Matti Harju

Directing

Born 1978-10-13 · Kouvola, Finland

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.