Icelandic comedy ‘Rams’ (‘Hrútar’) emerged the winner of the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The president of this year’s jury was Italian actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini, who handed out the prize to director Grímur Hákonarson:

“The travel that we took in so many countries, hearing so many voices, that was the best, but ‘Rams’ was finally the film we settled on,” said Rossellini.

It tells the story of two brothers, who have been living side by side without talking to each other for 40 years in a remote Icelandic valley. One day the two farmers are forced to unite to save what matters most to them: their beloved sheep.

The goal of the festival’s Un Certain Regard section is to showcase films that are daring and original by up-and-coming talent.

“It’s a great honor, I didn’t expect this, it’s my second feature and there are a lot of experienced directors in the group (Un Certain Regard), and very good films,” Grímur Hákonarson told eu