnars, Bloodgroup, For A Minor Reflection, Seabear, Sykur, Severed Crotch and DJ Musician Producer: Serious Feather Writer / Director: Brett Gregory Camera / Lighting: Nic Jackson Interviewer / Production Manager: Alistair Topping Post-Production Sound: Jey Kazi