# 376: Director & co-writer Mika Gustafson on her award-winning (Venice & London Film Festival) debut feature 'Paradise is Burning'

An episode of [Pop Culture Confidential](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/986166282), 24 Oct 2023, 21 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/1130e65f0/podcast/play/120602273/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-27%2F424969792-44100-2-bf41e8904769a1cf.mp3

Congrats to our super talented guest! Director & co-writer Mika Gustafson just won an award for best first feature at the London Film Festival & Best Director at the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti section for her directorial debut 'Paradise is Burning'. Her film is a joyful, emotional & complex story about three sisters navigating a difficult situation with an absent mother and the threat of being separated by social services. We talk about her film, the importance of stories about teen girls, directing newcomers, influences and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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