Jussi Eerola
Filmmaker and cinematographer Jussi EEROLA (1969, Finland) has worked as a cinematographer on many international award-winning films from prominent Finnish directors since 1992. His directorial debut was in 2009 with Refugees of Technocracy, a documentary about electro-hypersensitive people. Return of the Atom (2015) received the Best Nordic Film prize at CPH:DOX and was co-directed with Mika Taanila. Blue Honda Civic was his directorial short-film debut, which screened at IFFR 2020 among other festivals, and won Best Experimental Film at Prague Short Film Festival. Eerola is a founding member of the Finnish film-production company Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy, started in 2014 together with Mika Taanila and visual artist duo IC-98 (Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää). Grasshopper (2023) was selected for IFFR 2023.
Filmography
Teknokratiapakolaiset/Refugees of Technocracy (2009, doc), Atomin paluu/Return of the Atom (2015, doc, co-dir), Blue Honda Civic (2020, short), Grasshopper (2023, short)
Jussi Eerola at IFFR
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Grasshopper
Cinema as sound-and-light show: Grasshopper enchants empty urban spaces via a mysterious machine.
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Monica in the South Seas
Elegant, ironic and melancholic essay on authenticity, based on the making of Monica Flaherty’s Moana with Sound.
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Optical Sound
A rhythmic choreography of printer parts and their now classic typography, interspersed with observations of office life.
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The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
A portrait by Mika Taanila of one of the unsung pioneers of early electronic art, Finnish scientist and artist Erkki Kurenniemi.
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Optical Sound
A rhythmic choreography of printer parts and their now classic typography, interspersed with observations of office life.
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Stimulus Progression (Rotterdam)
In the 1970s, Muzak Corporation developed a pseudo-scientific method called ‘Stimulus Progression’, using music to increase productivit
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Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow
This is a journey back in time to our recent futuristic past. A documentary by Finnish artist filmmaker Mika Taanila about the rise and fall of the
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The Most Electrified Town in Finland
Gentle eco-critical three-screen video installation about the construction of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant in the village of Eurajoki in sou
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Six Day Run
Runner Ashprihanal during the ultimate endurance test, The Six Day Run. Also at the festival, two installations by Taanila and a Short Profile comp
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Realms
Exploring geological epochs and kingdoms of life, Realms voyages through deep time from the primeval ocean to a post-human future.