If Sigur Rós is Iceland's gift to the world, then Heima is Sigur Rós' gift to Iceland. A native word meaning "at home," the film follows the band on a series of sixteen free, unannounced concerts across their mother country. It's hard to imagine a more generous present.

In 2006, Sigur Rós had just finished a world tour and elected to add the Icelandic dates as a triumphant coda. The group took their act from the biggest of cities to the tiniest of hamlets, and seemingly every medium-sized town in between. Along the way, they built a great deal of momentum, both personally and in the press. The performances were uniquely planned—an acoustic set, a protest benefit, a warehouse venue, etc.—and attended by substantial crowds, in many cases motivated by a sense of national esprit de corps.

This was part of the group's ambition. As much a travelogue as it is a concert film, Heima focuses often on Iceland's people and its by turns bleak and beautiful landscape. Interview snippets peppered throughout reveal the band's loving sympathies for their native land, and the warm feelings of bonhomie generated by the tour. It is a rare and heartening experience to see a group give of themselves so generously, and to also be received in kind.