Karmok - Review

GorillaiFilm Magazine reviews Karmok at Flatpack Film Festival:
 
"Here, Rannvá Káradóttir and Marianna Mørkøre’s haunting film from 
the Faroe Islands, Karmok, stood out as the selection’s most 
atmospheric short. Captured on haunting black and white film, two 
figures perform unexpected choreography against a misty mountain 
backdrop while a dark, Burial-esque score is the eerie short’s finishing 
touch."

Read the full review here.

Magma - Review

Great feedback from last weeks screening in NYC: 

"...two films that distinguished themselves with a seamless fusion of 
both art forms."Magma" by Rannvá Káradóttir & Marianna Mørkøre, 
creates a world, a language, and a feeling of total isolation AND unity 
in this stark, Bergman-esque creation. One simply feels as if they’ve 
stumbled on to some secret archival footage; a lost documentary about 
a tribe of people, either from the future or the past, and how movement 
shapes their post apocalyptic world." 

By Cory Nakasue, correspondent to The Dance Enthusiast.

Magma wins Best Short Film at FNC 2011

Magma has been chosen by the international shorts jury as the winner 
of Best short film in the International Selection at the 40th edition 
of Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal, Canada. A selection of 
36 international films competed in this category. 

The Jury's statement was:
The Loup argenté, price for the best short at the Festival du nouveau 
cinéma 2011, has been awarded to a film, a work, a free-style figure 
shot in the landscapes of the Faroe Islands. Haunted by a mysterious 
choreography, this disturbing work incarnate the mystery of this 
secluded country. The Loup argenté goes to Magma, directed by 
Marianna Mørkøre and Rannvá Káradóttir.

We are very honored to receive this prestigious award.
View the skype speech from the award ceremony here

More about the festival winners here

Q & A - Magma

Röddin has published a Q & A on Magma. To read the article go here

Röddin reviews

Excerpt from Röddin's review on Magma.

"...Filmurin er svart/hvítur, gongur fyri seg á vøkrum, føroyskum 
fjallalandslagi og er estetiskt á øgiliga høgum støði. Tað kann vera 
torført at fáa tílíkar filmar at virka til fulnar, men tær báðar Rannvá og  
Marianna megna tað ótrúliga væl. Tónleikurin er ræðufilmskendur og er 
eitt grundarlag til margháttliga sinnalagið í flminum..."

Read full review here 

First Faroese review

Art critic Birgir Kruse writes after Magma's premiere on the Faroe Islands.

“...Mest avbjóðandi filmurin, bæði tá umræður estetikk og søgu, var hin 
fyrsti, Magma. Í óvanliga stuttorðaðu skránni hjá Norðurlandahúsinum 
ber filmurin undirheitið Eksperimenterandi stuttfilmur. Filmurin er greitt 
surrealistiskur og leiðir tankarnar aftur til Luis Buñuel og Salvador Dali, 
tá teir í 1929 gjørdu stuttfilmin Andalusiski Hundurin..."

Read the full review here 

Remarks on Magma

Margaret Sharrow says about Magma after visiting Liverpool Biennial.

“...It may be apparent by now that I have longed to go to the Faroes for 
many years. This film was far more than imaginative transport, however. 
It seemed not to posit an impossible relationship between the people  
and the landscape; instead the black-clad figures became high-speed 
embodiments of the geological ultraslow dance of the land itself - the  
magma...”

Read more here

Yet another review in a-n

Ruth 
Ruth Denton writes and reflects on Magma.

"...As the title suggests, the work refers to unseen factors that dwell 
and bubble “beneath the surface”. Many conceptual viewpoints could 
be extracted from the work but I would like to reflect upon my initial 
thoughts and feelings that drew me to the piece: its meditative, 
dreamlike and surreal elements..."

To read the whole review click here 

Comments on Magma

Artist Artist researcher Ruth Thompson says the following about Magma after 
visiting the Liverpool Biennial. 

"I really enjoyed this work as it had an atmosphere like that of a German  
Expressionist film. The main part of the video involves large groups of  
choreographed people wearing striking looking identical costumes 
moving in time with each other and has an atmospheric soundtrack"

To read more click here 

Magma reviewed

Magma reviewed by Stuart Ian Burns after visiting the Liverpool Biennial. 

"...This trailer offers just a flavour of what is one of my favourite pieces 
of the Biennial. 

In Magma, a group of girls portray what might be futuristic nuns lost on 
a kind of manic retreat in the wilderness (or the Faroe Islands) taking 
part in a ritual that looks like it has the capacity to shake the foundations 
of the planet. After a time, some kind of initiation ceremony takes place, 
perhaps suggesting the moment when a girl becomes a woman, but it's 
not clear. Nothing's clear, but for once, because the imagery is so 
mesmerising both in terms of editing and lighting, I don't care, I just let it 
wash over me..." 

To read the full review click here

Magma - special mention

HeidiIKuisma writes about Magma on Central Station's website after  
visiting the Liverpool Biennial.
 

"...I also went to CUC and really liked work that was part of the Nordic 
Pavillion. According to the leaflet it found "inspiration from urban and 
wild landscapes, social environments, identities, rhythms in movement 
and fetishized commodities". The most powerful video for me was 
Magma by Marianna Mørkøre and Rannvá Karádóttir from Faroe Islands. 
It was minimalist, sinister and dark super8 film..."

To read the whole article click here

Magma review in a-n

Steffan Jones-Hughes, curator and artist, writes the following review in 
a-n magazine after visiting the Liverpool Biennial.

"...We head towards Greenland Street and see City States at CUC. Here
a series of international exhibitions initiated and supported by embassies, 
international agencies or galleries explore the cultural dynamics between 
cities and states. 74 artists from 23 countries are on show. I particularly 
liked Marianna Mørkøre and Rannvá Káradóttir (Faroe Islands) video 
performance in the Nordic Pavillion..."

To read the whole article in a-n click here 
Visit Steffan Jones-Hughes' blog here