Director's biography:
Otto Heikola is a Finnish film editor and director as well as one of the founding members of the production company Side Stories Ltd. He graduated from the Tampere University of Applied Sciences film program in 2014. He, along with Riitta Poikselkä, was nominated for the Finnish Jussi Award for editing the feature documentary Punk Voyage (dir. Jukka Kärkkäinen & J-P Passi, Mouka Filmi 2017), a follow-up film to the highly acclaimed Punk Syndrome (2012). His other editing works include feature documentaries Back Towards Light (dir. Arto Halonen, Art Films production 2018), Hobbyhorse Revolution (dir. Selma Vilhunen, Tuffi Films 2017) and White Rage (dir. Arto Halonen, Art Films production 2015). Otto wrote and directed the short documentaries Wandering in the White (Side Stories 2019) and Mother's Day Gift (co-directed by Anniina Kauttonen, Side Stories 2018) as well as the feature documentary The Long Shift (Hyperfocus, 2014).

Director's filmography:
⦁ 2019 – «Wandering in the White» (short documentary / screenwriting & directing, Side Stories)
⦁ 2018 - «Back Towards Light» (feature documentary / editing, dir. Arto Halonen, Art Films production)
⦁ 2018 – «Mother's Day Gift» (short documentary / screenwriting, directing & editing, co-dir. Anniina Kauttonen, Side Stories)
⦁ 2018 – «Giveaway» (short fiction / editing, dir. Kimmo Leed, Mouka Filmi)
⦁ 2017 – «Punk Voyage» (feature documentary / editing, dir. Jukka Kärkkäinen & J-P Passi, Mouka Filmi)
⦁ 2017 – «Hobbyhorse Revolution» (feature documentary / associate editing, dir. Selma Vilhunen, Tuffi Films)
⦁ 2015 – «White Rage» (feature documentary / editing, dir. Arto Halonen, Art Films production)
⦁ 2014 – «The Long Shift» (feature documentary / screenwriting & directing, Hyperfocus)