Iris Kärkkäinen

After the disappearance of his wife Juha has lost control of his life as well as the connection to his son. One morning a visitor comes to his door and the one-day love story following this encounter leads Juha to crossroads. We Have Heaven is a short film about old junk, nocturnal organ ballads and cosmic distances.

Toxoplasma Gondii lives and works inside a human body.

Toxoplasma Gondii lives and works inside a human body.

Filmed in a barren fishing community off the Icelandic coast and a trendy hotel in Helsinki, A Seal Story is a queer take on a contemporary love triangle. It takes its inspiration from the legend, where seals were believed to be former human beings who voluntarily sought death in the ocean. Once a year, they were allowed to come on land, strip off their skins and amuse themselves as human beings.

ICELAND (Nighttime) explores the collective mindset of anxiety and hope in epic, post-catastrophic landscapes. The video engages the most fundamental of human experiences: love, hope, fear, solitude and togetherness. Set in Icelandic landscapes that are romantic yet inhospitable, ICELAND (Nighttime) deals with the sensibility that we are close to the end of the world as we know it.

A narrator from an undefined future discusses love, hope, future, beginnings, myths, environmental disasters and vanished species. The video investigates the possible end of an era, its entangled histories, open-ended narratives and flux identities. It aims to carefully glimpse into the possible futures of humankind and other kind: the vital necessity for co-dependence and urgency to remember, preserve and act now.

The video resembles a nursery rhyme about different months, but within the poetic lines looms allusions to a planetary catastrophe. In a transformed world, resilient creatures like cockroaches, coyotes, and fungi are ready to take the stage.

Four friends in their early twenties are discussing about the big issues in life while the entrance examinations for The Theater Academy are approaching.

Granada, Terhi’s first car is broken. Money is tight and fixing the car is expensive. Terhi’s mother insists on getting rid of the useless vehicle that has become a money pit. Terhi is hoping to get the repairs done and drive the car to Germany, where it could be sold for a higher price. Letting go of an old, historic car proves to be harder than expected.

Granada, Terhi’s first car is broken. Money is tight and fixing the car is expensive. Terhi’s mother insists on getting rid of the useless vehicle that has become a money pit. Terhi is hoping to get the repairs done and drive the car to Germany, where it could be sold for a higher price. Letting go of an old, historic car proves to be harder than expected.

Granada, Terhi’s first car is broken. Money is tight and fixing the car is expensive. Terhi’s mother insists on getting rid of the useless vehicle that has become a money pit. Terhi is hoping to get the repairs done and drive the car to Germany, where it could be sold for a higher price. Letting go of an old, historic car proves to be harder than expected.

Granada, Terhi’s first car is broken. Money is tight and fixing the car is expensive. Terhi’s mother insists on getting rid of the useless vehicle that has become a money pit. Terhi is hoping to get the repairs done and drive the car to Germany, where it could be sold for a higher price. Letting go of an old, historic car proves to be harder than expected.