Ostensibly, Heima is a documentary about Icelandic post-rock quartet Sigur Rós. Unlike with most rockumentaries, however, the band only appears in about half of the shots in the film. The rest of the screen time is devoted to the people, animals and foreboding landscape of Iceland (“heima” means “at home” or “homeland” in Icelandic). So it’s not hard to see why Iceland Naturally, a partnership between the Iceland tourist board and a handful of Icelandic private companies, would want to sponsor a one night-only screening of the film at the Landmark E Street Theater on Sunday. Heima is a feast for both the eyes and the ears, a documentary whose saturated colors and deliberate pace are a perfect match for Sigur Rós’ atmospheric compositions. It just so happens that it’s also a great advertisement for the natural beauty of Iceland.

Shot over the course of two weeks by director Dean DeBlois (best known as the director of the animated film Lilo and Stitch), Heima chronicles a series of free performances that the band gave in small towns all over Iceland. Not content to simply play in remote areas, the band sets up shop in some of the most unorthodox settings that that they can find.