
Directing
Pia Andell
Born
1964-12-31 (61)
Place of birth
Turku, Finland
Known for
Directing
Credits
22 titles
Pia Andell (b. 1964) directed her first film in 1994 and has written and directed over 20 films over the years. In Andell’s films the light and the heavy walk side by side – there is always humor and as well as a raison d’être. Andell founded her production company Of Course My Films in 2005. Andell has worked as a producer at Yle, as a film commissioner at the Finnish Film Foundation and AVEK, as a mentor at international workshops, and as a teacher at Aalto University.
Known for
NRShelter (Suodji) is an adaptation of an old story from Utsjoki, Sápmi, to the present. It is a legend of what the director´s relative, Ovllá-Ivvár Helander, did during the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 in Utsjoki. Ovllá-Ivvár decided to fool Death and take his fate into his own hands. Today we are facing similar threats. The protagonist of the film is walking in Ovllá-Ivvár´s footsteps. But at the end, who its really who?
Shelter
2020
6.0Two middle-aged women on a tennis court. One experienced, the other one not so much. One hour match. The psychological game starts. Match is a film about in direct and direct aggression and how to finally express suppressed feelings.
The Match
2018
NREverything is just perfect, and then, boom!
Amidst
2024
6.0A short film about communication.
A Halt
2016
16-year old girl has lost her grandfather. She takes her grandfather's old film camera and gets interested in photographing. During the process of getting better in her new hobby, she also learns how to see things with the new eyes.
Albums and Photographs
2015
NRSara Hildén was maybe an artist, from Tampere, or maybe a patron? A business woman? Most of the Finnish people add her name into Sara Hildén art gallery, but her story included much more.
Patron
2013
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRShelter (Suodji) is an adaptation of an old story from Utsjoki, Sápmi, to the present. It is a legend of what the director´s relative, Ovllá-Ivvár Helander, did during the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 in Utsjoki. Ovllá-Ivvár decided to fool Death and take his fate into his own hands. Today we are facing similar threats. The protagonist of the film is walking in Ovllá-Ivvár´s footsteps. But at the end, who its really who?
Shelter
2020
NRReconstruction tells about a certain night in 1982, reconstructed in 2020 by the people who lived it through together. The film combines dance, drama and documentary, but most of all is a story of a friendship of a boy and a girl, and how jolly situations can turn sour and how, even though close, friends do not share same experiences – and that can have an effect on their friendship.
Reconstruction
2021
Behind the camera
6.0Two middle-aged women on a tennis court. One experienced, the other one not so much. One hour match. The psychological game starts. Match is a film about in direct and direct aggression and how to finally express suppressed feelings.
The Match
2018
6.0Two middle-aged women on a tennis court. One experienced, the other one not so much. One hour match. The psychological game starts. Match is a film about in direct and direct aggression and how to finally express suppressed feelings.
The Match
2018
NREverything is just perfect, and then, boom!
Amidst
2024
NREverything is just perfect, and then, boom!
Amidst
2024
6.0A short film about communication.
A Halt
2016
6.0A short film about communication.
A Halt
2016
6.0A short film about communication.
A Halt
2016
16-year old girl has lost her grandfather. She takes her grandfather's old film camera and gets interested in photographing. During the process of getting better in her new hobby, she also learns how to see things with the new eyes.
Albums and Photographs
2015
NRSara Hildén was maybe an artist, from Tampere, or maybe a patron? A business woman? Most of the Finnish people add her name into Sara Hildén art gallery, but her story included much more.
Patron
2013
NRSara Hildén was maybe an artist, from Tampere, or maybe a patron? A business woman? Most of the Finnish people add her name into Sara Hildén art gallery, but her story included much more.
Patron
2013
NRA documentary film about Finnish marshall Mannerheim and his visit to Germany during nazi period.
Göringin sauva
2010
NRReconstruction tells about a certain night in 1982, reconstructed in 2020 by the people who lived it through together. The film combines dance, drama and documentary, but most of all is a story of a friendship of a boy and a girl, and how jolly situations can turn sour and how, even though close, friends do not share same experiences – and that can have an effect on their friendship.
Reconstruction
2021
NRReconstruction tells about a certain night in 1982, reconstructed in 2020 by the people who lived it through together. The film combines dance, drama and documentary, but most of all is a story of a friendship of a boy and a girl, and how jolly situations can turn sour and how, even though close, friends do not share same experiences – and that can have an effect on their friendship.
Reconstruction
2021
NRIn a Chekovian setting, old friends – four women and three men – gather at a modest villa by the sea, near a cemetery and medieval ruins, to have a perfect day of drinking, eating and going to the sauna. All have something on their mind, and they do their damnest not to open up about it.
Let’s Not Ruin the Party by Talking About Death
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NRIn a Chekovian setting, old friends – four women and three men – gather at a modest villa by the sea, near a cemetery and medieval ruins, to have a perfect day of drinking, eating and going to the sauna. All have something on their mind, and they do their damnest not to open up about it.
Let’s Not Ruin the Party by Talking About Death
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NRIn a Chekovian setting, old friends – four women and three men – gather at a modest villa by the sea, near a cemetery and medieval ruins, to have a perfect day of drinking, eating and going to the sauna. All have something on their mind, and they do their damnest not to open up about it.
Let’s Not Ruin the Party by Talking About Death
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NRChild No. 182 is a documentary film about child protection practices in Finland in the 60s and 70s. It tells the story of a little girl who is placed from orphanages to summer colonies and foster homes. The film is based on the reports of social service officials and other authorities and is shot mainly on 8mm film. Director Camilla Roos makes a deep dive into her own childhood from her birth to when she was 8 years old.
Child No. 182
2024
9.0In 1938 two young architects, Ragnar and Martta Ypyä, known as Y and Mirri, buy an 8mm camera. Together, they start filming the everyday life of Vyborg. But one year later, life in Vyborg changes irrevocably. The Soviet Union attacks Finland. The Winter War has destroyed the city. Mirri flees to the countryside; Y stays in Vyborg, helping to repair the bomb damage. But they carry on filming.
Y in Vyborg
2006
9.0In 1938 two young architects, Ragnar and Martta Ypyä, known as Y and Mirri, buy an 8mm camera. Together, they start filming the everyday life of Vyborg. But one year later, life in Vyborg changes irrevocably. The Soviet Union attacks Finland. The Winter War has destroyed the city. Mirri flees to the countryside; Y stays in Vyborg, helping to repair the bomb damage. But they carry on filming.
Y in Vyborg
2006
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Pieni elokuva sisaruussuhteista
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