Anna Antsalo

Roles: Director

Anna Antsalo is a film director and cinematographer living in Helsinki, Finland. She studied film at Lahti University of Applied Sciences/Institute of Design and Fine Arts 2004- 2008. She has worked in theatre productions as a set designer and video artist and made art projections for musicians. Her short documentary film, Momentum (2015), produced by Tuffi Films has been awarded at Helsinki Short Film Festival. In 2016 she attended Uniondocs Summer documentary Intensive workshop with Walk the Tideline. Walk the tideline is Annas’ debut long documentary film, produced by Venla Hellstedt and Juha Löppönen Tuffi Films. The film was the opening film at Docpoint 2021 and got its international premiere at CPH dox 2021. Anna also works as a cinematographer. Annas’ main themes tangle around humans’ relationship to nature. Characteristic of Annas´work is playing with perspectives and the tension between chaos and discipline.