"Cold Hearts": Icelandic music shorts

Cold Hearts
Icelandic music shorts (93 min) 2006.

Cold Hearts is therefore an excellent introduction to what we might call music/film scene, a perfect package that connects the best of visuals and music under the Iceland denominator, everything from reaching in experimental film space to animation, feature and documentary miniatures, from the recognizable new wave veterans Sigur Rós and the band Múm, whose video clip directed fantastic, though British, duo Semiconductor, to exceptional music/visual masters Arni & Kinski, whose best known project is the band Gus Gus.

Global Capital / Magnus Helgason (Apparat Organ Quartet) / 5'20'' / 2005

Green Grass of Tunnel / Semiconductor (Múm) / 4'12'' / 2002

Stop in the Name of Love / Ragnar Bragason (Bang Gang) / 3'34'' / 2003

Who’s Bardi / Ragnar Bragason and Bardi Jóhannsson / 29'01'' / 2003

Toilet / Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir / 4'50'' / 2005

Believe / Stefan Arni, Siggi Kjartansson (Gus Gus) / 4'17'' / 2001

Husid a Antmannstignum / Berglind Ágústsdóttir / 4'12'' / 2003

Jean / Bjargey Ólafsdóttir / 2' / 1997

Hey Ya! / Elvar Gunnarsson (My Summer as a Salvation Soldier) / 3'02''/ 2004

Landslag / Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson / 4' / 2004

Mosimosi / Lars Skjelbreia / 4' / 2004

Untitled / Berglind Ágústsdóttir / 4'30'' / 2005

Over Me Under Me / Elvar Gunnarsson (Maus) / 3'20'' / 2004

Digital Jesus / Hlynur Magnússon / 5'23'' / 2005

Welcome to: Going West / Malin Stahl / 2’34’’ / 2004

Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa / Stefan Arni, Siggi Kjartansson (Sigur Rós) / 7'02'' / 2001

Romantic Undead / Kira Kira / 1' / 2005

http://www.packagedeals.org/events/cold_hearts_revisited.html

All too often, especially in music circles, Iceland is known almost exclusively as the land of Björk and Sigur Ros. But those who have explored Icelandic cinema and art know that it has emerged as one of the world’s most unique creative breeding grounds, and this program is living proof.
Featuring macabre stop-motion animation, the secret life of moss, mouse suits, exploding dictaphones, women who live on clouds, Outkast ballads, and some very creative uses for whipped cream, this compilation represents the whimsical Icelandic imagination. 17 artist films and music videos cover expansive aesthetic ground. Working in locales as diverse as art school in Los Angeles to the craggy vistas of Skagafjördur in northern Iceland, these young artists explore their native and adopted worlds in inventive ways. Intrinsically dark and aloof, yet also refreshingly honest, Cold Hearts offers a glimpse into the curious cultural landscape of Iceland now. From the fantastical, sometimes disturbing artist films of Unnar Andrea Einarsdottir to the otherworldly output created by bands such as Mum and Apparat Organ Quartet, the Icelandic aesthetic proves to be as strange and beautiful as it is overlooked.

Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOXaAbAD0Hg


Cold hearts Revisited (80 min.)(2007)

With their follow-up to 2006''s Cold Hearts , a video exploration of the cinematic and musical output of young Iceland, the Package Deals curatorial team presents a fresh batch of the best in new short films and music videos from the vibrant Icelandic creative community with Cold Hearts Revisited. From irreverent faux pop songs and edible instruments to escapist fantasies and unorthodox quests, the program of twelve rarely-seen films (many of which have never screened before in the U.S.) encapsulates all that is enchanting and inventive about this small island nation.
Featuring Isold Uggadóttir''s short Family Reunion (fresh from Sundance!) and films by Sigur Ros, Bang Gang, GusGus, Egill Sæbjörnsson, Apparat Organ Quartet, Trabant, Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir, Erla Haraldsdóttir, Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Reynir Lyngdal, Seabear, and Leaves.

Isold Uggadóttir, Family Reunion (Gódir Gestir) (2006, 21:00, Super-16mm) NY Premiere

Apparat Organ Quartet (Dir: Magnus Helgason), Romantika (2004, 3:45, 16mm)

Reynir Lyngdal, The Magician (2005, 13:00, 16mm) US Premiere

Sigur Ros, Saeglopur (2006, 7:08, video)

Bang Gang (Dir: Arni Thor Jonsson), Find What You Get (2005, 3:45, video)

Unnur Andrea Einarsdóttir, Melaninecholia 1 (2006, 4:00, video). Music by Kira Kira. US Premiere

Egill Sæbjörnsson, You Are My Loving Insane (2001, 2:52, video)

Erla Haraldsdóttir, Sad with Satie, (2005, 7:20, video)

Trabant (Dir: Reynir Lyngdal), The One (2006, 3:32, 16mm) US Premiere

GusGus (Dir: Linda Lotion), Moss (2007, 3:08, animation) US Premiere

Seabear (Dir: Lars Skjelbreia), Hands Remember (2007, 4:04, video) World Premiere

Leaves (Dirs. Katie Freeland and Jey Mal), The Spell (2005, 3:31, animation)

Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Portraits and Testimonies (various) (2006, 3:00, animation)