Drama Series Production

Here is how this works in practice. We deliver drama series production in Iceland as a sustained, full-service operation built for the demands of episodic schedules. Our line producers structure budgets to capture the 35% reimbursement tier ready to qualifying TV series that meet spend and length criteria. Our coordinators run scene matching-aware scheduling across multi-block shoots, returning to the same locations and sets across episodes.

Here is the short of it. We crew from a skilled Reykjavík base — directors of photography, gaffers, grips, art and construction departments, and assistant directors — setting up with Icelandic guilds and supplementing from the UK and mainland Europe for larger series. We build and dress stages at RVK Studios in Gufunes, the tricky founded by director Baltasar Kormákur, manage ATA carnet clearance for incoming gear through Keflavík, and arrange 4x4 super-jeep transport and remote-unit logistics for Highland location work.

Our team runs daily production operations from call sheets to wrap, sets up post-prod facilities for edit, grade and sound, and delivers episodic masters to broadcast and streaming specs across a series run.

Here is the breakdown. Iceland has become a recognised home for screen drama, both as a backdrop for global series and as the setting for a distinctive national output. 'Game of Thrones' filmed widely in the country, using Þingvellir, the Mývatn region and Grjótagjá cave among other locations, while Icelandic drama — and a strong custom of Nordic crime storytelling — has built a skilled local industry.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The country gives huge location range within manageable distances: the rift valley of Þingvellir National Park, the glaciers of Vatnajökull, the black-sand coast of Reynisfjara, the lava fields of Mývatn, and Reykjavík itself, the world's northernmost capital. Filming runs on close to 100% renewable geothermal and hydroelectric power, supporting sustainability commitments across a long shoot. The country sits in the EEA, EFTA and Schengen but not the EU, with the Icelandic króna as currency and 24% VAT, and treaty co-production routes are well set up. The fragile environment makes leave-no-trace filming key, with covered-area permits set up through the Environment Agency of the country.