- Finnish Australian Saara Lamberg is a director, actor, writer and producer. They have received several awards including the Best Film and Best Director at Influx Awards (California 2022), Best Film and Best Director at Veracruz World Film Awards (Mexico 2022), Best Film at the IFF (Milan 2018), the Best Film at the FAFF (Los Angeles 2017), Cinema Australia Audience Award (Melbourne 2017), Bronze prize at the Beverly Hills screenplay contest (Hollywood 2013), Best Actor at Comfy Shorts (Melbourne 2014), Best Drama at the Connect Film Festival (Melbourne 2014) and Best Actor (Lithuania 2004). They studied MA Radio and Television work at Stadia, Helsinki since 2004 and lived in England 2006-2010 and studied in the critically acclaimed Dartington College of Arts, graduating with a BA (HONS) degree in Theatre and Choreographic Practices in 2007. They moved to Melbourne in January 2010 and received a Distinguished Talent Permanent Residency in 2012 and citizenship in 2014. Innuendo was their first feature film, opening theatrically in Melbourne 2017 and broadcast nationally in Australian free to air television in 2019. Their second feature film Westermarck Effect was completed and released 2022 at the Cannes Cinephiles selection. Their third feature The Lies We Tell Ourselves was shot in various film festivals around the world and was fully improvised. Lamberg has two other features in production: Conversations with Spithead and COMA. In their personal life, Lamberg has struggled with tragedies such as losing their mother to early onset dementia and themselves facing breast cancer in their thirties. They are a board member and a host of Filmonik Melbourne (of the internationals Kino Movement) and Montsalvat Collective. Lamberg is known for their personal strength and courage, as well as extreme work ethic and friendly attitude on and off set.
- IMDb mini biography by: Innuendo Movie pty ltd
- Saara's film (written, produced and starring) Candy Cravings won Best Music (Charly Harrison) at the 48 hour Film Competition, Melbourne November 2013.
- On a public Skype call with David Lynch, Lamberg told him that she directed some scenes of Innuendo in the nude, to which Lynch replied: "I sometimes do that too." (Transcendental meditation event with David Lynch joining through Skype, Melbourne).
- Saara won Best Actor award at the Comfy Shorts Film Festival March 2014 in Melbourne for her role in Fairy Tale. The film also won Best Film.
- Saara won Bronze at the Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest with her thriller screenplay (feature) Innuendo. Development has started for the film (March 2014).
- The world's first interactive apocalyptic game Patient0 by Irl shooter director Brendan Bacon cast Lamberg as the lead in the production. Lamberg later cast Bacon as a lead in Innuendo.
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