Location Agreements

Here is how this works in practice. We prepare and negotiate location agreements that set clear, enforceable terms between your production and Icelandic property owners, whether the owner is a private landholder, a city or a state body managing covered land. Our team works with local legal pros to define fees, dates, permitted activities, access plan, insurance and liability provisions, and we pay specific attention to the restoration and site-level obligations that filming in Iceland routinely carries.

Here is the short of it. For shoots in or near fragile volcanic, glacial or moss-covered terrain, we build in leave-no-trace commitments and clear handover conditions so a production protects both itself and the landowner. We set up these agreements alongside any national-park authorisations, making sure contractual terms and regulatory permissions align, and we keep records ordered so the rights to film each location are demonstrable to financiers, insurers and the reimbursement scheme. The aim is agreements that hold up legally, are acceptable to often cautious Icelandic landowners, and account honestly for the site-level sensitivity of where you intend to shoot.

Here is the breakdown. Property and land in Iceland carry a strong protective framework. Location agreements have to respect it. Much of the country's most filmed terrain is environmentally sensitive: Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO site and home of the Althingi founded in 930 AD, the Vatnajokull glacier within its own national park, and the Highland interior all sit under regimes where moss and lava can take decades to recover from damage. The Site-level Impact Assessment framework and the Environment Agency of the country shape what is permitted.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Landowners are accustomed to expecting restoration commitments. The country is outside the EU but within the EEA and EFTA. The currency is the krona, both of which affect how fees and obligations are framed in global agreements. Well-drafted location agreements, written with this site-level and legal context in mind, are what give a production secure, well logged access to the country's extraordinary landscapes.