Productions
LOOK AT ME
Direction: Iiris Härmä, Production: Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Guerilla Films Ltd 2011
Duration: 67 min. & 58 min. version
MEANING OF LIFE
Meaning of life
a film by Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Guerilla Films 2008, 11 min.
PORTRAIT OF A MAN – a film about longing for love
A documentary film by VISA KOISO-KANTTILA
> A WINTER’S JOURNEY - a documentary film about singing and a young man in search of himself and his voice.
Directed by Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Guerilla Films 2007, 73 min. & 58 min. versions In co-operation with YLE Co-productions, ARTE G.E.I.E, SVT
Festivals (April 2007): Docpoint, Helsinki 2007; Tampere International Short Film Festival 2007; Hot Docs, Toronto 2007
> TOMORROW’S MEMORIES - a documentary about confronting emotions and about courage.
Directed by Iiris Härmä, Guerilla Films Ltd 2004, 28min
In co-operation with YLE Co-productions
Festivals: Docaviv 2004, Tel Aviv; Filmmor 2004, Istanbul; Izmir International Short Film Festival 2004, Turkey; Milano International Film Festival 2004, Kettupäivät 2004, Viscult 2004
> FATHER TO SON – a documentary film about childhood and fatherhood.
Directed by Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Guerilla Films 2004, 70 min. & 58 min. versions
International sales: Esther van Messel, First Hand Films
Broadcasters: Against Gravity Poland, EBS Doc Fest South-Korea, SVT Sweden, Noga Channel 8 Israel, Rai SAT Italy, Sogecable Spain, Portugal, Andorra; TSI Switzerland, TVC Televiso de Catalunya Spain
Prizes: The Best Nordic Documentary Film 2004, Nordisk Panorama; Risto Jarva Prize – The best Finnish short / documentary film in 2004, Tampere International Short Film Festival (FIN); A Quality Prize of the Finnish Film Art Board 2004; The Best Documentary Film – Audience Award 2005, Film Festival in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Festivals: Hot Docs 2004, Toronto; IDFA 2004, Amsterdam; Gothenburg International Film Festival 2004, Sweden; DocPoint 2004, Helsinki; Nordisk Panorama Panorama 2004, Reykjavik; “Sights of the Turn of the Century: bordering conflicts” –seminar 2004, Mexico City; Tempo 2004, Stockholm, Adelaine Film Festival 2005, Australia; Docaviv 2005, Tel Aviv 2005; Input 2005, San Francisco, USA, Guth Gafa, Ireland 2006, Seoul Documentary Film Festival, Korea 2005 etc.
> END OF THE LINE – Notes about consequences of globalisation.
Directed by Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Guerilla Films 2000, 58 min.
Released by YLE TV2 Documentary Project, Finland, SVT Sweden, Switzerland TV
Festivals: Kettupäivät (FI), The International Documentary Film Symposium 2001 in Latvia
> THE ACTIVIST – a documentary film about a young man’s battle for his conviction.
Directed by Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Produced by Guerilla Films and Mosaic Films (London) in 2000, 34 min.YLE TV2 Documentary Project, Part of the Documentary Series called Eureka Eutopia released by BBC, Arte, YLE TV2 Documentary Project, SVT Sweden etc.
Festivals: Tampere International Short Film Festival (FI), Kettupäivät (FI), Fike 2001 (Portugal)
> INSHA ALLAH – GOD WILLING – a documentary of two cultures meeting
Directed by Visa Koiso-Kanttila
Produced by Millennium Films 1999, 54 min.
Released by YLE TV2 Documentary Project
Festivals: The International Documentary Film Symposium ‘99 in Latvia, Kettupäivät (FI), Tampere International Short Film Festival (FI), Beeld Voor Beeld Amsterdam, Ethno Film Festival Berlin, Gava Film Festival (Portugal), Viscult (FI), Prix Europa
Prizes: Quality Prize of the Finnish Film Art Board 2000
> THE BANISHED – a documentary about neighborhood youngsters’ struggle for survival
Directed by Visa Koiso-Kanttila,
Produced by Epidem 1998, 52 min.
Released by YLE TV2 Documentary Project, SVT Swedish Television 1, ARTE ZDF
Festivals: Nordisk Panorama, Tampere International Short Film Festival (FI), Kettupäivät (FI), Astra Film Festival (Rumania), Norvegian Short Film Festival (Norway)
Prizes: A Main prize at the Tampere International Short Film Festival 1998, A Honour Prize in Kettupäivät 1998, Quality Prize of the Finnish Film Art Board 1998