Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir

A story of three siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.

In Hlynur Pálmason’s at once rigorous and poetic companion piece to his feature THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, the director chronicles his own children as they craft a knight-like figure in the remote Icelandic wilderness—only to ultimately unleash a barrage of arrows upon it. Through the changing seasons, we observe their lives as they both construct and demolish their lifelike creation.

In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes' Critics' Week award for Best Actor for his performance) begins to suspect a local man of having had an affair with his late wife, who died in a tragic accident two years earlier.

In the late 19th century, Denmark regards Iceland as its territory, which extends beyond matters of geography and governance to the spiritual health of the population. So Lucas, a Lutheran priest, is sent by the Church of Denmark to establish a parish. Lucas believes his faith will guide him, even when he is warned of the obstacles, including a people who may be less than welcoming.