THE LOVE THAT REMAINS / JOAN OF ARC

ABOUT THE FILMS: 

THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, 2025, Dir. Hlynur Pálmason, 109 Mins, Janus Films, Iceland/Denmark/France/Finland/Sweden

In Icelandic with English subtitles.

Anna, an artist, and Magnús, a fisherman, live with their three children and charismatic sheepdog in the quiet grandeur of the Icelandic countryside. As the fractures in their marriage come to the surface, the couple try to hold onto the afterimages of a life together and make sense of a deep and lingering devotion. Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason (GODLAND) brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons.

FORMAT: DCP

JOAN OF ARC, 2025, Dir. Hlynur Pálmason, 62 Mins, Janus Films, Iceland/Denmark/France

In Icelandic with English subtitles.

Drawing from the same world as THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, Hlynur Pálmason’s JOAN OF ARC expands its companion feature’s memorable archery motif into a concentrated, lyrical work of its own. Filmed across the seasons on the same remote Icelandic property, Pálmason fixes his camera on the coastal circle where the family’s three children construct a life-size scarecrow knight, only to joyously unleash volley after volley of arrows at their creation. That single arresting setting becomes a gently shifting stage for the children’s tiny epic, as changes in wind, light, and weather influence their game of building and destroying: the effigy is erected, battered, collapses, and is rebuilt, again and again. Seen from this steady vantage, JOAN OF ARC offers a quiet variation on its companion’s themes while developing a distinct, meditative perspective on creation, erosion, and how the passage of time imprints itself on everything we make.

FORMAT: DCP