PROSE

POISSA (direct transl. ABSENT)

A Finnish language novel, published by Avain, BTJ Finland, May 2011, Finland

LONTOOLAINEN RAKASTAJA (direct transl. A LONDON LOVER)

A Finnish language novel, published by Otava Publishing Company Ltd, Autumn 2006, Finland, and by title LONDONI ARMUKE, 2007 in Estonia by Varrak. (Reviews available in English)

Short stories published in several magazines.

FILM AND THEATER

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

PRIVACY (Theatre play in English; Drama with black humour)

Playwright

Honorary mentioned finalist at New Century Writer Awards, 2002. NCWA is an international fictional writing contest and educational organisation supported by Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope, USA

TUMMIEN PERHOSTEN KOTI 

Co-Executive Producer

A Finnish feature film, Solar Films Oy, Producer Markus Selin, Executive Producer Jukka Helle, Director Dome Karukoski, 2008

Member of the Union of Finnish Writers

Lectured on Creative Writing at Columbia University, The Finnish Studies Program, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Fall, 2011, New York