Amateurs Paradise dissects humanity’s impulse to document through four men across generations. Using personal archives and modern reflections, it explores the tension between memory and performance, asking whether we film to preserve truth or to rewrite it. From a father’s decades of home videos to an influencer’s curated digital life, the film examines how we connect, reflect, and shape identity through the act of recording. Blending the private and the public, Amateurs Paradise reveals what it means to hold on to life’s fleeting moments—and why it matters.
Í Paradís Amatörsins deila íslenskir karlmenn úr fjórum kynslóðum eigin lífi á YouTube – frá óperusöng í stofunni til fjölskyldumyndbanda og einlægra játninga. Heimildamynd Janusar Braga fjallar um hvernig menn móta sjálfsmyndir sínar í myndböndum – og spegla þar djúpstæðar þarfir til tengsla og merkingar.
Amateurs Paradise is a 85 min. creative documentary
Made from recordings by
Guðfinnur R. Kjartansson
Kári Friðriksson
Sævar Örn Arason Michelsen
Karl Emil Karlsson
Additional filming by Janus Bragi Jakobsson
Director Janus Bragi Jakobsson
Script Janus Bragi Jakobsson, Kristján Loðmfjörð, Tinna Ottesen
Producer Tinna Ottesen
Edit Kristján Loðmfjörð, Janus Bragi Jakobsson
Music Loji Höskuldsson, Eygló Höskuldsdóttir Viborg
Sound design Sylvester Holm
Cinematography Janus Bragi Jakobsson and the films subjects
A STEFNULJÓS production with support of Icelandic Film Fund, the Ministry of culture and businessaffairs of Iceland, the south Iceland Development fund and the West Iceland Regional Office. In co-production withThe Icelandic National Broadcasting Service.