Movies: Iiti Yli-Harja

When carefree, young Lenni and his girlfriend find themselves expecting a child, he ends up looking for a role model in all the wrong places as he becomes involved with local right-wing activists....

Three astronauts are turning in for the night in their spacecraft. As they lie in bed they start to recount their thoughts....

A documentary puppet animation about Iiti’s (28) moving in day. As if a sign from the universe for her poor life choices, there seems to be a nightmarish mouse lurking in the shadows of her new home. Iiti has to get rid of the mouse by whatever means...

In this warm-hearted puppet animation documentary, we get to know the filmmaker’s 54-year-old mother Maija through her phone calls. We see how she copes with the difficult things in her life, like alcoholism and autism, demanding family members, and ...

The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song....

For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the spectrum of autis...

The protagonist has no luck with animals. Each of her pets would leave her soon after they came to live under her roof. Numerous cats and dogs did not manage to avoid this curse, neither did a turtle or fish. Even a guinea pig left the unlucky aunt, ...

Three guys share their thoughts and surviving methods in a strange but warm-hearted forest trip....