Zaida Bergroth

Zaida Bergroth (born 8 February 1977) is a Finnish film director best known for her 2020 film Tove.^[1][2]

Career

Bergroth was born in Kivijärvi in 1977. She graduated from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2004.^[3][4] Her first feature, Last Cowboy Standing was released in 2009. In 2019 it was announced that she would direct a biopic on the Moomin author Tove Jansson, titled Tove, which was released in 2020.^[5][6]

Selected filmography

• Hair (1999) (short) (writer and director)^[1]
• Lasileuka [Glass Jaw] (2004) (short) (writer and director)^[1][7]
• Heavy Metal (2007) (short) (writer and director)^[1]
• Kunnanjohtaja (2007) (short) (writer and director)^[1]
• Last Cowboy Standing (2009) (screenplay and director)^[1]
• The Good Son (2011) (writer and director)^[1]
• Miami (2017) (writer and director)^[1]
• Maria’s Paradise (2019) (director)^[1][8]
• Tove (2020) (director)^[1]
• Kristal (2020) (short) (writer and director)^[1][9]

Personal life

Bergroth has a sister, writer Aina Bergroth, and her mother is the painter Marjatta Tapiola.^[10]

See also

• List of female film and television directors
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women

References

1. "Zaida Bergroth". IMDb. from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
2. Kwong, Wilson (17 September 2019). "TIFF 2019: Interview With Director Zaida Bergroth of Maria's Paradise". Film Inquiry. from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
3. Bałaga, Marta (3 September 2019). "Interview with Zaida Bergroth: 'I love to get out of my head'". Finish Film Foundation. from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
4. "Director Spotlight: Zaida Bergroth on Maria's Paradise". Cinema Chicago. 9 October 2019. from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
5. Mitchell, Wendy (16 January 2020). "Alma Pöysti to play Moomins creator Tove Jansson in biopic 'Tove'". Screen Daily. from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
6. "Lead cast and national premiere for the first feature drama film about Tove Jansson announced". Moomin. 16 January 2020. from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
7. "Glass Jaw - Lasileuka - Directed by Zaida Bergroth". MUBI. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
8. Wise, Damon (15 September 2019). "Director Zaida Bergroth On Cult Drama 'Maria's Paradise': "The Idea Was To Concentrate On The Love And Power" – Toronto Studio". Deadline. from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
9. "Three Finnish short films in Clermont-Ferrand". Finnish Film Foundation. 18 December 2019. from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
10. Kolsi, Eeva-Kaarina (30 April 2021). "'Rakastan elämää, pidän vanhenemisestakin'" ['I love life, I also like getting older']. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2023.