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'''Anja Breien''' (born 12 July 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/82911/Anja-Breien/biography|title=Anja Breien - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com|website=www.nytimes.com|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> is a Norwegian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. One of the leading figures of the Norwegian film industry,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/search/Person?key=30191|title=Anja Breien - English|website=www.nfi.no|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> and one of the first women to rise to prominence as a writer-director in Norway,<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Women Screenwriters: An International Guide|last=Kristjansson-Nelson|first=Kyja|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2015|isbn=|editor-last=Nelmes and Selbo|location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York|pages=518|chapter=Norway}}</ref> Breien's body of work in fiction and documentary explores social and political issues, notably women's rights within the context of Norwegian society.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.movingimage.us/programs/2013/11/01/detail/anja-breien-games-of-love-and-loneliness/|title=Museum of the Moving Image - Programs - Anja Breien: Games of Love and Loneliness|website=www.movingimage.us|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref>
'''Anja Breien''' (born 12 July 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/82911/Anja-Breien/biography|title=Anja Breien - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com|website=www.nytimes.com|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> is a Norwegian [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]]. One of the leading figures of the Norwegian film industry,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/search/Person?key=30191|title=Anja Breien - English|website=www.nfi.no|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> and one of the first women to rise to prominence as a writer-director in Norway,<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Women Screenwriters: An International Guide|last=Kristjansson-Nelson|first=Kyja|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2015|editor-last=Nelmes and Selbo|location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York|pages=518|chapter=Norway}}</ref> Breien's body of work in fiction and documentary explores social and political issues, notably women's rights within the context of Norwegian society.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.movingimage.us/programs/2013/11/01/detail/anja-breien-games-of-love-and-loneliness/|title=Museum of the Moving Image - Programs - Anja Breien: Games of Love and Loneliness|website=www.movingimage.us|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
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Breien's first film as a director and screenwriter was a short in 1967 titled ''Growing Up'',<ref name=":4" /> followed by her short documentary ''17. May – A Film about Rituals'' (''17. Mai – En film om ritualer)'' (1969), a satirical look at the celebration of the [[Norwegian Constitution Day|Norwegian National Day.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/search/Film?key=31884|title=17. mai - en film om ritualer - English|website=www.nfi.no|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Her first feature-length film was ''[[Rape (film)|Rape]]'' [[Rape (film)|(''Voldtekt'')]], released in 1971.<ref name=":0" /> ''Rape'' was praised by critics,<ref name=":0" /> but also sparked debate due to its criticism of the Norwegian criminal justice system.<ref name=":2" />
Breien's first film as a director and screenwriter was a short in 1967 titled ''Growing Up'',<ref name=":4" /> followed by her short documentary ''17. May – A Film about Rituals'' (''17. Mai – En film om ritualer)'' (1969), a satirical look at the celebration of the [[Norwegian Constitution Day|Norwegian National Day.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/search/Film?key=31884|title=17. mai - en film om ritualer - English|website=www.nfi.no|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> Her first feature-length film was ''[[Rape (film)|Rape]]'' [[Rape (film)|(''Voldtekt'')]], released in 1971.<ref name=":0" /> ''Rape'' was praised by critics,<ref name=":0" /> but also sparked debate due to its criticism of the Norwegian criminal justice system.<ref name=":2" />


