On the occasion of the 38th European Film Awards on 17 January 2026 and in recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy will present Liv Ullmann with the European Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding body of work as an actress, director and screenwriter. Ullmann will be an honorary guest at the awards ceremony in Berlin.

Liv Ullmann has helped to shape everyone's understanding of European film. Working with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman brought her international fame and recognition, in films such as Persona (1966), Shame (1968, which won her a Swedish Guldbagge Award), Cries and Whispers (1972, which won her a special Italian David di Donatello Award), Scenes from a Marriage (1974, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA and won a David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress), Face to Face (1976, for which she was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA); and Autumn Sonata (1978, which won her another Italian David di Donatello as Best Foreign Actress). Liv Ullmann also worked with Jan Troell in The New Land (1972) and The Emigrants (1971), for which she was nominated for an Oscar, and with Mauro Bolognini in Farewell Moscow (1987) which won her yet another David di Donatello.

Liv Ullmann’s first film as a director was Sofie (1992) about the life of a Jewish woman in Copenhagen from 1886 to 1907. It was followed by an adaptation of Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset’s great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter (1995), set in fourteenth-century Norway, Private Confessions (1996), Faithless (premiered in competition in Cannes in 2000) and Miss Julie [+lee también:
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A virtual winner of every award there is, among these the honorary Norwegian Amanda and Swedish Guldbagge Awards, honorary awards at the festivals in Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Karlovy Vary and San Sebastian, the European Film Academy’s European Achievement in World Cinema Award and an Honorary Oscar, Ullmann is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, co-founder and honorary chair of the Women's Refugee Commission and a dedicated supporter of other charitable organisations.