The 40th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck came to a close in November with the main award going to the Norwegian film "Only Clouds Move the Stars". This story, about an 11-year-old girl whose parents withdraw into mourning when the girl's younger brother dies, is the first feature film by Torun Lian, who had previously made a name for herself as a scriptwriter of the film "Frida - Straight from the Heart".

The 40th jubilee was completely under the spell of its guest of honour and world star Liv Ullmann, who was awarded an honorary professorship by Heide Simonis, the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein. Liv Ullmann, who is Honorary President of the festival, attended virtually all of the events, gave numerous interviews, and lent the Nordic Film Days that special bit of glamour that had made this edition one of the very best in its forty-year history. Joining in the celebration were some 14,000 spectators, an all-time record. They included guests from some 20 of the cities represented in the UBC.