Iceland comes in from the cold

This music documentary from Iceland traces the development of Icelandic popular music from its folk basis to rap, grunge and, of course, Björk.

One musician proclaims that most of the bands are rubbish and the good ones only sell 200 or so copies of any discs they make in their home country.

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, the film-maker, adds that even the best are often too idle to cross their own cultural boundaries.

So Ari Alexander's film isn't entirely hagiographical. But it tries to prove that Iceland is now the epitome of cool, as well as cold, with some success.

Screaming Masterpiece
Cert: cert12A