Vilma Tihilä is Finnish film director specializing in dance film. She combines contemporary dance and physical theatre to visual storytelling in her films.
Tihilä holds Master of Arts in Screendance from London Contemporary Dance School and a degree in contemporary dance from Turku Conservatory. She has also studied physical cinema at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts and music theory and opera at Sibelius Academy Helsinki.
Tihilä’s films have been screened at various theatres and festivals internationally including Loikka Dance Film Festival in Finland, Quinzena de Dança de Almada in Portugal, F-O-R-M Festival in Canada, and Video-Poetry Festival in Argentina, among others.
AWARDS AND MENTIONS
Grants
2021 Half-year artist grant / Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2020 Half-year artist grant / Alfred Kordelin foundation
2019 Working grant for 4 months / Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2019 Working grant for 1,5 months / Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2018 Half-year artist grant / Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2018 Working grant for 4 months / Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2018 Training grant / The Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture Finland
HIRING CONTACT
Manager: Vilma Tihilä (tihilavilma@gmail.com)
GROUP
Independent artist
NETWORKS
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