Metalhead (film)

Metalhead
Promotional release poster
Directed byRagnar Bragason
Written byRagnar Bragason
Produced by
  • Árni Filippusson
  • Davíd Óskar Ólafsson
Starring
CinematographyAugust Jakobsson
Edited byValdís Óskarsdóttir
Music byPétur Ben
Distributed by
  • Cinelicious Pics
  • eOne Films
Release dates
  • 7 September 2013 (2013-09-07) (Toronto)
  • 11 October 2013 (2013-10-11) (Iceland)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryIceland
Languages
  • Icelandic
  • English
  • Norwegian

Metalhead (Icelandic: Málmhaus) is a 2013 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Ragnar Bragason. Starring Thora Bjorg Helga, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, the film follows Hera Karlsdóttir (Helga), an aspiring black metal musician who returns to her family farm as she and her estranged parents struggle coming to terms with the death of her older brother Baldur in a tractor accident nine years prior.

Metalhead premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2013, and was theatrically released in Iceland on 11 October 2013.