Marianne Ahrne
Marianne Ahrne | |
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 Marianne Ahrne, c:a 1967. | |
| Born | Siv Marianne Ahrne 25 May 1940 Lund, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1970-present |
Siv Marianne Ahrne (born 25 May 1940) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. She has directed ten films between 1970 and 1997. Her 1976 film Near and Far Away won the award for Best Director at the 13th Guldbagge Awards.[1] Her 1978 film The Walls of Freedom was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] According to film historian Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Ahrne was one of the first women to make documentary films in Sweden, and Foster noted that Ahrne's films have received little attention in the United States.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Near and Far Away (1976)
- The Walls of Freedom (1979)
- Flickan vid stenbänken (1989)
References
[edit]- ^ "Långt borta och nära (1976)". The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, 1995, Greenwood Press, Westport (CT) & London, Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary, Retrieved 15 December 2014, see page(s): 3
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