Karin Pennanen is a film director and screenwriter who works with both fiction and documentary. She holds an MA from the department of Film and Scenography in the University of Art and Design Helsinki (today called Aalto University) and continued her studies in Norway in Nordland College of Art and Film. She graduated in 2009 and has since been working as a freelance director living in Finland. Her short films have been screened on international film festivals throughout the world winning several awards.