Saara Saarela

Roles: Director

Saara Saarela (b. 1971) has graduated in Film Studies (Maitrise) from the University of Paris 8 (1996) and as a film director (MA) from Helsinki Film School (2008). Since 2001 she has directed short films, television series and films, for instance the French political thriller La Vénitienne for Arte (2010) and the feature Twisted Roots, which received the Prize of Best World Cinema feature in Indianapolis Intl Film Festival in USA in 2010. Saara is currently developing a psychological thriller in co-production with France and working as a professor in film directing at Aalto University.