Laura is a Finnish writer-director. She has an MA in Screenwriting from TAMK in Finland, an MSc in Film Business from London’s Film Business Academy and studied filmmaking at Denmark’s European Film College. After twenty years living and working in the UK and a few in Amsterdam, she currently divides her time between Berlin and Helsinki.
Hyppönen is an alumna of Berlinale Talents, genre lab Film Garage in Torino, Circle Fiction Orbit in Montenegro and Think Shoot Distribute in London. She has developed her screenplays as a fellow of the Bergman Estate in Sweden, Nipkow Program in Berlin and Helsinki International Artist Programme in Finland.
Hyppönen’s debut feature LIVE EAST DIE YOUNG (UK) was nominated Best UK Feature at Raindance, Hitchcock d’Or at Dinard and sold internationally by Reel Suspects (FR). Her shorts, fashion films and music videos have screened internationally at platforms, venues and festivals including Vogue Italy, London Fashion Week (Official Digital Schedule), ASVOFF at Centre Pompidou (Paris), Kaltblut Berlin, Aesthetica (UK), Tampere Intl FF and Helsinki International FF.
Hypponen’s second feature LEX JULIA is an English and Swedish language suspense drama inspired by her own rape. It is a co-production between Finland, Poland, Sweden, Estonia and the UK, due for Summer 2025 shoot. Her upcoming short RAVEN, about a suicidal teenager’s matricidal fantasy, will be pitched at the first ever F-WEIRD strand of the Finnish Film Affair 2024.
