Zaida Bergroth


Zaida Bergroth is a Finnish film director best known for her 2020 film Tove.

Personal Life and Career

Bergroth was born in Kivijärvi in 1977. She graduated from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2004. Her first feature, Last Cowboy Standing was released in 2009. In 2019 it was announced that she would direct a biopic on the Moomin author Tove Jansson, titled Tove, which was released in 2020.
In February 2025 Bergroth was set to direct a biopic of Marianne Faithfull named Faithfull.

Selected filmography

Hair Lasileuka Heavy Metal Kunnanjohtaja Last Cowboy Standing The Good Son Miami Maria’s Paradise Tove
  • ''Kristal''

Personal life

Bergroth has a sister, writer Aina Bergroth, and her mother is the painter Marjatta Tapiola.