Benedikt 's first feature-length film as director was '' Of Horses and Men '' in 2013 . The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards , but it was not nominated . The film won the 2014 Nordic Council Film Prize . It also won the audience award at the 2014 Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway
86th Academy Awards
86th Academy Awards
Benedikt Erlingsson