Vagus Symphony is an experimental poetic short film, an abstract journey without words from the primordial bang to epiphany through the seven continents of the body.
Synopsis
The viewer is taken on a visual – sound journey with the aim to activate the biggest nerve in the human body, the vagus nerve, a system of nerves that connects all vital bodily organs and when in balance promotes glimmers in the soul and encourages empathy across all cultural hierarchies in an increasingly isolated, unequal and polarized world. Vagus Symphony is a collaboration between The Icelandic Love Corporation, music composers Ólafur Björn Ólafsson & Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and The Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Credits:
Director: Katrín Helga Andrésdóttir
Scipt: Katrín Helga Andrésdóttir, Sóley Stefánsdóttir
Producer: Hanna Björk Valsdóttir
Cinematographer: Anton Smári Gunnarsson
Editor: Kristján Loðmfjörð
Composer: Sóley Stefánsdóttir
Sound design: Björn Viktorsson
Colorist: Luis Ascani, Trickshot
Production design: Dóra Hrund Gísladóttir
Costume design: Karen Briem
Makeup: Tinna Ingimarsdóttir
Cast: Sóley Stefánsdóttir, Úlfhildur
Support: Icelandic Film Center, Icelandic Visual Arts Fund, Reykjavik Culture Fund
Premiere: Stockfish Film Festival