
Livia Ulman
Screenwriter
Bio
Livia Ulman and Andris Feldmanis, based in Tallinn, have been writing together for over 10 years. Starting with successful local TV shows in Estonia, they moved on to feature writing. Their debut feature Pretenders (2016) premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival official programme and a French remake is currently in the making by BAC Films.
They have successfully collaborated with a number of feature film directors: Compartment No 6 (2021) co-written with Juho Kuosmanen won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and January (2022) co-written with acclaimed Latvian director Viesturs Kairišs won the Best International Narrative Feature Award at 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
In the coming year, two new feature films written by them will be released: Erik Stoneheart directed by Ilmar Raag and Dark Paradise directed and co-written by Triin Ruumet.