Marja Viitahuhta (née Mikkonen) (born 1979) is a

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artist and filmmaker.Biography at Manchester Metropolitan University website
accessed 2010-08-17 Her short films have been presented at major international festivals around the world and have won various prizes, including 2nd prize

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at the 2004

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. Mikkonen lives and works in

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, Finland.

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* 1979 births Living people Finnish filmmakers 21st-century Finnish women artists {{Finland-bio-stub