The legendary Liv Ullmann will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ongoing IFFI. A section of Norwegian films entitled Literature and Cinema are also participating.

Selected by a special jury which included actor-director Shekhar Kapur, filmmaker Mani Ratnam, Ullmann's contribution to cinema will also be recognised through a seminar and the screenings of some of best known films, including one directed by her - Kristen Lavransdatter (1995). 

The package includes: 
Hunger by Henning Carlssen (1966)
The Enigma by Bentein Baardson (1996)
Kristen Lavransdatter  by Liv Ullmann (1995)
Liv Ullmann - Scenes from a life  by Edvard Hambro (1997)
Sophie's World by Erik Gustavson (1999)
Pan - Short is the Summer by Bjarne Henning-Jensen (1962)
Pan - Two Green Feathers by Nenning Carlsen (1995)

One of the two seminars to be held this year at the festival includes
Literature and Cinema as a topic.
The Speakers

Liv Ullmann - Film actor / Director (Norway)
Ferguson - Writer (Norway)
Jan Erik Holst - Writer and Director, Norwegian Film Institute
Prof Satchidanandan - Secretary, Sahitya Akademi 
Buddhadeb Dasgupta - Filmmaker
Kumar Shahani - Filmmaker
Siva Sankari - Writer, Chennai

Venue: Taj Hotel, Mansingh Road, IV Flr. (Rooftop)
Time: 6.30-9.30 p.m.
Date: October 16, 2003.