Milja Mikkola
Programme Manager, Midnight Sun Film Festival
Programme Manager at the Midnight Sun Film Festival, established by the Kaurismäki brothers in Finnish Lapland. She is also the co-founder of Helsinki’s Viva Erotica Festival, which celebrates the history of sex on celluloid. Milja studied film theory at Brunel University London and visual journalism at the University of Tampere. However, belonging to the disappearing species of old-school projectionists, her true roots are in cinema work. Programme Manager at the Midnight Sun Film Festival, established by the Kaurismäki brothers in Finnish Lapland. She is also the co-founder of Helsinki’s Viva Erotica Festival, which celebrates the history of sex on celluloid. Milja studied film theory at Brunel University London and visual journalism at the University of Tampere. However, belonging to the disappearing species of old-school projectionists, her true roots are in cinema work.