Sighvatur Ómar Kristinsson

Movies

Interment
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Built for a sleek and secure future the iconic Bank of Industries, was erected in downtown Reykjavík in the 1960s. Some fifty years later, we step inside the building and witness its geometrical and material dissolution before the backdrop of everyday life.Through a visual narrative of building materials returned to the earth, we face the interplay between humanity, machines, and the elements. It's an interment of a building corpse at the end of the age of disposable building culture.
Apausalypse
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After experiencing a certain void when the premier of their film “The Third Pole” was cancelled due to the Pandemic. The film makers decided to go on a journey with their cameraman Andri Haraldsson and capture those strange times.
Resonance
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Unique artist couple, Helena and Thorvaldur truly nourished each other’s creative spirit. Helena’s journey since Thorvaldur’s passing seven years ago has been one of finding a new meaning to life and new motives to continue her artistic ambitions whilst securing a path for her late husband’s legacy.
A Bird With No Legs
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James cannot process the loss of his wife and is lost in an isolated, oppressive and dissonant world. His son, Theo, plays the songs he needs to hear to overcome his emotional and musical block, and put their world back in harmony.
The Girl with Two Heads
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Eighteen-year-old Anne explores body image, self-perception, and her own understanding of twenty-first-century womanhood in two highly contrasting worlds: that of her traditionally “feminine” mother, Céline, at home, and the gym where she trains among like-minded people.
Screaming Masterpiece
Self
A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.