Saara Lamberg

Saara Lamberg is a Finnish and Australian filmmaker, director, writer, producer and actor currently working in Australia. Her most notable work to date is the feature film Innuendo (written, directed and produced by Lamberg), which was released theatrically in October 2017 in Melbourne.[1] Innuendo has been compared with works of David Lynch, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Roman Polanski [2]

Biography

Lamberg was born in Helsinki, Finland, and she graduated from Kallio Upper Secondary School of Performing Arts at the age of eighteen.[3] Lamberg studied in Dartington College of Arts, England, and graduated with a BA (HonsS) Theatre and Choreographic Practices degree in 2007. In 2010 she entered the new 'Artist in Residence' programme in Australia's oldest art centre, Montsalvat based in Eltham.[4] and made Melbourne her home, becoming a dual citizen in 2014.[5]

Lamberg won the Bronze prize at the Beverly Hills screenplay contest (Hollywood 2013), Best Actor at Comfy Shorts (Melbourne 2014), Best Drama at the Connect Film Festival (Melbourne 2014) and Best Actor (Lithuania 2004). Her first feature Innuendo won the Best Feature at the Fine Arts Film Festival in California [6] and the Audience Award for Best Australian film by Cinema Australia.[7] The film has its European premiere at the Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes in October 2017 [8]

The Movie Blog described Innuendo as "a very important piece of Aussie cinema",[9] Film Ink "true original" [2] and Chelle's inferno "an instant classic in Australian cinema".[10]

Innuendo is distributed by Umbrella Entertainment in Australia [11][12] and represented by Blairwood Entertainment for international sales.[13]

Lamberg wrote, directed and produced five short films before she launched onto the production of Innuendo. In 2017 she also started the production of her second feature film, Westermarck Effect.[7]

References
  1. "Innuendo". www.cinemanova.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. "Innuendo | FilmInk". www.filmink.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. "Bio". saaralamberg.com. 10 October 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. Morey, Raelene (16 January 2011). "Christmas Hills' Finnish product". Diamond Valley Leader. Archive.
  5. "Saara Lamberg". ICACM. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. "Saara Lamberg's Innuendo wins in California". Good News from Finland. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. BWW News Desk. "'Innuendo' Wins Cinema Australia Audience Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. "Innuendo". Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. "Innuendo – the bad twin. Twice the value! | The Movie Blog". www.themovieblog.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  10. A, Michelle (29 November 2017). "Chelle's Inferno: Innuendo - an instant classic of Australian cinema". Chelle's Inferno. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  11. "INNUENDO - Umbrella Entertainment". www.umbrellaentfilms.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  12. BWW News Desk. "Saara Lamberg's INNUENDO Scores Distribution Deal". Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  13. "Titles". Blairwood Entertainment. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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