Norwegian director and screentwriter Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Armand and The Girl With the Needle by Swedish/Polish director and screenwiter Magnus von Horn together with screenwriter Line Langebek are nominated for three European Film Awards each. The EFA gala will be held in Luzern, Switzerland on December 7. Both films are coproduced by Film i Väst.
The nominations:
Armand
- European Discovery – Prix Fipresci
- European University Award
- European Actress: Renate Reinsve
The Girl With the Needle
- European Screenwriter: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek
- European Actress: Trine Dyrholm
- European Actress: Vic Carmen Sonne
Magnus von Horn’s film had it’s world premiere with his film in the Official selection at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a young factory worker, is struggling to survive in post WW1 Copenhagen. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets Dagmar (Trine Dyrholm), a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency, helping mothers to find foster homes for their unwanted children. With nowhere else to turn, Karoline takes on the role of a wet-nurse. A strong connection is formed between the two women, but Karoline’s world shatters when she stumbles upon the shocking truth behind her work.
Inspired by a true story and directed by Magnus von Horn (The Here After, Sweat) The Girl with the Needle is an unsettling tale about a woman struggling to find love and a sense of morality.
Produced by Nordisk Film Creative Alliance in co-production with Film i Väst, Lava Films & Nordisk Film Sverige (Madeleine Ekman), EC1 Lodz Lower Silesia Film Centre with support from Danish Film Institute, Polish Film Institute co-financed production Swedish Film Institute, Nordisk Film /& TV Fond, Creative Europe & Eurimages and in association with Danmarks Radio and Sveriges Television.
Director and screenwriter Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel received the Caméra d’Or – the Golden Camera – for his work on the feature film Armand at the Cannes Film Festival.
During one fatal afternoon in an empty elementary school the two mothers of Armand and Jon get into a desperate fight to be believed when one son is accused of crossing boundaries against the other. All means are used, and soon a blend of madness, desire and obsession arises. Where the truth lies is impossible to know, and soon everything evolves less and less around the children, who we never meet, and more about the adults.
Starring Renate Reinsve, winner of the palme for Best Female Actress for her role in Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World during the Cannes Film Festival 2021.
Director and script: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel. Producer: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Eye Eye Pictures. Executive Producer: Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, in co-production with Film i Väst, Stina Eriksson and Alicia Hansen, Prolaps Produktion, Koji Nelissen and Derk-Jan Warrink, Keplerfilm, Fred Burle and Sol Bondy, One Two Films. Distribution: Norsk Filmdistribusjon
