''Heima'' (; ''at home'') is a documentary film and double DVD set about the tour around

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in the summer of 2006 of the band

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. During the tour the band played two big open-air concerts at Miklatún -

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(30 July) and

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(4 August), as well as small scale concerts at

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(24 July),

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(26 July),

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(27 July), Háls, Öxnadalur (28 July) and

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(3 August). In addition, a protest concert against the Kárahnjúkar dam was performed at Snæfellsskála (3 August). The documentary also includes footage of an acoustic concert played for family and friends at Gamla Borg, a coffee shop in the small town Borg, on 22 April 2007. The documentary premiered in Iceland at the

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opening day, 27 September 2007. ''Heima'' was released 5 November 2007 (4 December in North America) in two editions, one including atmospheric photos in a photobook documenting the tour. It has since then become a

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. In December 2007, American

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'' voted ''Heima'' DVD of the Year on their ''2007 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame''. The DVD has sold 5,000 copies in

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earning it a Gold Award under the Video Certifications. And it was certified Platinum for 100,000 copies in America. On May 27, 2011 the band released an official HD-quality version of Heima on their website, available as digital download in

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format.

Track listing

The first DVD contains the documentary, with optional audio commentary from the band's manager, while the second DVD features full-length versions of the songs.

DVD 1

# "Titles/Intro" # "Glósóli" # "Sé lest" # "Ágætis byrjun" # "Heysátan" # "Olsen Olsen" # "Von" # "Gítardjamm" # "Vaka" # "Á ferð til Breiðafjarðar vorið 1922" (with

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) # "Starálfur" # "Hoppípolla" # "Popplagið" # "Samskeyti" (and Credits)

DVD 2

# "Glósóli" – 9:15 # "Memories of melodies" # "Heysátan" – 5:05 # "Sé lest" – 11:26 # "Gítardjamm" – 5:29 # "Olsen Olsen" – 8:21 # "Popplagið" – 15:44 # "Á Húsafelli" # "Surtshellir" – 3:32 # "Church" – 0:40 # "Museum" # "Ágætis byrjun" – 6:55 # "Þorrablót" # "Kvæðamannafélagið Iðunn" # "Á ferð til Breiðafjarðar vorið 1922" (with Steindór Andersen) – 6:00 # "Vaka" (Snæfell) – 5:50 # "Dauðalagið" – 13:08 # "Hoppípolla"/"Með blóðnasir" – 7:12 # "Starálfur" – 5:39 # "Vaka" (Álafoss) – 5:21 # "Heima" – 3:30 # "Von" – 8:27 # "Samskeyti" – 5:19 # "Tour diary" # "Credits"

References

External links

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Heima&Hvarf-Heim minisite

Official Sigur Rós website

Official Heima website

Press release
{{Authority control 2007 films 2007 documentary films 2000s Icelandic-language films Icelandic documentary films Rockumentaries Rock music films Documentary films about music and musicians Sigur Rós 2007 video albums 2007 live albums Live video albums Films directed by Dean DeBlois