Film production of Meritta Koivisto

Two people operating a Panavision film camera on a set outdoors.

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

In the photograph Director of Photography
David M. Rakoczy and Director Meritta Koivisto

A PERSONAL MATTER (English)
Writer
Original feature-length screenplay, drama
Recognition Award, The Lone Star Screenplay Competition, USA, 1997

Person with a gag over their mouth, looking upwards with a distressed expression.

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) and by The Finnish National Channel YLE-2, 1999

Screened in over twenty film festivals across the Europe

Kati Outinen © Marja-Leena Hukkanen