Ilona Hongisto is Professor of Audiovisual Culture at the University of Helsinki. Previously, she was Professor of Film Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway) and Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). Hongisto holds the title of Docent in Media Theory and Aesthetics at the University of Turku and in Documentary Film at Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland).