he films of Hlynur Pálmason operate as documents of their own making. He lives with his family off the beaten track, and spends his down-time creating intricate shots of the local flora and fauna. He made a massive splash with his 2019 film (five stars in this very publication!), and returns with the ambitious, windswept historical epic , about a Danish priest who, in the late 19th century, mounts an escapade to Iceland with his camera in hand and
