About Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Johanna Vuoksenmaa is a Finnish television and film director and screenwriter who has also worked as a photographer, installation artist and a teacher. Her films have been shown at numerous film festivals around the world and she has won many Finnish film and television awards for directing and screenwriting. As a director and screenwriter, Vuoksenmaa prefers the comedy genre because to her comedy means relief, forgiveness and defense. She does not use casting agencies but prefers to cast actors to her films herself, since she thinks that it creates a level of trust between the actor and the director. In recent years Vuoksenmaa has written and directed two seasons of the television series Klikkaa Mua (2011) which won five Venla-awards during its first season and its rights were sold to Sweden. I created art to get reactions, to have a conversation with the viewer.
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