FILMOGRAPHY

Kati Outinen in a scene of Wrestling With a Bee

WRESTLING WITH A BEE (orig. title AMPIAISPAINI)

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

Broadcasting rights purchased by The Finnish National Channel YLE-2, 1999

BALTHAZAR'S FUNERAL

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

Vagabond Films production in co-operation with Panavision Director's Program to which I was selected in Los Angeles

Balthazar's Funeral cast Sarah Lilly, David St. James and Jameson Baltes with director Meritta Koivisto

Filming on the set in Los Angeles: Director of Photography David M. Rakoczy and Director Meritta Koivisto

A scene from the film

**Special thanks to Lisa Blok-Linson and the film's Editor Phillip Linson**

A PERSONAL MATTER

Writer

Original feature-length screenplay, drama

Recognition Award, The Lone Star Screenplay Competition, USA, 1997. The Jury based their choice on the ability to carry simultaneously multilayered plotlines and create in-depth characters.

TUMMIEN PERHOSTEN KOTI

Co-Executive Producer

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