Stories from
the edge.
A documentary & commercial film studio working at the limits of weather, story, and light. Reykjavík — and wherever the next horizon goes.
Recent films, 2023–2025.
Glacier, Receding
North of Nothing
Ten Thousand Days
Iron / Wave
Aurora Field Notes
Salt & Steel
Quiet Years
Run, North
Glacier, Receding.
Over three years of expeditions across Vatnajökull, we followed glaciologist Dr. Halla Sigurdsdóttir and a small team measuring what is, and what is leaving. Shot on anamorphic in temperatures below −28°C, the film was edited with a single rule: don't flinch.
Premiered at Sundance 2025. Acquired by Apple TV+. Webby Award for Documentary, Editorial Excellence — D&AD Black Pencil.
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Trusted by editorial & brand teams that care about the frame.
Based in Reykjavík. Built for weather.
NORTHRUN is a small, deliberate studio — twelve people who shoot, edit and grade under one roof on Hverfisgata, two blocks from the harbour. We were founded in 2014 by a cinematographer and an editor who got tired of waiting for the right light somewhere else.
Our work moves between documentary and commercial — long expeditions for Nat Geo and BBC Earth, fast turn brand films for Apple and Patagonia, branded long-form for Hermès and Arc'teryx. Whatever the deliverable, we shoot tactile, we cut quiet, and we finish in-house on our own Baselight suite.
We say no to most things. The work we say yes to, we obsess over.
Direction, DP, sound design, picture & sound edit, Baselight grade, mix.
ALEXA 35 · Mini LF · Red V-Raptor. Anamorphic library on permanent loan.
Commercials, brand films, documentary series, theatrical features.
12 full-time. Trusted crew network in Iceland, Norway, Patagonia, Alaska.
Picked, by people we admire.
A short, edited list. The full archive lives elsewhere — these are the ones we still think about.
Sundance
TIFF
Tribeca
Cannes Lions
D&AD
Webby
Vimeo
The One Show
Four phases. No surprises.
Most films take 4–9 months. Commercials, 6–14 weeks. Every brief is its own thing — we'll tell you on the call.
Concept
Two weeks of listening before we draw a single shot. Director, producer, and writer in the room with you, building a treatment that says no to as much as it says yes.
Production
Small crews, big windows. We light for weather, scout for hours, and shoot only when the frame is honest. Anamorphic by default, handheld when it matters.
Post
Picture, sound, and grade under one roof. Our editors cut quiet — long holds, tactile sound design. Baselight grade by our colourist, Sigga, ex-Company 3.
Delivery
Masters in every format you need, plus an archive of frames, behind-the-scenes stills, and approved social cut-downs. Nothing left on the cutting room floor that shouldn't be.
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101 Reykjavík, Iceland64.1466° N · 21.9426° W