Katja K.
Helsinki, Finland
Top Services
Video Editor - Commercial
Digital Content Creator
Non-Fiction Film Director
Equipment
Video
- 4K video camera
- DSLR or equivalent
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
Miscellaneous
- Stabilizer
About Katja
Katja Kuivanen is a self-shooting producer, director and editor of non-fiction audiovisual content. She has an academic background in the social sciences, and transitioned to documentary storytelling on the back of a career in the international development- and humanitarian aid space. Katja recently co-directed two films in collaboration with award-winning OTOXO Productions in Barcelona, and has managed shoots, written copy and produced engaging short-form content used by organisations on social platforms and in media. She has a strong understanding of story and its importance from initial concept through to post-production, and an ability to connect with subjects whilst working hard to deliver high-value productions within tight deadlines, in challenging environments.
Top Projects
Open Cultural Centre
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Digital Content Creator
This video promotes the regular language-exchange events organised by the Open Cultural Center – a registered non profit organisation active in both Spain and Greece, working towards the inclusion of refugees and migrants through educational and cultural activities.
Open Arms
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Digital Content Creator
This video showcases the construction of a shelter platform on a vessel for migrants rescued at sea. Produced in collaboration with Open Arms – a non-governmental organisation with one principal mission: to protect those who try to reach Europe via the Mediterranean.
Origo Bakery
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Production Coordinator / Crewing
- Digital Content Creator
Produced for the post-COVID re-opening party of Barcelona's Origo Bakery.
Bicibús
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Production Assistant
- Non-Fiction Film Director
Commissioned by BeTeVé network, this documentary follows a group of parents and children in Barcelona who have joined forces to create a stronger community and safer cycling conditions in the city by starting a local Bicibús. Despite push-back, this parade of cycling families take to the streets every Friday morning, creating joyful and eco-friendly routes to multiple Barcelona elementary schools. Can they pave the road to a safer and greener city?
Bernabé
- Documentary DP
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Non-Fiction Film Director
Tucked away next to an old textile factory in the Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona, 78-year-old Bernabé Martinez Poves keeps a secret museum of over 250 sewing machines, dating back to 1860. His collection serves not only as a visual relic of a long-forgotten era, but also as a meeting point. Bernabé keeps his doors open to the public, as a way to share the history of his collection, the symbolism of the sewing machine and to encourage conversations around changing patterns of production and consumption.
All Services
Pre-Production
- Production Coordinator / Crewing
Production Support
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Production Assistant
- Digital Content Creator
- Documentary DP
Post-Production
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Video Editor - Documentary
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