MELBOURNE PREMIERE
OPERA
FILM
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Grandma
Lo‑Fi:
Andrew Bird:
Fever Year (USA)
The Basement
Tapes Of Sigrídur
Níelsdóttir (Iceland)
FILM
Dir. Xan Aranda
Dir. Orri Jónsson, Kristín
Björk Kristjánsdóttir &
Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir
It’s never too late to leave your mark.
Eight years ago, armed with a cassette recorder, Sigrídur Níelsdóttir
embarked on a new music career – since then she has recorded over
59 albums and close to 700 songs, becoming an underground music
icon in Denmark and Iceland. Eight years ago, Níelsdóttir was 70.
With dogs barking, pigeons cooing, miniature waterfalls flowing and
kitchen utensils whirring, Níelsdóttir mixed the tinkering of h \