Jussi Rastas

Jussi Rastas is a Finnish documentary filmmaker with a background in cinematography. His debut feature Colombia in My Arms (2020), co-directed with Jenni Kivistö, received wide international recognition. It won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary at the Göteborg Film Festival and the New Nordic Voice Award at Nordisk Panorama, among 16 prizes in 32 festivals, including São Paulo and Havana. Rastas’s films are distinguished by their cinematic depth and multilayered approach to complex global themes.