From the plains of Montana to the vast expanses of Ethiopia, from the hills of Provence to the mountains of Kurdistan, from the depths of Iceland to the Australian Outback… This program takes us on a journey across continents, guided by a common thread: sheep. These animals become our entry point into communities and traditions, revealing both social and intimate upheavals, and crystallizing the relationships between human or between species.
Winner of the Un Certain Regard award, 2015 Cannes Film Festival
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep.
Grímur Hákonarson
Grímur Hákonarson is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. He was nominated for the Edda Award for Best Screenplay for his first feature film, Summerland (2010). His next feature film, Rams (2015), about two estranged brothers on the Icelandic countryside who come together to save their sheep, won the Un Certain Regard award at the Cannes Film Festival.
