Winter Brothers

Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre) is a 2017 Danish drama film directed by Hlynur Pálmason. It won several awards, including the 2018 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film.

Release
Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre) debuted in the Concorso internazionale section at the 2017 Locarno Film Festival on 3 August 2017. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89%, based on nine reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10.

Film critic Jessica Kiang of Variety magazine called the film "an impressively original, auspiciously idiosyncratic debut, one that scratches away at truths about masculinity, lovelessness and isolation, that are no less true for being all but inexpressible". Film critic Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a confidently handled, promisingly edgy feature debut from Copenhagen-based, Icelandic writer-director Hlynur Palmason".

Accolades
Winter Brothers won the 2018 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film.

At the 2018 Robert Awards, the film won both the Robert Award for Best Danish Film as well as eight other merit awards: Pàlmason for Best Director, Crosset Hove for Best Actor, Carmen Sonne for Best Supporting Actress, as well as the Roberts for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design, and the Robert Award for Best Makeup.