Norway has entered the 2025 Oscar race, selecting Halfdan Ullmann Tondel’s school-set drama Armand as its contender for next year’s Academy Awards in the best international feature category.
Renate Reinsve, the breakout star of Joachim Trier’s double Oscar nominee The Worst Person in the World, plays the lead in Armand, namely Elisabeth, a local celebrity who gets caught up in an elementary school drama when her son Armand is accused by a classmate of sexual abuse.
Armand premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar, where it won the Camera d’Or for best first feature. The film also picked up the best sound honor, the Prix de la Meilleure Création Sonere for sound designer Mats Lid Støten and composer Ella van der Woude.
IFC Films picked up the movie for the U.S. and will be giving Armand an awards-qualifying run later this year.
Norway has racked up six best international feature Oscar nominations but has yet to win the trophy.
The deadline for submissions for the 96th Oscars is Nov. 14, 2024. The shortlist for best international feature contenders will be announced Dec. 17. Nominations will be announced Jan. 17, 2025. The 2025 Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 2.
