The Lifetime Achievement
Award was conferred on the noted Norwegian Actress, Liv Ullmann
by the Union Minister of Shipping and eminent film actor, Shri
Shatrughan Sinha at a glittering function at the 34th
International Film Festival of India – 2003 at Siri Fort here
today for her intense cinematic portrail of the power and honesty
of every woman. She embodies courage and vulnerability of human
experience.
The Minister
of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
who presented a ‘Shawl’ to Ms. Liv Ullmann said that she excelled
in all diverse fields of creativity and her contribution to
the world of cinema as actress, writer and director has been
unparalleled. Shri Prasad said that the legendary actress Ms.
Ullmann encompasses in herself the finest trend of cinema and
the concern for under-privileged. He said that by honouring
Ms. Liv Ullmann with Lifetime Achievement Award, India is in
fact honouring the world cinema at a time when Indian cinema
is taking rapid strides to reach a pioneering position in the
world of cinema.
Ms. Ullmann
played her best roles under Swedish Director Ingmar Bergman,
as in ‘En Passion’ (1969) and ‘Ansikte mot ansikte’ (1976).
Her international career began with ‘Abdication’ (1974) or ‘La
Diagonale du fou’ (1984). Ms. Ullmann was honoured with numerous
New York Film Critics Awards during the early 1970s. She also
earned Oscar nominations for her work in ‘The Emigrants’ (1971)
and Bergman’s ‘Face to Face’ (1976). She continues to direct
and act in numerous films and TV serials, and her recent directorial
venture on the big screen was Trolosa/Faithless (2000). The
1938-born Ms. Ullmann has also been UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador
for 15 years, and won a large number of awards for her performances
on the screen.
Speaking on
the occasion, Ms. Ullmann said cinema knows no boundaries and
has inherited strength to truly integrate the society, which
is full of fears and happiness. She said that diverse society
has alike fears and happiness and cinema has the power to convert
this into a global village.
LIV ULLMANN RECEIVES
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD