MORTIIS/REINERT KIIL Short Film Available As Free Download

OSLO, Norway - "Vardøger," the short film set to Mortiis' "Geisteskrank," has been made available as a free download and can be downloaded via www.mortiis.com.

The film, directed by noted Norwegian "shock" filmmaker Reinert Kiil is a mind-blowing visual to accompany Mortiis' track, recorded during the same sessions that yielded Mortiis' latest work, "The Great Deceiver."

"There's this (un)quiet desperation in the mini that Reinert created," Mortiis said. "Something disgusting and forbidden - his personal demons, apparently. I can relate to that, the grit and the decadence. It was a huge part of my life for a long time, as well...that collection of demons and the various ways in which they manifest themselves. With me it was music and lyrics, with Reinert it's the visual."

The film debuted at the BUT film festival in Breda, The Netherlands, on September 8 along Kiil's full-length films, "Hora" and "Inside the Whore."

Kiil began toying around with filmmaking as an adolescent. The director has now gained notoriety as Norway's only Grindhouse filmmaker. Kiil's work with Mortiis is his first musical collaboration. Both parties were intrigued by the idea of delving into the other's artform, but both were waiting to find that kindred soul to capture a shared essence. Mortiis and Kiil found that in each other.

"The music is sonically fused with a glimpse of his soul - or crazed mind or whatever it might be - and it is complete, a sordid success," Mortiis said. "The result is sleazy, strange, disturbing, and extremely violent."

MORTIIS & Filmmaker REINERT KIIL Combine Forces On Upcoming Short Film

Avant garde/industrial/metal musical act Mortiis has teamed up with Norwegian filmmaker Reinert Kiil for a mind-blowing film short, "Vardøger" including "Geisteskrank" by Mortiis, which will debut at the BUT film festival in Breda, The Netherlands, on September 8.

Its debut will be followed by a showing at Oslo Fright Fest on September 22.

The mini film "Vardøger" & Soundtrack "Geisteskrank" will be made available to everyone via www.mortiis.com as a FREE download starting October 1st 2012.

“Vardøger" will be shown in conjunction with Kiil’s full-length films, “Hora” and “Inside the Whore.”  This is Kiil’s first musical collaboration.

Kiil and Mortiis initially connected through Mortiis’ guitarist, Levi Gawron, also film-industry colleague of Kiil.

“I really love Mortiis’ work,” Kiil said.  “The collaboration started with me writing a script for a story around my deepest demons, all the while listening to old tracks from Mortiis. I sent the script to Levi and he liked it.  We talked many times and made the script more personal for me, as well as for Mortiis.  I think the result is a film that expresses the essence of me and Mortiis all in one package.”

Said Gawron:  “We connected early on in the Norwegian film industry because we share the same views and interest in films.  I guess we both like weird and twisted things!  We have played around with this idea for some time now.  The idea was that he would make a music video for us, but as the project evolved it became a collaboration where he stood for the visual and we for the music.  The idea is to share fans.”

Kiil is a director specializing in “shock” films.  In addition to “Hora” and “Inside the Whore,” Kiil has directed the films “Inside the Mind of a Splatter Director” and “Or to be Famous.”

Kiil’s twisted approach was a perfect fit for Mortiis’ brand of crossover industrial/rock.  “We always said we’d be interested in providing the music as long as we liked the footage,” said Mortiis, founder and namesake of the band.  “We thought the song and tempo of the song fit the mood of Reinert´s mini - slow heavy and foreboding.  ‘Geisteskrank’ is not actually an album track per se, which would have made more sense commercially, but that song worked out better than anything else.”

"Geisteskrank" was created during the “The Great Deceiver” sessions.