<p class="title">While Iceland's World Cup coach is famously a dentist, and its squad has a boardgame publisher and a wine importer in its ranks, goalkeeper-filmmaker Hannes Halldorsson says his job on the side sets him apart.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Filmmaking must be up there as one of the strangest jobs in the team," Halldorsson told reporters at the team's training base on Russia's Black Sea coast Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's not the usual combination, to be a footballer and filmmaker," said the 34-year-old who saved a penalty from Lionel Messi during the Nordic minnows' 1-1 draw with Argentina Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cultivating an interesting sideline of work is common in Iceland's semi-professional league, said Halldorsson, who now plays for Randers in Denmark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I always had a passion for it when I was young, that's what I got sucked into after high school," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Highlights in his film-making CV include the video clip for Iceland's 2012 Eurovision song contest entry, a rousing World Cup promotional film for the team, and a commercial for a World Cup corporate sponsor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was "staying out" though of helping a fly-on-the-wall documentary film crew that is following the team's progress in Russia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A side-effect of Iceland's first appearance at football's biggest tournament has been that Halldorsson has not watched every game on TV as he did at previous World Cups.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Now I almost don't know who is playing or what is going on except for our games," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are very focused only on our plans, so while the games are rolling in the video room it's not like watching a World Cup thoroughly as usual".</p>
<p class="title">While Iceland's World Cup coach is famously a dentist, and its squad has a boardgame publisher and a wine importer in its ranks, goalkeeper-filmmaker Hannes Halldorsson says his job on the side sets him apart.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Filmmaking must be up there as one of the strangest jobs in the team," Halldorsson told reporters at the team's training base on Russia's Black Sea coast Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's not the usual combination, to be a footballer and filmmaker," said the 34-year-old who saved a penalty from Lionel Messi during the Nordic minnows' 1-1 draw with Argentina Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cultivating an interesting sideline of work is common in Iceland's semi-professional league, said Halldorsson, who now plays for Randers in Denmark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I always had a passion for it when I was young, that's what I got sucked into after high school," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Highlights in his film-making CV include the video clip for Iceland's 2012 Eurovision song contest entry, a rousing World Cup promotional film for the team, and a commercial for a World Cup corporate sponsor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was "staying out" though of helping a fly-on-the-wall documentary film crew that is following the team's progress in Russia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A side-effect of Iceland's first appearance at football's biggest tournament has been that Halldorsson has not watched every game on TV as he did at previous World Cups.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Now I almost don't know who is playing or what is going on except for our games," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are very focused only on our plans, so while the games are rolling in the video room it's not like watching a World Cup thoroughly as usual".</p>