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How watching movies at your local cinema shapes your mind and community
Pauliina Ståhlberg
Can watching movies at your local cinema do more than just entertain? Can it shape your mind and strengthen your community?
Meet Pauliina Ståhlberg, executive director of the Helsinki International Film Festival, the force behind Finland’s biggest film festival, Love & Anarchy. With a career spanning cultural leadership, film production, and international cultural exchange, Pauliina understands the transformative power of cinema, not just as art, but as a tool for connection and change.
At TEDxVaasa 2025, she’ll explore how the simple act of watching films in a theater can impact your perspective, creativity, and even the world around you.
MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Pauliina Ståhlberg is the executive director of the Helsinki International Film Festival, which includes the biggest film festival in Finland, called Love & Anarchy.
She is experienced in managing cultural organizations and is an expert in cultural export, having served as the former Director of the Finnish Cultural Institutes in Madrid and London.
She is also an audiovisual producer whose best-known series is the Nordic Noir police series Deadwind/Karppi for Netflix. In her free time, she watches films, scuba dives, and trains in karate.