Director

Matti Harju

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1492218

IMDb ID: nm1531818

Known for: Directing

Born: October 13, 1978

Age: 47

Place of birth: Kouvola, Finland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2004 - 2026

Years active: 23

Wikidata: Q23738235

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Director (10)Director of Photography (1)Sound Designer (1)

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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.

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