Northern Comfort (also released as Zone(s) de Turbulence) is a 2023 comedy film directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson in his English language debut.

Co-written by the director with Halldór Laxness Halldórsson and Tobias Munthe, the film stars Timothy Spall and Lydia Leonard.

The return flight has initially nine hours delay, so they are sent to stay in a luxurious hotel, with its own spa.

I found it quite fascinating and wanted to use it as a vehicle or metaphor to make a film kind of an existential comedy about big themes, like fear and death and life”.

[6][1] Alissa Simon of Variety wrote that "Sigurðsson shows that he has the chops to work internationally should he choose to", and praised cinematographer Niels Thastum's use of “tight framing to up the claustrophobia quotient of the film's many enclosed spaces" that "should look fine on screens both big and small", adding that composer Daníel Bjarnson's "peppy score captures the characters' tension and fears".