Icelandic film director and visual artist Hlynur Pálmason (1984) studied at the National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen and lived in the country for 10 years before returning to Höfn, a town on the Hornafjörður fjord. Pálmason states to be more interested in “the narrative style and flow of films” than the actual plotline. His debut Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre) debuted at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in 2017. His second feature, A White White Day, was selected at the Cannes Film Festival and Iceland’s submission for the Academy Awards in 2020. His short film Nest (2022) premiered at the Berlinale and won several international awards.
