Movies by Kjartan Sveinsson

Sigur Rós: Live From the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Icelandic Post-Rock band Sigur Ros performs live at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

The Visitors
A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a 64-minute durational performance Kjartansson staged with some of his closest friends at the romantically dilapidated Rokeby Farm in upstate New York. Each of the nine channels shows a musician or group of musicians, including some of Iceland’s most renowned as well as members of the family that owns Rokeby Farm, performing in a separate space in the storied house and grounds; each wears headphones to hear the others. As the music begins and repeats, indi...