Saara Cantell

Nacimiento : 1968-04-27,

Historia

Saara Cantell is a Finnish film director and screenwriter.

Películas

Annelin aika
Writer
Documentary film about a woman for whom the sex symbol stamp was a life-long curse - and a gift. A film in which the life story of one woman shows the social atmosphere as the decades change - values and prejudices at their most exposed. A film about Anneli Sauli, Finland's last film star.
Annelin aika
Director
Documentary film about a woman for whom the sex symbol stamp was a life-long curse - and a gift. A film in which the life story of one woman shows the social atmosphere as the decades change - values and prejudices at their most exposed. A film about Anneli Sauli, Finland's last film star.
Jill, Joy and the Sleeping Clock
Director
Jill and Joy receive a mission from their neighbors Tingelstein and Tangelstein: the ladies send the girls to look after their absentminded inventor brother Gadgetus. Jill and Joy get to know the wonders of Gadgetus’s farm, but everything is at risk of being destroyed when Samuel Shortcut arrives on his bulldozer, ready to destroy everything so that a new highway can be built in the area. Jill and Joy save the farm with the help of a device invented by Gadgetus, but before that they have to get to know the world of dreams and find help from there. Armstrong, a miniature pig, also takes part in the adventure and helps Jill and Joy, along with the other people living in Rose Alley.
Jill, Joy and the Mysterious Stranger
Director
A film based on the popular children's books by Marjatta Kurenniemi about the exploits of Jill And Joy.
Tulen morsian (La prometida del diablo)
Writer
Basada en hechos reales. Finlandia, 1666. El temor a lo desconocido desencadena la persecución de miles de mujeres acusadas injustamente de practicar magia negra. La iglesia no es la única que actúa, la sociedad también da la espalda a quienes son señaladas de brujería. En medio de esto, la joven Anna ve los juicios como una oportunidad para quedarse con el hombre que ama y culpa a su esposa de ser servidora del diablo. Pero las consecuencias de sus decisiones son peores de las que imagina y deberá enfrentarse a sus propios pecados.
Tulen morsian (La prometida del diablo)
Director
Basada en hechos reales. Finlandia, 1666. El temor a lo desconocido desencadena la persecución de miles de mujeres acusadas injustamente de practicar magia negra. La iglesia no es la única que actúa, la sociedad también da la espalda a quienes son señaladas de brujería. En medio de esto, la joven Anna ve los juicios como una oportunidad para quedarse con el hombre que ama y culpa a su esposa de ser servidora del diablo. Pero las consecuencias de sus decisiones son peores de las que imagina y deberá enfrentarse a sus propios pecados.
Jill and Joy's Winter
Director
Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size of a shoebox, pulls up in front their house, and a teensy-weensy family gets out; it's the McTiny family. The family has become homeless after a road roller smashed their home. Planning to live with the girls temporarily, the family moves in with Jill and Joy but soon finds out that not all big people have good intentions towards them. Jill and Joy's Winter is based on a beloved book by the same name, written by a Finnish writer named Marjatta Kurenniemi.
Jill and Joy
Director
When two best friends Jill and Joy find a huge sum of money on the street on the first day of the summer holiday, they decide to buy a house from the mysterious Mrs. Rosebud. It’s a real dream house: measured and equipped exactly for two little seven-year-old girls’ requirements. Based on a beloved children’s book, Jill and Joy is a story of a dream summer without parents or boundaries. Anything can and will happen as reality and fantasy magically intertwine.
The Two and Only
Director
Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.
Stars Above
Writer
A story of a house and three women of different generations who inhabit it through the years.
Stars Above
Director
A story of a house and three women of different generations who inhabit it through the years.
Heartbeats
Writer
"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
Heartbeats
Director
"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
Unna and Nuuk
Story Developer
11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.
Unna and Nuuk
Director
11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.
A Clear Winter's Day
Director
An old man gets lost looking for a post office. Every time he turns around a street corner, he ends up in the same small café. The café owner builds an ice sculpture of the woman he admires.
Siblings
Writer
Jenna and Joni, twins in their 30’s living in Helsinki, find out that they have a stepsister, Jóna, living in Iceland. Their first meeting in Reykjavik changes the lives of them all. Jenna becomes pregnant and moves to Iceland. Jóna tries to keep distance from her Finnish siblings but Jenna’s children and Joni’s falling ill connects her to the twins. The film starts from a situation where the siblings go through the events seven years later. They all remember things differently.
Siblings
Director
Jenna and Joni, twins in their 30’s living in Helsinki, find out that they have a stepsister, Jóna, living in Iceland. Their first meeting in Reykjavik changes the lives of them all. Jenna becomes pregnant and moves to Iceland. Jóna tries to keep distance from her Finnish siblings but Jenna’s children and Joni’s falling ill connects her to the twins. The film starts from a situation where the siblings go through the events seven years later. They all remember things differently.