“Heima” (At Home) is a documentary about the tour around Iceland in the summer of 2006 of the band Sigur Rós. During the tour the band played two big open-air concerts at Reykjavík and Ásbyrgi, as well as small scale concerts at Ólafsvík, Ísafjörður, Djúpavík, Háls, Öxnadalur and Seyðisfjörður. In addition, a protest concert against the Kárahnjúkar Dam was performed at Snæfellsskála. The documentary also includes footage of an acoustic concert played for family and friends at Gamla Borg, a coffee shop in the small town Borg, on 22 April 2007.
The documentary premiered in Iceland at the Reykjavík International Film Festival on its opening day of September 27 2007. “Heima” was released November 4, 2007 in North America.
If this doesn’t get inside of you, nothing will. Stream “Heima” for free in several ten-minute segments on YouTube below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNofqsFTW08&feature=&p=ED97A0691E49E9FD&index=0&playnext=1
