Siiri Halko

Siiri Halko (b. 1996) is a Finnish writer-director and a graduate of Aalto University’s Film Directing department. Halko has directed several short films, including Katharsis Oy (2020), a sharp social comedy about depression, and Nesting (2021), which premiered in Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival and was nominated for the Finnish Academy Award for Best Short Film. After graduating, she collaborated with directors Juho Kuosmanen and Khadar Ayderus Ahmed to create the TV series Zone B (2022) and is currently developing her first feature film, The Well, with Silmu Films.