About

A small bear under the North Star.

An independent film company in Reykjavík, founded in 2015 by producer Hlín Jóhannesdóttir.

Named for the Little Bear, the constellation that cradles the North Star.

The company produces features and documentaries with directors across Iceland and Europe. The films are intimate; their reach is not, travelling from Sundance and Cannes to Toronto, CPH:DOX and Tallinn.

Established
2015
Based in
Reykjavík
Films produced
15+
Top honour
Sundance Award
Hlín Jóhannesdóttir, founder and producer of Ursus Parvus

The producer

Hlín Jóhannesdóttir

Founder & Producer

Hlín Jóhannesdóttir has produced and co-produced features, documentaries and shorts with directors across Iceland and Europe, building each film around the voice at its centre rather than a formula.

Her slate runs from Tinna Hrafnsdóttir's Quake and Hilmar Oddsson's Driving Mum to Anna Hints' Sundance-winning Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, a body of work defined by intimacy, nerve, and international co-production.

Director-led

We back a point of view. The producer's job is to protect it all the way to the screen.

Intimate, not small

Close, human stories told with the craft and ambition of films built for the world stage.

Built across borders

Co-production with European partners, shot in Iceland, carried to festivals worldwide.