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Valdimar Jóhannsson's Lamb has won the 2022 Nordic Council Film Prize. The award was announced Tuesday evening during the Nordic Council's Autumn Session in Helsinki, Finland. Lamb beat out four other shortlisted films, including Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World, Hlynur Pálmason's Godland…

The Icelandic mountains loom, the mists swirl between the peaks to where horses suddenly skitter in the snow. The only sound is stertorous breathing as the camera, clearly asserting something's point of view, approaches the herd. Away they run. Then a barn emerges from the white fog. The sheep within become restless…

It took eight years and a very enticing look book before Lamb co-writer and director Valdimar Jóhannsson got Iceland’s current Oscar entry off the ground. The A24 theatrical release follows a childless couple, Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason), who are desolate sheep farmers in the cold…

Valdimar Jóhannsson's Lamb has been selected as Iceland's official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2022 Academy Awards. Lamb, which debuted in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and won its Prize of Originality is Jóhannsson's first feature and is released domestically by A24. This past wee…