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Peter von Bagh
Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh (August 29, 1943 – September 17, 2014) was a Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive, editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and co-founder and director of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. From 2001, he was the artistic director of the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna. Von Bagh was a member of the jury in the competition category of 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
Films directed by Bagh have been screened at prestigious international forums, including retrospectives of his filmography at the 2012 Rotterdam International Film Festival, the 2012 Festival Internacional de Cine Independente in Buenos Aires, and the Tromsø International Film Festival in 2013.
Bagh's wrote approximately 40 non-fiction books, mostly on cinema, and some 60 films for both the cinemas and television include his internationally successful films Helsinki, Forever (2008) and Sodankylä, Forever (2010–2011), a documentary series of the first twenty-five years of the Midnight Sun Film Festival.
As director
Lauluja utopiasta
Socialism
Remembrance
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
The Story of Mikko Niskanen
Helsinki, Forever
Man in the Shadows
The Year 1939
The Last Summer 1944
A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life
Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
Olavi Virta
Kreivi
Liikemiehen muotokuva
Joulukuu
Vanhan valtaus
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
Edvin Laine
The Year 1952
Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus
As actor
The Dinosaur
Aki and Peter
Peter von Bagh
Temples of Dreams
Conversations Between Men
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
On the Trail of the New Wave
Helsinki, Forever
The Man Without a Past
Aki Kaurismäki
Juha
Drifting Clouds
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
Olavi Virta
Kreivi
Mondo Finlandia