Norsk filminstitutt

In the film, we meet some of Liv’s closest collaborators from her seven decades in film, including Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Jeremy Irons, Sam Waterston, Lena Endre and Pernilla August.  

The film explores Liv’s multifaceted life and her extraordinary international career spanning over 66 years. This is the story of an ever-evolving human being full of openness and curiosity, who embraces possibilities and uncertainties, demonstrates what it means to be a woman in a male-dominated world and shows how to find and use one’s voice without losing one’s integrity, sense of humour or friends. The film also delves deep into the core values underneath Liv’s universal appeal and longevity and celebrates one of Scandinavia’s biggest stars.  

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2023
Production country:
Norway
Co production country:
UK
Release date (international):
2023-05-19
Production company:
TeddyTV
Co production company:
Vardo Films
Executive producer:
Hege Christensen
Une Søreide
Producer:
Kaare Hersoug
Sales agent:
Juno Films

Director

  • Dheeraj Akolkar

    Dheeraj Akolkar is an award-winning writer, director and producer, and the founder of Vardo Films in London, UK, with experience of 15 years and a current slate of 3 fiction and 2 non-fiction films in various stages of development and production. His work has received acclaim all over the world.  Dheeraj is one of the co-founders of a charity – The Global Reconciliation, Advocacy and Community-building Engagement (GRACE) in war-affected regions – based in the UK and working internationally in several post-conflict societies of the world.  

    Filmography:

     Jyotirgamaya: Lead Me to the Light (2005)  Whatever! (2006)  Liv & Ingmar (2012) Let the Scream Be Heard (2013) Wars Don’t End (2018) Happiness (2019)  The Wound Is Where the Light Enters (2022)  Liv Ullmann – A Road Less Travelled (2023) The Other Side of Silence (2025) – (In Production)  

    Dheeraj Akolkar

Festivals

2023:
Cannes International Film Festival
2023:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2023:
Festival dei Popoli
2023:
DOC NYC
2023:
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Dheeraj Akolkar
Editor:
Jacob Risdal Otnes
Tushar Ghogale
Sound Design:
Marius Ytterdal
Still photographer:
Vidar Nordli-Mathisen
Cinematographer:
Hallgrim Haug
Janne Lindgren
Jørgen Wetaas Bull
Kasper Jack Larsen
Ezequiel Romero Garcia
Staffan Övgård
Kristoffer Archetti

Technical information

Format:
DCP 2k
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
102'
Language:
English

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