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Suvi Andrea Helminen

Danemark

Biographie

Suvi Andrea Helminen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1976 to Finish and American parents. She started making films and television in 1997 and since then directed several documentaries and TV-programs. She did her education from The National Film School of Denmark, department of documentary and television, graduated in 2003. Along with that, she also works as teacher, lecturer, editor and photographer.

Filmography:

The Widows of Shinyanga (Denmark, 2002)
Land of Mist (Denmark, 2003)
Kærlighed og smadret glas/ Love and Broken Glass (35´, Denmark, 2006)
On the Way to Paradise (58´, Denmark, 2007)
Turf War in No Man’s Land (Denmark, 2009)
Theresienstadt – Danish Children in Nazi Captivity (Denmark, 2010)

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Love and Broken Glass

Kærlighed og Smadret Glas (Orig.) / 2006 / Danemark / 35 min

Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. 13-year-old Guljamal is a lively girl who dreams of love and a boy at the playground, but in her culture many young girls, just a few years older than her, are kidnapped and forced to marry strangers.

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