The Age of Carmen
Carmen!Details
The Age of Carmen is a powerful portrait of a Finnish Romani girl’s rarely seen journey from the innocence of childhood to the struggles of womanhood.
DIRECTOR: Pihla Viitala
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Päivi Kettunen
SOUND: Lou Strömberg
EDITING: Mervi Junkkonen
SOUND DESIGNER: Svante Colerus
COMPOSER: Lauri Porra
PRODUCER: Elise Pietarila, Sandra Enkvist
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Gimmeyawallet Productions and Polygraf
Director
Pihla Viitala
Pihla Viitala (b. 1982) is an internationally acclaimed actress and director. She has acted in more than 50 films and series in eleven different countries. She was awarded with the Shooting Star award in Berlinale in 2010. She has also been nominated for the best lead actress award in the Finnish Jussi Film Awards and she has won a Golden Venla at the Finnish Television Awards. In 2011, she made a debut as a director with her first fiction short film Elma and Liisa. The Age of Carmen is her first documentary film. In her art she finds it important to illuminate the stories of unheard women and give voices to people who are often neglected.
Contact
Suvi Railo
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Documentary Films
• festival distribution strategy for documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for documentary films
+358 9 6220 3021