Peter von Bagh

Who is Peter von Bagh?

Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh is a Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh has worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive. He is the editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and co-founder and director of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. Since 2001, he has been the artistic director of the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna. Von Bagh was a member of the jury in the competition category of 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Films directed by Peter von Bagh are screened at prestigious international forums, including an extensive retrospective of his works at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and Festival Internacional de Cine Idependente in Buenos Aires in 2012, and at the Tromsø International Film Festival in 2013.

Principal works of Peter von Bagh's production of approximately 40 non-fiction books, mostly on cinema, and some 60 films for both the cinemas and television include his international breakthrough films Helsinki, Forever and Sodankylä, Forever, Song of Finland, Elokuvan historia and Tähtien kirja. The book Aki Kaurismäki has been translated into French, Italian, Swedish, Japanese, and shortly also into German.