Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Halfdan Ullman Tøndel (b. 1990) studied directing at Westerdals School of Arts. He debuted with the short film Bird Hearts (2015), which premiered in Karlovy Vary and won the prize «Gullstolen» at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad in 2016. In 2017, he made the short film Fanny, which premiered in Aspen. Both short films have been nominated for an Amanda Award and included in Cineuropa's list of the best European short films from their respective years and shown at film festivals worldwide.
In 2024, his debut film Armand, starring Renate Reinsve and Ellen Dorrit Petersen, premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes and won Caméra d’Or for best debut film. The film is already sold worldwide and will be out in September 2024.