Documentaries and fiction
2026
Roots in the Stone
Roots in the Stone is a film essay about love, life and spirits and a millennia old story which becomes alive in the modern world. A magic story with mysticism, wise thoughts, beautiful views, cute animals and burning sofas.
Duration: 1 h 47 min
2023
The Complete Adventures of the Unrelated Sound Guy
Surrealistic short film built out of five music videos made for Mike Keneally.
Duration: 36 min
2020
Duus – the True History of the Place You Never Heard of
A surreal historical drama of an army fugitive who ends up in a small village chased by a persistent cergeant and ends up becoming a guinea-pig of medieval gene technology.
Duration: 73 min
2020
The Mitki Save the Ecology of Finland
A comedy remake of the Soviet detective series Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya by the St. Petersburg based art group Mitki. The villain has fled to Finland and the heroes Dyadya Mitya and Dyadya Minyai comes to save the day.
Duration: 50 min
2019
Lutakko palaa! / Laulujen tarinat
A concert film for the legendary Finnish rock band Miljoonasade and an interview documentary about the backgrounds of the songs.
Duration: 110 min + 45 min
2015
Smert ne prava! (Death, you’re wrong!)
A concert film for the Russian rock mammoth DDT shot in Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, april 2014.
Duration: 1 h 45 min
2011
Hair
A short film about the sanitary hygiene challenges you meet when you get into a relationship.
Duration: 5 min
2008
The Rise and Fall of the Righteous
A documentary on Johannes Karhapää, a saint of the Finnish orthodox church who was executed during the Finnish civil war 1918.
Duration: 35 min
2008
The Last Frame
An experimental documentary in which comic artist Pauli Heikkilä draws the last frame of his comic career.
Duration: 1 h 55 min
2008
Flyswatter
An absurd comedy short which was made for Sleepness 48 film competition in which you had to write, shoot and edit a maximum 7 minutes short in 48 hours’ time frame.
Duration: 7 min
2007
Intruder
The life of a hermit is disturbed by a persistent ice-cream salesman.
Duration: 15 min
2006
Desire
A short documentary on how smoking can disturb your mental balance.
Duration: 3 min
2000
The Black Dog of St. Petersburg
A portrait on Yuri Shevchuk, the singer-songwriter, the leader of the the Russian rock mammoth DDT and one of the loudest dissidents in Russia for decades.
Duration: 59 min
Music videos
A selection of narrative music videos I’ve made over the years.
