Liv Ullmann Articles

German director Georg Maas' mix of family drama and political intrigue Zwei Leben / Two Lives, a rare German-Norwegian co-production, has received US$900,000 in grants from the German regional film fund Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, reports the Norwegian Film Institute. [Photo: Liv Ullmann.] Two Lives is of particular interest because of its cast: Juliane Köhler, who was outstanding in the 1999 drama Aimee & Jaguar, and who also [...]

European Film Academy Awards 2007 Photos: Franziska Krug/ActionPress Click on the photos to enlarge them. Jan Josef Liefers and Emmanuelle Béart Sabine Azéma and André Dussollier Yves Marmion and Wim Wenders Henning Carlsen, Jörn Donner, Jeanne Moreau and Liv Ullmann  

To celebrate Norway's independence centenary, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater will present the 29-film series A Luminous Century: Celebrating Norwegian Cinema between November 12 — 19. The series was organized in collaboration with the Norwegian Film Institute, with the support of the Consulate General of Norway in New York. The series consists of samples from the Norwegian film output from the [...]

Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Head-On The German drama Gegen die Wand / Head-On was selected as Best European Film at the 2004 European Film Awards ceremony held in Barcelona. Directed by Fatih Akin, Head-On tells the story of a young Turkish-German woman (Sibel Kekilli) who marries an older Turkish man (Birol Ünel) in order to escape from her strict Muslim family. Earlier this year, Head-On [...]