Johanna Pyykkö
Johanna is a Finnish-Swedish national living in Oslo, Norway. She was Joachim Trier’s assistant on Thelma and took part in the writing of the popular series Heimebane. With The Manila Lover screened during the 58th edition of La Semaine de la Critique, Johanna takes a sharp and sensuous look at domination and desire at play in the love story between a Norwegian man and a Filipino woman.