Person
Matti Harju
Directing · Born 1978-10-13 · Kouvola, Finland
Biography
Matti HARJU studied MA in Directing Fiction at the NFTS (UK) and received an MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. His film school shorts and self-produced films have been presented at international festivals including Locarno, Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Clermont-Ferrand, BFI London, AFI Fest Los Angeles, Doclisboa, Edinburgh, 25FPS and Torino. Nox, his second feature film, produced by Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy, had its world premiere in the Harbour section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Harju primarily works with 16 mm and Super 8 film, alongside digital and analog video. His films examine contemporary forms of belief, image culture and ideological construction through a deliberately unstable cinematic language.
Known for
Nox
Director
Man Seeking Man
Director
Ecstasy
Script
Natura
Director of Photography
New Age
Matti
Time Will Not Tell
Sound Designer
El centro
Director
Three Days of Rain
Director
Born to Feel
Director
Minus World
Director
Filmography
- 2026Yaris, CrowDirector
- 2026Time Will Not TellSound Designer
- 2026NoxDirector
- 2023EcstasyScript
- 2023NaturaDirector of Photography
- 2022Three Days of RainDirector
- 2022Born to FeelDirector
- 2021Minus WorldDirector
- 2021El centroDirector
- 2021AliensDirector
- 2018New AgeMatti
- 2011AfrikkaDirector
- 2008One in FourDirector
- 2004Man Seeking ManDirector
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