official selection at Busan Int. Film Festival

Words on the film: Two brothers work as miners in a Danish mining village. When an outbreak of food poisoning occurs, the miners blame Emil’s illicit liquor, which soon leads to violence. And when his brother sees Anna who is the object of Emil’s desire, he feels betrayed.Winter Brothers, the debut film from Icelandic director Hlynur Palmason, is a story of uncomplicated people set against a backdrop of severe midwinter days and spectacular scenery. The miners’ dark and dangerous underground world both contrasts and sits in harmony with the stunning snowy landscapes. The main protagonist is the dull and strange Emil, who is the driving force of the film; his feral nature peaking as the brothers fight for their woman. The highlights of Winter Brothers are Elliott Grosset Hove’s inspired performance, which deservedly won him the Best Actor award at the Locarno Film Festival 2017, the incredible music continually infusing extra atmosphere throughout, and the remarkable mise-en-scène, which is quite outstanding for a first-time director. (RHEE Souewon)

autumn process 3#

autumn process 2#

official selection at Haifa Film Festival

Winter Brothers will be screened at Haifa Film Festival, Israel. More info here.

autumn process 1#

official selection at vancouver film festival

Winter Brothers will be a part of Vancouver Film Festival, more here.

An eccentric, dissonant film navigating the forlorn nature of an outsider, Winter Brothers is punctuated with bursts of surrealism and bouts of dark humour. Shot in a cool 16mm that blends into its snowy environment, Hlynur Pálmason’s debut feature is an impressive, immersive look into the cold world of a remote limestone mine through the eyes of Emil, an awkward, fragile man who can’t quite fit in.

a white, white day / process 3#

official selection at indiecork film festival

Winter Brothers is in the official selection at indiecork film festival in Ireland. More here:

official selection at Cologne Film Festival

Winter Brothers are off to Cologne Film Festival, it's competing in the LOOK section: "The LOOK section presents visually, formally and aesthetically outstanding productions" more here.

official selection at Helsinki Film Festival

Winter Brothers is screened at Helsinki Film Festival, more here.

cph pix / new talent grand pix

Winter Brothers is competing in the new talent grand pix and copenhagen pix festival. More here:

'Vinterbrødre' vækker helt ud i sin titel sælsomme billeder. Islandske Pálmason har med sin danske spillefilmsdebut skabt en film uden for tid og sted. Den udspiller sig på et kalkværk, hvor støvet farver alt gråt, hvor omverdenen ikke trænger ind, og hvor nat og dag synes at smelte sammen. For os, som for brødrene Emil (Elliot Crosset Hove) og Johan (Simon Sears), der bor, arbejder og lever sammen i dette støvede helvede. Pálmason tænker lige så meget i billeder og lyd som i plot. Fortællingen er æterisk som en drøm og samtidig særdeles fysisk. Beskidt og nøgen, som brødrene er det i et uforglemmeligt slagsmål. 'Vinterbrødre' er hævet over elementerne. Hverken varm eller kold, god eller ond. Men dirrende nærværende, vild og uafrystelig. Dansk film har higet efter et værk som dette.

graðaloftið / ferli 5#

graðaloftið / ferli 4#

opening film at RIFF

WINTER BROTHERS is the opening film at Reykjavík Film Festival, ICELAND.  We are looking forward to it, more here:

review 6#

"It’s a difficult film and almost dares the viewer to stop viewing and look away after the first minutes of a long static scene. But looking away from the masterpiece would be precisely the wrong thing to do but a worthy choice nonetheless because this is the type of film that’s not going to appeal to a lot of people."........more here: - Brief Take

oldenburg film festival

VINTERBRØDRE is in the official competition at the Oldenburg Film Festival, Germany. This is our German premiere, more info here:
"Visually breathtaking, Pálmason’s debut marks the arrival of an astounding new voice in cinema."

graðaloft / ferli 3#

summer process 5#

first feature competition at BFI London

WINTER BROTHERS is part of the first feature competition for the sutherland award for most original and imaginative directorial debut. More info on the other films, dates etc; here: