Hlynur Pálmason

Hlynur Pálmason (born 1984) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter, and visual artist. He is most known for his feature film works made in Iceland and Denmark, including Winter Brothers and Godland (2022).

Early life and education Hlynur Pálmason was born in 1984 in Höfn í Hornafirði, Iceland. graduating in 2013. He lived in Denmark for 10 years before returning to Höfn, a town on the Hornafjörður fjord. It went on to win the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and the Robert Award for Best Danish Film, with Pálmason also winning the Robert Award for Best Director.

His second feature film, A White, White Day (Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur), was filmed in Iceland, and many of the people he had worked with on Winter Brothers were also employed for this film, including the Swedish cinematographer , editor Julius Krebs Damsbo, and sound designer Lars Halvorsen. He had previously collaborated with Icelandic actor Ingvar Sigurðsson on the short film he made for graduation, A Painter, in 2013. and was selected as Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.

He followed up in 2022 with Godland (Vanskabte Land), which premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as Denmark's 2022 submission for the Nordic Council Film Prize. The film, its director, and several actors were nominated for many awards and won a number of them, including Gold Hugo for Best Feature Film at the Chicago Film Festival and Best Feature Film at the Riga International Film Festival in Latvia.

Filmography

Feature films Year English Title Original Title Notes 2017 Winter Brothers Vinterbrødre 2019 A White, White Day Hvítur, hvítur dagur 2022 Godland Volaða land 2025 The Love That Remains Ástin sem eftir er Joan of ArcJóhanna af Örk On Land and Sea Á landi og sjóPost-production

Short films Year English Title Original Title