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Grímur Hákonarson

Grímur Hákonarson

Director

Grímur Hákonarson (b. 1977) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was Summerland from 2010, for which Grímur was nominated for the Edda Award for Best Screenplay. His next feature film was Rams, about two estranged brothers in the Icelandic countryside who come together to save their sheep. The film was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and won the Un Certain Regard Award.

Filmography

2019 - The County
2018 - Little Moscow (Documentary)
2015 - Rams
2012 - Hreint hjarta (Documentary)
2010 - Sumarlandið
2010 - Boys on Film 4: Protect Me from What I Want (Video) (segment "Wrestling")
2007 - Bræðrabylta (Short)
2004 - Slavek the Shit (Short)
2002 - Varði Goes Europe (Documentary)
1998 - Oiko Logos (Short)

Grímur Hákonarson's films at RIFF
Rams
A Glimpse of Iceland in EFA
Year: 2015
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come...