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Anna Eriksson was born April 22, 1977 in Rauma, Finland.
Because of her father’s job, Anna spent most of her childhood and teenage years traveling around the world. The family lived in India, Tanzania and Saudi-Arabia. Anna studied music from early on, concentrating in singing. After graduating college she recorded her first album, which instantly became a huge success in Finland. She has recorded ten albums, writing and producing the last four of them herself. Anna has won many awards, including two Emma prizes (the Finnish Grammy), and for her 2012 album MANA she received the Teosto prize, which is one of the biggest art prizes in the Nordic countries.
In 2013 Anna put her musical career on hold and began working on her first feature film M (directed&written by Anna Eriksson ) M premiered at 33rd Venice International Film Critics Week in 2018. General Delegate of Venice International Film Critics’ Week Giona A. Nazzaro on selecting Eriksson’s film: "I believe M is a very challenging, bold and brave piece of work. M definitely pushes the boundaries of cinema forward”.
Anna Eriksson's first museum exhibition "The Rituals of a Lonely Bitch" 1.9.2020-31.1.2021 Rauma Art Museum is continuing the themes of death and sexuality as in the film M. Attention is drawn to an artistic process of Eriksson, which is focused on a female character M. The artist leads viewers to the dark sides of consciousness.
Anna Eriksson’s second feature film W had it´s world premiere in 2022. “Through this film, I explored the concepts of future, time, immortality, and ritual using the means of image and sound. As an auteur filmmaker, I filtered these topics through my own fears, desires, and subconscious. I hoped that all the great artists involved in the film would create an audiovisual poem that would surprise, shake, and touch the spectator.”
The last part of the Eriksson´s film trilogy, E, will premiere at the end of 2025
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