About my work
I am a filmmaker and media artist working at the intersection of narrative cinema and contemporary art.
My short films explore emotionally charged experiences of childhood and youth—friendship ruptures, paranoia in love, and early encounters with substance use—through genres ranging from comedy to horror, often with an absurd or darkly playful tone.
Alongside cinema, my media art practice examines games and play as metaphors for adult life. I am currently developing a project that compares Finnish, Beninese, and Japanese play traditions as cultural frameworks shaping identity and belonging.
I am currently developing several feature-length screenplays that continue my long-term interest in emotionally complex relationships, power dynamics, and the ways people adapt to unstable environments.
Across formats, my work seeks to create dialogue between lived experience, cultural structures, and the ways we invent, negotiate, and sustain relationships with one another.
Latest
February 2026: My latest film project, Camouflage (Suojavärit), was selected for the Kehittämö program shortlist.
The short film “I Remember You“ (completed late 2025) is currently ready for screenings and festival distribution. The story was developed collaboratively with Rosa Kumar Saarinen, Lili Smith, Kastanja Rissanen, Ada Nykvist, Ali Tabassam, and Linda Larkovirta, who also star in the film.
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