Acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir has produced several films on the Icelandic women’s movement, including Women in Red Stockings and The Kitchen Sink Revolution, the latter of which won the Edda Award.

She directed Her Age, a series of 52 shorts celebrating Icelandic women’s history, and her latest project, the 5-part series People Like That, chronicles the 40-year struggle for gay rights in Iceland. Her film The Vasulka Effect, about video art pioneers Woody and Steina Vasulka, received multiple awards, including Best Portrait at the International Festival of Films in Canada.

In 2024, Iceland’s President honored her with the Falcon award—the “Knight’s Cross”—in recognition of her work raising awareness in the field of equality.