Finland’s Oscar© 2020 Entry for Best International Feature: ‘Tove’ Directed by Zaida Bergroth

An interview with the director Zaida Bergroth about Tove, a captivating drama about the creative energy of an iconic talent and her turbulent search for identity, desire and freedom in Helsinki, 1945 when the war’s end brought a new sense of artistic and social freedom for the painter Tove Jansson. Zaida Bergroth (born 1977) is a Finnish film screenwriter-director. Her previous films (Maria´s Paradise, Miami, The Good Son, Last Cowboy Standing) have been screened at festivals including TIFF and have…