Hlynur Pálmason is an artist and filmmaker who was born in 1984 in Iceland. He began his career as a visual artist and went on to pursue an education at the National Film School of Denmark. His debut feature, Winter Brothers, premiered in the main competition at the 2017 Locarno Film Festival. His second feature, A White, White Day, premiered at the 2019 Cannes Critic’s Week, and his latest feature, Godland, premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Pálmason lives and works in Iceland and Denmark with his wife and three children.
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