Rams

WINNER – BEST FILM – 2015 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Prix Un Certain Regard

WINNER – 11 ICELANDIC ACADEMY AWARDS 2016
incl. Best Film, Best Director (Hákonarson), Best Actor (Sigurjónsson), Best Supporting Actor (Júlíusson), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography

WINNER – 2015 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS – Best Film (Nominee)

2016 ACADEMY AWARDS – OFFICIAL SELECTION (ICELAND)
Best Foreign Language Film

OFFICIAL SELECTION – CANNES, TORONTO, SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVALS

Who would have thought that a tale about sheep in rural Iceland could bring tears to your eyes? Grímur Hakonarson’s RAMS does just that. Majestically shot in a spectacular, weather-swept valley, this wryly observed fable about two brothers who are more obstinate than the sheep they breed begins as a droll comedy about rural life and grows into a graceful and mythic tale about family, community and legacy.

Siblings Gummi (Sigurður Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Theodór Júlíusson) have been living side by side without speaking to each other for forty years, each tending to their pedigree ancestral flock. When communication can’t be avoided, Kiddi’s dog Somi trots between houses carrying their handwritten notes between his teeth. Kiddi is a boozer and brawler, a popular figure at community get-togethers, but it’s through the eyes of his gentle younger brother Gummi that we see him acting out.

Their world is upended when the valley comes under threat from infection. While neighbours abandon their land, each brother tries to stave off disaster: Kiddi by taking action, and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in, there’s every reason for them to set aside a lifetime of hostility to save their special breed, and their unique way of life, from extinction. But can they?