Petri Kotwica
(Finland, 2000), 4 minutes, 35 mm, color
Principal credits
Director
Screenplay
Cinematographer
Editor
Sound editor
Production
Lead role
Petri Kotwica
Tero Jartti
Kari Sohlberg
Petri Kotwica
Kyösti Väntänen
Gnu Films
Martti Suosalo
Fiction filmography and awards
1993 Panodrama / Panodraama 16 mm, color, 10 min
1994 Mother Dearest/ Viiniä, rakas äiti 16 mm, color, 15 min
1996 Tunnel Vision / Tunneli 16 mm, b/w, 47 min
Jury Prize, Tampere International Film Festival, 1997
Jury Award, Kettupivt, 1996
International Discoveries, Mannheim-Heidelberg, 1997
1998 The Helmet / Kypr 16 mm, color, 22 min
Jury Award, Kettupivt, 1998
1999 Force Majeure 35mm, color, 28 min
Jury Award in directing, Tampere International Film Festival,1999
2000 Las Nueve Vidas 35mm, color, 4 mi
Petri Kotwica
After studying drama, philosophy and communication at the Uni-versity of Helsinki, Petri Kotwica enrolled in a degree program in directing and screen-writing at the Helsinki University of Art and Design, earning his Master's Degree in film directing in 1999. He has also studied directing actors at the Finnish Theatre Academy. His first feature film, Black Ice, is currently in preproduction.
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