Siv Marianne Ahrne (born 25 May 1940) is a Swedish

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and

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. She has directed ten films between 1970 and 1997. Her 1976 film ''

Near and Far Away ''Near and Far Away'' () is a 1976 Swedish drama film directed by Marianne Ahrne. Ahrne won the award for Guldbagge Award for Best Director, Best Director at the 13th Guldbagge Awards. Cast * Lilga Kovanko as Mania * Robert Farrant as Mutist * ...

'' won the award for

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at the

13th Guldbagge Awards The 13th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1976 and 1977, and took place on 5 September 1977. '' The Man on the Roof'' directed by Bo Widerberg was presented with the award for B ...

. Her 1978 film ''

The Walls of Freedom ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

'' was entered into the

11th Moscow International Film Festival The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film ''Christ Stopped at Eboli (film), Christ Stopped at Eboli'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film ''S ...

. According to film historian

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Gwendolyn Audrey Foster is an experimental filmmaker, artist and author. She is Willa Cather Professor Emerita in Film Studies. Her work has focused on gender, race, ecofeminism, queer sexuality, eco-theory, and class studies. York College of ...

, 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.

, 1995, Greenwood Press, Westport (CT) & London, ''Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary'', Retrieved 15 December 2014, see page(s): 3

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1976) * ''

'' (1979) * ''

Flickan vid stenbänken ''Flickan vid stenbänken'' is a Swedish 1989 TV series in nine episodes directed by Marianne Ahrne starring Anna Edlund, Anna Björk and Lena T. Hansson. The series was based on Maria Gripe's books '' Skuggan över stenbänken'' (1982), '' ... ...

'' (1989)

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* * 1940 births Living people Swedish film directors 20th-century Swedish screenwriters People from Lund Best Director Guldbagge Award winners Swedish women film directors Swedish women screenwriters {{Sweden-film-director-stub