Jarmo Kiuru
History
Jarmo Kiuru is a Jussi award nominated cinematographer whose works have been awarded in Sundance (Girl Picture 2022, The Date 2013), Berlinale (The Date) and Canneseries (Mister8 2021). His films have also competed in Cannes and Toronto (All Inclusive 2019) among other major film festivals.
He is the newest member to FSC, also acting as a deputy member of the board and part of the social media crew.
“Similarly, as each story should find the ways it wants and needs to be told, I’m looking for ways to become myself as an artist.”
Director of Photography
Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö support each other unconditionally. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma on the contrary has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens whole new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Rönkkö is on a quest to find pleasure. Three Fridays is all it takes to turn their worlds upside down.
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Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..
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Group of old friends gather in a summer villa to celebrate a surprise birthday party for Mitzi, who is the dramatic focal point of the group. The weekend starts ominously when Mitzi does not respond well to the surprise party. It turns out that Mitzi has just filed for divorce and has been looking forward to a peaceful weekend. The tense situation takes a new turn when Mitzi's best friend brings her new boyfriend for a visit, who happens to be a Swedish film star. Familiar surroundings and the old rituals get to the core of the group and make them forget their adulthood. Revelations, not meant to harm the balance, make them reassess their past as well as their present.
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Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
Cinematography
A couple’s romantic evening changes when a strange man gropes the woman.
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The festive spirit of an office party is ruined, when a woman accidentally reveals that their colleague had harassed her at the previous office party.
Director of Photography
Kalervo, a bullied, downtrodden white-collar man whom nobody takes seriously, receives an unexpected gift from Annukka. A gift which Kalervo soon realizes has the power to change his life. The bill is due, and payback never tasted sweeter.
Cinematography
Mirna's mother died from ovarian cancer when she was just a child. Now she has been diagnosed with a tumor of the ovary. Because of this she also ends up processing her mother's death.
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A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not again”, she sighs and decides to track down the enemy and strike back. She gets a companion from an older woman, who has been pushed to the borders of society. During their journey through classical cinematic landscapes these nameless women from different generations struggle to connect and understand each other’s perspectives while their passion for men and male attention gets in away.
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New father Jussi wakes up to sounds in the hallway and encounters a homeless alcoholic Pentti. Things are not always as they seem at first glance.
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Three delegates from Sweden, Norway and Finland are gathered in Lapland to decide which piece of art should be placed at the border of their countries. But the committee is in for a surprise… The delegates are faced with the challenge of making a democratic decision: is there something they can agree on to represent a true Nordic movement?
Documentary cinematographer
Summer 1962 and Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, everything has been prepared for his fame and fortune. All Olli has to do is lose weight and concentrate. But there is a problem – he has fallen in love with Raija.
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Everlasting summer and everlasting youth.
Cinematography
Iris comes to meet her alcoholic father…
Cinematography
Wille's godfather is in love with a Thai woman. Wille believes there can't be true love between a Western man and a Thai woman. It's just prostitution by another name. Invited by his godfather, Wille spends a month in Thailand trying to reveal the reality of the relationship. Is it true love?
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Tino, 16, has to host a date for the cat of his mother. At first the situation does not please him.
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Eeva, a young actress who is easily left out, discovers supernatural powers in a mysterious pond near the set, and makes a pact with the pond's devil to become part of the community of others.
