Laura Rantanen is a documentary film director with a study background in social and cultural anthropology. In her work Rantanen is interested in studying power structures and relations between human and non-human entities. Her bachelor graduation documentary Liminality & Communitas has been screened in over 15 festivals including Guanajuato International Film Festival, Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival and Zinebi International Film Festival. The film was also awarded with Silver Lynx Award for Best Documentary in Film Competition in FEST, New Directors New Films -Festival 2019. At the moment Rantanen studies as a MA-student in documentary film directing in Aalto university ELO Film School Finland.
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