Outi Rousu

Movies

Raise the Bar
Producer
How controversial can one basketball team of eight-year-old girls be? Very.
Walks with Me
Producer
Old woman looks outside her apartment window and sees her life passing, or dancing, in front of her eyes.
Wandering in the White
Thanks
When two former top orienteers end up in a snowstorm in Lapland wilderness, they face an impossible orienteering task: how to reach your destination when you can't tell earth from sky?
Mother's Day Gift
Thanks
A story about the special relationship between Jaana and her daughter Liisa who died in a traffic accident at the age of 16.
Stars Above
Producer
A story of a house and three women of different generations who inhabit it through the years.
Heartbeats
Executive Producer
"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
While the Cat's Away
Co-Producer
When a young pedantic daughter is at work, her mother transforms into a passionate dancer, using their overfilled flat as a stage. A heartwarming comedy about prejudice, self-respect and dreams fulfilled.
Burst
Associate Producer
A couple shares an intimate moment in their bedroom. His attempts to arouse her go seriously wrong, resulting in a series of emotional, physical and hydrological explosions.
Slow at Heart
Producer
Oulu Burning - Town That Vanished
Producer
Documentary describing the curious of tendency of old historic buildings to burn in the city of Oulu.
Wanted
Producer
WANTED is based on the archival materials of the Uppsala Institute for racial biology (Uppsala University, Sweden). Today – in this very building – research into genetic manipulation is being conducted by dissecting DNA. WANTED animation deals with people’s classification based on outward appearance. The subject matter is indeed a timely one, nowadays masked behind the cover of technology as it is. Does modern genetic manipulation justify the previous century’s racial research? Wanted was one of the five nominees for the European Short Film Academy Award 1999.