Backyard

Synopsis

A guy named Árni Rúnar had the idea of gathering a few bands together in his backyard to do some live recording. His idea evolved into this film. He filled his little shack of a studio with equipment and prayed for good weather. He invited all of his neighbours and made them pizza, cupcakes and pancakes. And then many of the most exciting Icelandic musicians of their generation showed up to play, giving us a unique look at the diverse music scene of Reykjavík in the summer of 2009.

Director Biography

Árni Sveinsson made two documentaries, one of them on Iceland’s only pop legend Raggi Bjarna plus several music videos – lots of them for the bands that appear in Backyard.