CANNES, France: An Icelandic movie about two sheepfarming brothers who have not spoken in 40 years but are brought together by an outbreak of a disease that threatens their flocks won the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. “Hrutar” (Rams) by director Grimur Hakonarson took the top prize in the grouping of 19 films in the festival’s second most important competition. The films are chosen to display filmmaking techniques and trends in a variety of cultures and countries around the world.
The special jury prizes for debut films (Prix de l’avenir) went to “Nahid” by Iran’s Ida Panahandeh and “Masaan” by Neeraj Ghaywan of India.
Icelandic film wins Cannes ‘Regard’ prize, ‘Masaan’ does India proud
Icelandic film wins Cannes ‘Regard’ prize, ‘Masaan’ does India proud
