Ten

OfMonstersandMenisoneofIceland’sbiggestexportsuccessessinceBjörk.Nowtheyarecelebratingtheir10thanniversarywithamusicalandmemorableroad-tripintheirhomeland’sscenicsurroundings.<br/>　　Afterhismountainousfilm‘Heima’(2007)aboutSigurRós,CanadiandirectorDeanDeBloisreturnstoIceland,thistimewithfolk-popbandOfMonstersandMen.WithcarefulcameraworkandthebackdropofIceland’smagnificentscenery,hefollowsthequintetonajourneyaroundtheislandwheretheyperformintimateversionsoftheirmusicinanumberofpeculiarplacesthathavepersonalsignificanceforthebandmembers–includingalighthouseandafishingboat.Theoccasionistheir10thanniversary,whichshouldhavesentthebandoutintotheworld.Instead,COVID-19hasstrandedthemintheirhomelandandsothebandthemselves–andthecamera–aretheonlyaudienceastheyperformfamiliar,rareandnewsongsandsharememoriesoftheir10-yearfriendshipandcreativecollaboration.