Director
Miia Tervo
Starring
Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola
Run Time
106 mins
Release Year
2019
Country of Origin
Finland
Language
Finnish, English
Director of Photography: Arsen Sarkisiants
Editor: Antti Reikko
Produced by: Max Malka
Music: LauNau, Jaakko Laitinen, Väärä Raha
Screenplay by: Miia Tervo
Sound Production: Micke Nyström
Aurora
Part of the European Perspectives Strand
Raucous Finnish comedy drama Aurora features striking locations and a truly impressive performance by Mimosa Willamo as freewheeling force-of-nature Aurora. Caught in a spiral of drugs, drinking and clubbing, Aurora is desperate to escape her snowy small-town existence. When she meets Iranian asylum-seeker Darian (Amir Escandari) and his young daughter, they form a tentative friendship. With English as their shared language, Aurora and Darian’s bitter, funny and honest romance plays out in the homeland of Santa Claus. [15]
Supported by James and Morag Anderson
Aurora is nominated for the 2019 Award for Best International Feature Film.