Jenni Kivistö

Jenni Kivistö is a documentary film director whose feature Colombia in My Arms (2020), co-directed with Jussi Rastas, received 16 awards, including the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary 2020 (Göteborg Film Festival) and New Nordic Voice 2020 (Nordisk Panorama). It also screened at numerous other festivals such as Sao Paolo and Havana. Kivistö’s previous films Land Within (2016) and Mother (2017) premiered at leading festivals Clermont-Ferrand and DOK Leipzig, with Mother also receiving the Silver Mikeldi at ZINEBI 2017. Kivistö studied film at Aalto University (Finland) and at Black Maria Film School (Colombia).