Nest (2022)

Original title

Hreiður

Directed by

Hlynur Pálmason

Genre

drama, documentary

Country

Denmark

Runtime

22 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Over the course of a year, siblings build a tree house together. The film follows their slow progress through changing seasons.

slow-pacedobservationalintimatecalmseasonalpatientnostalgicgentle

What happens

Nest (Icelandic: Hreiður) is an Icelandic short film written and directed by Hlynur Pálmason and released in 2022. The story follows siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. It was filmed by Hlynur right outside his house over a period of 18 months, with the support and assistance of his three children. Nest premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 14 February 2022. 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.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. Nest also won the Grande Prémio Competição Internacional at the Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival. Nest was released on the streaming service MUBI as part of their Best of 2022 series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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