HYLJE

Seal

Finlandia. 2005. Color. 9 min. Documental. .

Film Director: Miia Tervo.
Scriptwriter: Miia Tervo.
Editing: Miia Tervo.

A young woman explains why she travelled all the way to the other side of the world, with only a tiny plastic seal, a tooth brush and a pair of knickers in her suitcase.

Miia Tervo

Miia was born in 1980 and grew up in Lapland. She studied film at the Turku Arts Academy as well as majoring in documentary filmmaking at the School of Art and Design in Helsinki. Her previous short film 'Hylje' has been extremely successful and internationally awarded. Miia is now working on her first feature documentary. Also, her poetry has been published in several collections and anthologies.