Janne Häkkinen

Movies

The Shaded Fest
Cinematography
You always fear that someone sees through you and you are exposed. Or that no-one sees you.
From Matti with Love
Director of Photography
Divorced, middle-aged Matti picks up Maša near the Finnish-Russian border. Maša was waiting for a different man called Jukka, but agrees to go with Matti when he claims he is a friend of Jukka's.
Driving Lesson
Cinematography
Minna is taking driving lessons. The teacher starts to behave inappropriately.
A Moment in the Reeds
First Assistant Camera
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.