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 editorinchief of Filmihullu magazine and cofounder 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 Baghs wrote approximately 40 nonfiction 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 20102011 a documentary series of the first twentyfive years of the Midnight Sun Film Festival