About

The Australian Cinémathèque presents a series of documentaries and video programs celebrating the extraordinary music culture of Iceland. The program features Heima 2007, the first live film by Sigur Rós, Rock in Reykjavík 1982, the landmark historical documentary about the post punk and new wave music scene in Reykjavík during the early 1980s, and three curated programs of video clips and short films by some of Iceland's most accomplished artists, filmmakers and musicians.

Cold Hearts program series curated by Deirdre Corley and Kelly Shindler with accompanying film notes and courtesy of Package Deals (New York). Special thanks to Sigur Rós, Christof Wehmeier (Icelandic Film Centre), Alexander Gandar (Shooting People Films), Icelandic Embassy in Berlin and all the musicians and filmmakers featured in the Cold Hearts programs.

List of Works

• Hlemmur (Last Stop) 2002 | Director: Olafur Sveinsson
• Cold Hearts 3: Foreign Relations 2008 Ages 15+
• DV CAM, COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE, STEREO, 103 MINS, ICELAND, ENGLISH AND ICELANDIC (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / PRINT SOURCE: PACKAGE DEALS
• Heima 2007 | Director: Dean Deblois
• Cold Hearts: Icelandic Music and Film 2006 Ages 15+
• MINI DV, COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE, STEREO, 75 MINS, ICELAND, ENGLISH AND ICELANDIC (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / PRINT SOURCE: PACKAGE DEALS
• Rokk í Reykjavík (Rock in Reykjavík) 1982 | Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
• Cold Hearts Revisited: Icelandic Music and Film 2007 Ages 15+
• DV CAM, COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE, STEREO, 80 MINS, ICELAND, ENGLISH AND ICELANDIC (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / PRINT SOURCE: PACKAGE DEALS
• Gargandi snilld (Screaming Masterpiece) 2005 | Director: Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon