Ilona Ahti – Award-Winning and Versatile Screenwriter & Storyteller

Ilona Ahti is a Finnish screenwriter and author with an MA in both Screenwriting (Aalto University) and Social Sciences (University of Helsinki). She has been to all continents, except Antarctica, and lived in most of them. She has co-written the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award winning and Finnish Oscar nominee feature film “Girl Picture” together with Daniela Hakulinen. She is currently developing several screenplays in both tv and film both in English and Finnish.

Beyond film and TV, Ahti has written a middle-grade novel series, Stop Secret Mysteries, and YA-novel based on her and Daniela Hakulinen’s Girls Girls Girls.

Awards & Nominations

Winner Jussi Award (Best Screenplay), Girls Girls Girls

2023

Winner Sylvi Award (Best Screenplay) Girls Girls Girls

2022