Bio and contact

Anu Pennanen is a Finnish-born filmmaker and a visual artist. She began making short films in 2002 after working in the artist collective katastro.fi. Her works explore themes such as globalization and the creation of exiles, standardization of urban models and its impact on the environment’s perception, marginalization versus conformity.

Her works have been exhibited extensively: CCA Glasgow, CAC Vilnius, Centre Pompidou Paris, Montehermoso Cultural Center, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Manifesta 5 Donostia San Sebastián, Momentum Nordic Art Biennial, Ars Baltica Triennale, Grand Café Saint-Nazaire, KUMU Estonian Art Museum, KunstenFestival des Arts Brussels and Kiasma Museum Helsinki, among others. Her work is in collections such as Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art National Gallery, Finnish State Art Collection, Estonian Museum Of Contemporary Art and MAK Museum of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria.

Since 2012 she also collaborates with writer and producer Stéphane Querrec. Their docu-fiction and fiction films have been screened at festivals such as the Glasgow Film Festival, KINO DER KUNST Film Festival in Munich, Espoo Ciné Festival and Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève.

Anu is produced by Palo Productions  http://www.paloartproductions.com/ 

Contact: anu[at]anupennanen.com