Hlynur Palmason

With a year at home with his children suddenly on his hands, Icelandic rising star Hlynur Pálmason forged his own microcosmic utopia with this warm and whimsical short. Exquisitely capturing the changing seasons on 35mm, Nest is a tactile wonder charged with the untamed energy of its young cast.

Hlynur Pálmason’s (Winter Brothers) engrossing second feature marked the arrival of a major new voice in international cinema. Upending revenge-thriller genre tropes, the film is a simmering, profound story of grief—aided by a quietly heartbreaking performance from Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson.