Liljander, Sanna | Artist Register – Artists’ Association of Finland

Bio

Sanna Liljander is a Finnish filmmaker (BA, Aalto University’s ELO) and visual artist (MFA, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki), who works in the fields of documentary film and media art. In her art, Liljander deals with people's social emotions and relationships with each other, as well as the themes of letting go, fragility and remembering, often through personal or autobiographical starting points.

Liljander’s works have been screened widely at film festivals (in Finland e.g. Tampere FF, Midnight Sun FF, DocPoint, Love & Anarchy / internationally e.g. Edinburgh IFF, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Odense IFF, Uppsala SFF) as well as in galleries, museums and events both in Finland and abroad. Her short film The Joy of Everyday Life (2014) has also been screening in German cinemas as a supporting film before feature films and won various prizes, including the prestigious Risto Jarva Award.