Merja Hannele Ritola

Producer Merja Ritola has 15 years experience in features and documentaries. She has participated in several EAVE trainings during her career, recently "Ties That Bind" Asia - Europe Producers Workshop 2013.
She has completed her first feature film as a producer Apeiron (Koskela Art & Media House / dir. Maria Ruotsala / 2013), premiered at Love and Anarchy Film Festival 2013. She has also produced short films The Bicycle Man (Periferia Productions Oy / dir. Aarne Norberg / 2013 / Finnish – Swedish co-prod.) and The Best Friend (Periferia Productions Oy / dir. Johan Karrento / 2013), Tokio Baby (Blind Spot Pictures / dir. Tommi Kainulainen / 2009), Happy Fatties (Blind Spot Pictures / dir. Teppo Airaksinen / 2009).
She has previously served as a Head of Production in the science fiction film Iron Sky (Blind Spot Pictures / dir. Timo Vuorensola / 2012).
Recently completed with documentary films The Voice of Sokurov (Illume Oy / dir. Leena Kilpeläinen) premiered in Locarno Film Festival 2014 and Monsterman (Illume Oy / dir. Antti Haase) world premier in Vancouver Doc. Film Festival 2015.
Currently she has three feature films and two documentaries in development, scheduled release 2017.