Film production:
BALTHAZAR'S FUNERAL
(Short film in English) Dramaturge, director and producer, 1993, Los Angeles, USA Best Short Film Award by The Saint John's College's Student Jury, The Cork International Film Festival, Ireland, 1994 Theatrical release by LAEMMLE Theatres in Los Angeles, 1993 Contestant for the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science Awards, 1994, USA Broadcasting rights purchased by Finnish National Channel YLE-2, 1999 Independent production in co-operation with Panavision Director's Program to which I was selected in Los Angeles |
A PERSONAL MATTER (English)
Writer
Original feature-length screenplay, drama
Recognition Award, The Lone Star Screenplay Competition, USA, 1997
AMPIAISPAINI
(WRESTLING WITH A BEE) Writer and Director, 1999 Main Prize, Switzerland's International Short Film Festival Winterthur, 2000 1st Prize, Blue Sea Film Festival, Finland, 2000 Selected among the 10 best short films on the Internet by Kate Stables, The Guardian, United Kingdom, February, 2002 Broadcasting rights purchased by French-German Television Channel ARTE Cinema, 2001 (Territory: France, German, Switzerland and Belgium) and by The Finnish National Channel YLE-2, 1999 Screened in over twenty film festivals across the Europe |
Theater Production:
CHARITY EVENT to SUOMI-SEURA (Finland Society in Los Angeles)
KESKIYÖN AURINGON KABAREE (THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT CABARET)
Writer, Director and Producer: The charity project raised money to the Finnish Education Fund for the Finnish Language Studies, 1988