Breien subsequently wrote and directed ''Wives'' (''Hustruer'') (1975), which became a box-office success and received critical acclaim throughout Scandinavia.<ref name=":1" /> ''Wives'' was inspired as a feminist response to [[John Cassavetes]]' ''[[Husbands (film)|Husbands]]'' (1972), and follows three women in their thirties who temporarily abandon their domestic responsibilities for a day of freedom.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Kindem|first=Gorham A.|date=1987|title=Norway's New Generation of Women Directors: Anja Breien, Vibeke Lokkeberg, and Laila Mikkelsen|journal=Journal of Film and Video|doi=|pmid=}}</ref> Breien went on to write and direct two sequels, ''[[Wives – Ten Years After|Wives - Ten Years After]]'' [[Wives – Ten Years After|(''Hustruer 10 År Etter'')]] (1985) and ''Wives III'' (''Hustruer 20 År Etter'') (1996), featuring the same characters ten and twenty years later.<ref name=":0" />
Breien subsequently wrote and directed ''Wives'' (''Hustruer'') (1975), which became a box-office success and received critical acclaim throughout Scandinavia.<ref name=":1" /> ''Wives'' was inspired as a feminist response to [[John Cassavetes]]' ''[[Husbands (film)|Husbands]]'' (1972), and follows three women in their thirties who temporarily abandon their domestic responsibilities for a day of freedom.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Kindem|first=Gorham A.|date=1987|title=Norway's New Generation of Women Directors: Anja Breien, Vibeke Lokkeberg, and Laila Mikkelsen|journal=Journal of Film and Video}}</ref> Breien went on to write and direct two sequels, ''[[Wives – Ten Years After|Wives - Ten Years After]]'' [[Wives – Ten Years After|(''Hustruer 10 År Etter'')]] (1985) and ''Wives III'' (''Hustruer 20 År Etter'') (1996), featuring the same characters ten and twenty years later.<ref name=":0" />


In 1981's ''[[The Witch Hunt|Witch Hunt]]'' [[The Witch Hunt|(''Forfølgelsen'')]], Breien again critiqued her home country's patriarchal society through the story of a woman accused of witchcraft in 1630s western Norway.<ref name=":3" /> ''Witch Hunt'' was entered into the main competition of the 1981 [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nowehoryzonty.pl/tag.do?lang=en&tag=breien|title=16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival - Hommage: Anja Breien|website=www.nowehoryzonty.pl|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref>
In 1981's ''[[The Witch Hunt|Witch Hunt]]'' [[The Witch Hunt|(''Forfølgelsen'')]], Breien again critiqued her home country's patriarchal society through the story of a woman accused of witchcraft in 1630s western Norway.<ref name=":3" /> ''Witch Hunt'' was entered into the main competition of the 1981 [[Venice Film Festival]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nowehoryzonty.pl/tag.do?lang=en&tag=breien|title=16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival - Hommage: Anja Breien|website=www.nowehoryzonty.pl|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref>

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Anja Breien
Anja Breien in 2016 (Ankara, Turkey)
Born (1940-07-12) 12 July 1940 (age 83)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1967-present

Anja Breien (born 12 July 1940)[1] is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. One of the leading figures of the Norwegian film industry,[2] and one of the first women to rise to prominence as a writer-director in Norway,[3] Breien's body of work in fiction and documentary explores social and political issues, notably women's rights within the context of Norwegian society.[3][4]

Career

After completing her studies in French at the University of Oslo, Breien went on to graduate from the French film school L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in 1964.[2] She began working in film as a script supervisor on the Nils R. Müller film Det Store Varpet in 1961.[2] She also worked as an assistant director on Hunger (Sult) (1966), directed by Henning Carlsen and based on the novel by Knut Hamsun.[5]

Breien's first film as a director and screenwriter was a short in 1967 titled Growing Up,[6] followed by her short documentary 17. May – A Film about Rituals (17. Mai – En film om ritualer) (1969), a satirical look at the celebration of the Norwegian National Day.[7] Her first feature-length film was Rape (Voldtekt), released in 1971.[2] Rape was praised by critics,[2] but also sparked debate due to its criticism of the Norwegian criminal justice system.[3]

Breien subsequently wrote and directed Wives (Hustruer) (1975), which became a box-office success and received critical acclaim throughout Scandinavia.[4] Wives was inspired as a feminist response to John Cassavetes' Husbands (1972), and follows three women in their thirties who temporarily abandon their domestic responsibilities for a day of freedom.[5] Breien went on to write and direct two sequels, Wives - Ten Years After (Hustruer 10 År Etter) (1985) and Wives III (Hustruer 20 År Etter) (1996), featuring the same characters ten and twenty years later.[2]

