Mervi Junkkonen

Mervi Junkkonen (born 1975) is a documentary film director, who also works as an editor. Junkkonen graduated from the The Department of Film and Television at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 2005. In the same year she was awarded the esteemed Risto Jarva Award at the Tampere International Film Festival for her documentary About a Farm. Mervi spent her formative years in Oulunsalo, northern Finland. Junkkonen has also received an award at the International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) for Barbeiros in 2002.

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