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MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP
by Hanna Hovitie

Finland 2015 13 min English original version documentary

Script: Noora Kuparinen, Hanna Hovitie, DoP: Hanna Hovitie, Iikka Salminen, Editor: Noora Kuparinen, Production: Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Producer: Emmi Vuokko, with: Krista Nurminen

A young Congolese woman shares her story of being victimized by child traffickers and thrown into a whirlwind between continents.

Biography: In 2011, Hanna Hovitie began to study cinematography and editing at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki. During her studies she became fascinated with documentary film and started working as an editor. In 2015, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in culture and arts. MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP, her first film, shot as a thesis project, was filmed in both Zambia and Finland.

Filmography: 2015 MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP

Awards: Award for Best Documentary (Cinema Perpetuum Mobile International Short Film Festival, Minsk/Belarus 2016), Award for Best Documentary (Yale Student Film Festival, New Haven/USA 2016), Jury Award (Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt 2016)

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