In 1981's Witch Hunt (Forfølgelsen), Breien again critiqued her home country's patriarchal society through the story of a woman accused of witchcraft in 1630s western Norway.[5] Witch Hunt was entered into the main competition of the 1981 Venice Film Festival.[6]

Breien's 1979 film Next of Kin (Arven), also known as Heritage and The Inheritance,[2] a drama about a Norwegian family in conflict over an inheritance,[8] was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival;[2] it ended up winning the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[6]

Breien has directed most of the films produced from her screenplays, one exception being 1994's Second Sight (Trollsyn), directed by Ola Solum.[3]

In addition to her extensive work in fiction cinema, Breien has continued to make documentaries throughout her career, many of which have been screened internationally.[2] Her short documentary Solvorn (1997), constructed around a series of photographs taken by Breien's grandmother, screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998.[9]

Style

Breien is noted for her realist approach to storytelling, her use of the long take, and her use of a slow, contemplative pace.[5] Rape (1971) uses a non-chronological storytelling technique and has been compared to Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation (2011).[4]

Selected filmography

Year Film Role Genre
1967 Growing Up / Vokse opp Writer/Director Fiction short
1969 17. May – A Film about Rituals / 17. Mai – En film om ritualer Writer/Director Documentary short
1971 Rape / Voldtekt Writer/Director Fiction
1975 Wives / Hustruer Writer/Director Fiction
1977 Games of Love and Loneliness / Den allvarsamma leken Writer/Director Fiction
1979 Next of Kin / Arven Writer/Director Fiction
1981 Witch Hunt / Forfølgelsen Writer/Director Fiction
1984 Paper Bird / Papirfuglen Writer/Director Fiction
1985 Wives - Ten Years After / Hustruer 10 År Etter Writer/Director Fiction
1990 Twice Upon a Time / Smykketyven Writer/Director Fiction
1994 Second Sight / Trollsyn Writer Fiction
1996 Wives III / Hustruer III Writer/Director Fiction
1997 Solvorn / Solvorn Writer/Director Documentary short
2001 To See a Boat in Sail / Å se en båt med seil Writer/Director Fiction short
2005 Untitled – Sans Titre / Uten tittel Writer/Director Fiction short
2009 Etching / Riss Writer/Director Documentary short
2009 Yezidi / Jezidi Writer/Director Documentary
2012 From the History of Chewing Gum / Fra tyggengummiens historie Writer/Director Documentary short

Awards and nominations

Year Festival Award Film Result
1979 Cannes Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Next of Kin / Arven (1979) Won
1979 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Next of Kin / Arven (1979) Nominated
1984 Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo Paper Bird / Papirfuglen (1984) Won
2001 Berlin International Film Festival Prix UIP Berlin To See a Boat in Sail / Å se en båt med seil (2001) Won
2001 Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival Best Live-Action Short To See a Boat in Sail / Å se en båt med seil (2001) Won

References

  1. ^ "Anja Breien - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Anja Breien - English". www.nfi.no. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Kristjansson-Nelson, Kyja (2015). "Norway". In Nelmes and Selbo (ed.). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 518.
  4. ^ a b c "Museum of the Moving Image - Programs - Anja Breien: Games of Love and Loneliness". www.movingimage.us. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d Kindem, Gorham A. (1987). "Norway's New Generation of Women Directors: Anja Breien, Vibeke Lokkeberg, and Laila Mikkelsen". Journal of Film and Video.
  6. ^ a b c "16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival - Hommage: Anja Breien". www.nowehoryzonty.pl. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. ^ "17. mai - en film om ritualer - English". www.nfi.no. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Arven - English". www.nfi.no. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Solvorn - English". www.nfi.no. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

External links

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