Screaming Masterpiece
A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.
Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
Casts & Crew
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Björk
Damon Albarn
Barði Jóhannsson
Walter Durkacz
Úlfur Eldjárn
Hörður Bragason
Arnar Geir Ómarsson
Sighvatur Ómar Kristinsson
Eivör Pálsdóttir
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Dagur Kári
Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
Gunnar Örn Tynes
Jon Thor Birgisson
Georg Holm
Orri Páll Dýrason
Kjartan Sveinsson
Also Directed by Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
The film is a collection of one-minute short films created by 60 filmmakers from around the world on the theme of the death of cinema.
Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for himself and his fiancée, Vera. His friend Igor, who emigrated to Iceland a few years earlier, convinces Mihkel to smuggle two bottles of liquid amphetamine and then seek payment from an Estonian priest, who is a business partner of Igor’s in Saint Petersburg. The priest is then to set him up in his new home and bring Vera over to join him. Rather than getting paid, he is instead coerced into swallowing seventy drug capsules to take on to Iceland. He arrives in Iceland and is picked up by Igor and his two Icelandic accomplices, Jóhann and Bóbó. However, in the next two days it becomes clear that something is wrong and Mihkel cannot pass the drugs. The Icelandic criminals become very nervous, and more and more frantic activity ensues as the situation becomes more serious.
A short film about a young boy's escape from reality, the search for love and security, about cryptic messages from outer space and an invisible friend in the cellar. Based on the director's own memories, this is the story of a young boy's world filled with fantasies and dreams of distant worlds. His eccentric grandmother is his best friend and his partner in the world of the imagination.
An old man comes home with the ashes of his dead wife in an urn. As he waits for the kettle to boil, the relentless hissing of boiling water brings to mind memories. There is nothing ahead for the old man, only lack of purpose, sense of loss and loneliness. He embarks on a journey.