Minna Långström is a filmmaker from Helsinki, Finland. Her work focuses on social and speculative perspectives on mediated narratives and visual technologies. Her most recent film, the one hour documentary The Other Side of Mars premiered at the DocPoint Film festival in Helsinki and have been screened at film festivals, such as Bergen International Film Festival and Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival where it won the Testimony on Knowledge - award in October 2019. Her other films and animations have been selected for festivals such as Helsinki International Film Festival, Uppsala and Buffalo Film Festivals, art film festivals such as Busan Art Film Festival, and science film festivals, such as the prestigious International Festival of Science Documentary Films Academia Film Olomouc.
Her practice also includes multi screen film installations which have been exhibited at prestigious museums such as Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki and Frankfurter Kunstverein. She has worked as a producer of short films and as assistant professor in Moving Image at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, 2008-2012. 
  • Director (2 Credits)
    Photosphere2021
    Documentary, Short
    The Other Side of Mars2019
    Documentary
  • Editor (1 Credit)
    The Other Side of Mars2019
    Documentary
  • Writer (1 Credit)
    The Other Side of Mars2019
    Documentary
Official Selection
The Other Side of Mars
Raw Science Film Festival
Los Angeles
2021
Genre prize for best Technology Film /Official Selection
The Other Side of Mars
Vienna Science Film Festival
Vienna
2021
GRAND ÉCRAN
The Other Side of Mars
PariScience International Film Festival
Paris
2020
International Competition
The Other Side of Mars
55th International Festival of Science Documentary Films Academia Film Olomouc
Olmouc
2020
In competition for the NTR De Kennis van Nu Award
The Other Side of Mars
InScience Film Festival
Nijmegen
2019
Official Selection
The Other Side of Mars
Imagine Science Film Festival
New York
2019
Official Selection
The Other Side of Mars
Buffalo International Film Festival
Buffalo, NY
2019
In competition in the Golden Owl Award official selection.
The Other Side of Mars
Bergen International Film Festival
Bergen
2019
Main competition, Winner of the Testimony of Knowledge Award
The Other Side of Mars
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Jihlava
2019
College
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Lens Based Media-department
BA, Media Art and Moving Image
19951999
College
Carnegie Mellon University / School of Arts
Exchange studies + practical training
19982000
College
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Lens Based Media - programme
MFA in Lens Based Media and moving image
20012003
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