Nest (Icelandic: Hreiður) is an Icelandic short film from 2022, directed and written by Hlynur Pálmason.[1][2][3] The story follows siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year.[1] It was filmed by Hlynur right outside his house over a period of 18 months, with the support and assistance of his three children.[4]

Nest
poster
IcelandicHreiður
Directed byHlynur Pálmason
Screenplay byHlynur Pálmason
Produced by
  • Anton Máni Svansson
  • Katrin Pors
  • Eva Jakobsen
  • Mikkel Jersin
Starring
  • Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir
  • Grímur Hlynsson
  • Þorgils Hlynsson
CinematographyHlynur Pálmason
Edited byJulius Krebs Damsbo
Music byAlex Zhang Hungtai
Production
companies
  • Join Motion Pictures
  • Snowglobe
Distributed byNew Europe Film Sales
Release date
  • 14 February 2022 (2022-02-14) (Berlin)
Running time
22 minutes
LanguageIcelandic

Nest premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 14 February 2022.[1][5] It won a number of film festival awards that year. At the Odense International Film Festival, Nest won Best Danish Short Film, and was nominated as Short Film Candidate for the 35th European Film Awards.[4][6][7]Nest was nominated for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, which was won by another of Hlynur's films, Godland.[8][9][10] Nest also won the Grande Prémio Competição Internacional at the Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival.[11][12][13]

Far Out magazine chose Nest as the best short film of 2022.[14]

Nest was released on the streaming service MUBI as part of their Best of 2022 series.[15][16]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Nest". Icelandic Film Centre.
  2. ^ "NEST (2022) and Interview with Director Hlynur Pálmason". Kvikmyndapod (Podcast). 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ Reina, Miguel A. (12 September 2022). "En Primera Fila: El cine independiente que llegará". En Primera Fila (in Spanish).
  4. ^ a b "NEST". European Film Awards.
  5. ^ "Nest - Berlinale Special 2022". Berlin International Film Festival.
  6. ^ "The winners of OFF22". Odense International Film Festival.
  7. ^ "Nest". Odense International Film Festival.
  8. ^ Alfonso Rivera (5 August 2022). "San Sebastián's wildly varied Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section announces 22 titles". Cineuropa.
  9. ^ "Nest". San Sebastián International Film Festival.
  10. ^ "Godland". San Sebastián International Film Festival.
  11. ^ Lusa, Agência (16 July 2022). ""Nest", do islandês Hlynur Pálmason, vence Grande Prémio do Curtas Vila do Conde". Observador (in Portuguese).
  12. ^ "Curtas Vila do Conde 30th International Film Festival". Curtas Vila do Conde.
  13. ^ "Nest". Curtas Vila do Conde.
  14. ^ Swapnil Dhruv Bose (13 December 2022). "The 10 best short films of 2022". Far Out.
  15. ^ "Nest (2022)". MUBI.
  16. ^ Smithee, Alan (9 August 2022). "'Nest'- Come costruirsi il nido da cui osservare l'alternarsi delle stagioni". Taxidrivers.it (in Italian).

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