Two brothers and their sister endlessly build and dismantle a knight fashioned from ancient
armor, shooting arrows at their creation. As the seasons change, the children’s lives unfold
alongside this unusual target, while the wounded knight comes to embody a quiet melancholy in
the Icelandic landscape. In Joan of Arc, Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason expands on one of
the central scenes from his earlier film A White, White Day, with his own children taking the
lead roles.
Hlynur Pálmason
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason, a familiar name at Scanorama, first made his mark in the
visual arts before turning to cinema. His debut feature, Winter Brothers (2017), premiered at the
Locarno Film Festival. Subsequent films have brought him to Cannes: A White, White Day
(2019) opened Critics’ Week, Godland (2022) was selected for Un Certain Regard, and his latest
work, The Love That Remains, was showcased in the festival’s new section, Premieres.
Two brothers and their sister endlessly build and dismantle a knight fashioned from ancient
armor, shooting arrows at their creation. As the seasons change, the children’s lives unfold
alongside this unusual target, while the wounded knight comes to embody a quiet melancholy in
the Icelandic landscape. In Joan of Arc, Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason expands on one of
the central scenes from his earlier film A White, White Day, with his own children taking the
lead roles.
Hlynur Pálmason
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason, a familiar name at Scanorama, first made his mark in the
visual arts before turning to cinema. His debut feature, Winter Brothers (2017), premiered at the
Locarno Film Festival. Subsequent films have brought him to Cannes: A White, White Day
(2019) opened Critics’ Week, Godland (2022) was selected for Un Certain Regard, and his latest
work, The Love That Remains, was showcased in the festival’s new section, Premieres.
armor, shooting arrows at their creation. As the seasons change, the children’s lives unfold
alongside this unusual target, while the wounded knight comes to embody a quiet melancholy in
the Icelandic landscape. In Joan of Arc, Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason expands on one of
the central scenes from his earlier film A White, White Day, with his own children taking the
lead roles.
Hlynur Pálmason
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason, a familiar name at Scanorama, first made his mark in the
visual arts before turning to cinema. His debut feature, Winter Brothers (2017), premiered at the
Locarno Film Festival. Subsequent films have brought him to Cannes: A White, White Day
(2019) opened Critics’ Week, Godland (2022) was selected for Un Certain Regard, and his latest
work, The Love That Remains, was showcased in the festival’s new section, Premieres.