Hlynur Pálmason (born 30 September 1984) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter.Wendy Mitchell
"Hylnur Palmason on his Iceland-set Critics' Week selection 'A White, White Day'"
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'', 16 May 2019. A native of

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, Iceland, he studied film at the

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. His debut feature film ''

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(Vinterbrødre)'' debuted at the

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in 2017, and went on to win the

Bodil Award for Best Danish Film The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film ( da, Bodilprisen for bedste danske film) is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in E ...

and the

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, with Pálmason also winning the

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. His second feature film, '' A White, White Day (Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur)'', was selected to screen in the

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section at the

2019 Cannes Film Festival The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became t ...

, and was selected as Iceland's submission for the

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at the

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in 2020. He followed up in 2022 with '' Godland (Vanskabte Land)'', which premiered at the

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.Stephanie Bunbury
"Cannes Review: Hlynur Palmason’s ‘Godland’"
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'', 27 May 2022.

Filmography

References

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Hlynur Pálmason
at the Icelandic Film Centre * 1984 births Living people Icelandic film directors Icelandic screenwriters Icelandic film producers {{Iceland-film-director-stub