I am a filmmaker based in Helsinki, Finland. I have graduated with a Master of Arts from the ELO Film School Finland in Aalto University majoring in documentary film directing (2014). I have worked over 15 years with fiction, documentary and alternative film. My work often deals with current social themes, but in addition timeless places and absurd encounters. My aim is to challenge the conventional underlying narrative framework and sound design in video and filmmaking. Using a sharp palette of poetic narration and reflective visual language, I aim to push the boundaries of video and cinematic practices. At the moment, I'm working on my debut feature film, a docufiction.
My work has been internationally widely shown, including festivals as New Horizons IFF, WrocÅ‚aw 2022, Encounters FF, Bristol 2022, Go Short - ISFF Nijmegen 2022, Black Canvas CFF, México City 2022, FIFEQ Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Quebec 2021, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2021 & 2019, Tampere FF 2021 & 2019, Gijón IFF 2019 and Festival Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro 2018.
RECENT FILM FESTIVALS & FILM CONCERTS
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2025
- Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Limina Competition - International Premiere
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2024
- BOGOSHORTS - Bogota Short Film Festival, International Music Video Competition: Ievan Polkka
- Pori Film Festival, world premiere: I Was Born
- FILMZ - Festival des deutschen Kinos, Mainz, special screening FINNISCHER KURZFILMABEND:
Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings
- Oulu Music Video Festival, The Finnish Music Video Competition: Ieva's Polka
- Tapiola Sinfonietta, concert: Ollikainen & Räisänen 1.2.2024, Change of Faces -short film screened with composer Outi Tarkiainen’s song cycle: Eanan, gida nieida
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2023
- BE POLAR Film Festival, Warsaw: Govadas
- Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Vignola, Italy:
Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings
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2022
- SPHERE Festival, opening concert, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa: Change of Faces -short film screened with live orchestra: screened with composer Outi Tarkiainen’s song cycle: Eanan, gida nieida
- Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK, International Competition: Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings
- CulturaFest 2022, Helsinki: Govadas
- Black Canvas CFF, México City, international competition:
Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings
- Participating as an invited artist with several short films to the BeNature -film concert in Bielefeld, Germany
- Helsinki International Film Festival, Shorts Competition:
Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings
- New Horizons IFF, Poland, White Nights -screening: Govadas
- Go Short International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, European competition: Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings
2021
- Nordische Filmtage Lübeck:
Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings - world premiere
- FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter, Berlin: Govadas
- Concorto Film Festival, Focus selection: Govadas
- when the light hits just right - analogue film & photography festival, by Filmverkstaden, Vaasa: Govadas at Creating doesn’t stop -screening, curated by Kari Yli-Annala
- FIFEQ Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Quebec: Govadas
- Tampere Film Festival, Freedom to Move -screening of AV-arkki: Hotel President
- Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, online concert: 18.2.2021, Change of Faces -short film screened with composer Outi Tarkiainen’s song cycle: Eanan, gida nieida
2020
- Split Film Festival, International Short Film Competition:
Paris Diaries
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2019
- Gijón International Film Festival, Spain, screening: Govadas
- Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, screening: Govadas
- Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris, screening: Govadas
- Seoul International NewMedia Festival, South Korea, screening: Govadas
- Tampere Film Festival, Finland, International Competition: Govadas
- Skábmagovat Indigenous Film Festival, Inari, Finland: Govadas
2018
- MUU Gala, Kuryokhin Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia, screening: Hotel President
- MUU Gala, Helsinki, screening: Hotel President
- Rex Fest, Amos Rex, Helsinki, screening: Govadas
- Festival Curta Cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, International Competition: Govadas
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, International Competition: Govadas
- Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada, screening: Govadas
- Screening of Change of Faces with live orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic, Tromsø, Norway
- Indigenous Film Festival, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, US, world premiere: Govadas
- Vaasa Wildlife Nature Film Festival, Finland, screening: Govadas
- AAVE Festival, Helsinki, film concert: The Sound of Tempest with Aino Eerola and Jyri Pirinen
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2017
- Pori International Film Festival, Finland, film concert: The Sound of Tempest with Aino Eerola and Jyri Pirinen
- Kaivos-Festival, Outokumpu, Finland, film concert: Change of Faces with Henrik Sandås, accordion
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2016
- Korundi -House of Culture, Rovaniemi, Finland, SAJOS, Sámi Cultural Centre, Inari, Finland: two concerts with short film Change of Faces with composer Outi Tarkiainen and her song cycle: Eanan, gida nieida
- Flow Festival, Helsinki, film concert: The Sound of Tempest with Aino Eerola and Jyri Pirinen
- Silence -festival, Kittilä, Finland, Premieres: The Sound of Tempest -film concert with Aino Eerola and Jyri Pirinen, screening: Le Temps de l’Escargot
- EMAP, Ewha Media Art Presentation, Seoul, South Korea, screening: The Tempest
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2012
- Sampo-sali, Media Centre Lume, Aalto University:
Pelléas et Mélisande, world premiere with Mari Sainio's music
- St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning:
Pelléas et Mélisande (with Sibelius' music), the film received an honorary mention: Sergey Dobrotvorsky’s Diploma, Seance -magazine: For the fruitful search of sources of the impossible
- Arktisen upeeta Film Festival, Jyväskylä, Finland:
Pelléas et Mélisande (with Sibelius' music)
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2011
Kamarikesä Festival, Music and art festival at the House of Nobility, Helsinki: Pelléas et Mélisande - world premiere with Sibelius' music
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RESIDENCIES AND NOMINATION
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2024
Fabrikken, Copenhagen - Artist Residency: 3 months
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2019
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris - Artist Residency: 3 months
2017-2018
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris - Artist Residency: 2 months
2016
Väinö Tanner Foundation, Mazzano Romano, Italy - Artist Residency: 2 months
2015
Circolo Scandinavo, Rome - Artist Residency: 1 months
2013-2014
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris - Artist Residency: 13 months
2012
Sergey Dobrotvorsky’s Diploma, Seance -magazine: For the fruitful search of sources of the impossible a nomination at St. Petersburg Student Film Festival for the film Pelléas et Mélisande
