Peter von Bagh

Known for DirectingBorn 1943-08-29Died 2014-09-17Helsinki, Finland

Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh (August 29, 1943 – September 17, 2014) was a Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive, editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and co-founder and director of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. From 2001, he was 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 Bagh have been screened at prestigious international forums, including retrospectives of his filmography at the 2012 Rotterdam International Film Festival, the 2012 Festival Internacional de Cine Independente in Buenos Aires, and the Tromsø International Film Festival in 2013. Bagh's wrote approximately 40 non-fiction books, mostly on cinema, and some 60 films for both the cinemas and television include his internationally successful films Helsinki, Forever (2008) and Sodankylä, Forever (2010–2011), a documentary series of the first twenty-five years of the Midnight Sun Film Festival.Read more

Movies & web series

Joulukuu

The Year 1939

Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina

Lauluja utopiasta

Socialism

Olavi Virta

Drifting Clouds

The Man Without a Past

A Day at Karl Marx's Grave

Helsinki, Forever

Aki and Peter

The Other Side of Hope

Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family

Temples of Dreams

The Last Summer 1944

I Hired a Contract Killer

Juha

Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth

Sodankylä Forever

When the Heavens Fall…

Peter von Bagh

Remembrance

Mondo Finlandia

The Dinosaur

Aki Kaurismäki

Kesäkapina

Time of Roses

Bensaa suonissa

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

Kreivi

Conversations Between Men

Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina

The Story of Mikko Niskanen

On the Trail of the New Wave

Man in the Shadows

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki

Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone

Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times

Liikemiehen muotokuva

Vanhan valtaus

Edvin Laine

The Year 1952

Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus