
Birthday:
04-10-1985
(39 years)
Birthplace:
Sysmä, Finland
Biography
Jarmo Kiuru is a Jussi award nominated cinematographer whose works have been awarded in Sundance (Girl Picture 2022, The Date 2013), Berlinale (The Date) and Canneseries (Mister8 2021). His films have also competed in Cannes and Toronto (All Inclusive 2019) among other major film festivals.
He is a board member of FSC, also acting as a secretary and running the social media crew.
“Similarly, as each story should find the ways it wants and needs to be told, I’m looking for ways to become myself as an artist.”
He is a board member of FSC, also acting as a secretary and running the social media crew.
“Similarly, as each story should find the ways it wants and needs to be told, I’m looking for ways to become myself as an artist.”
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The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
Act like Documentary Cinematographer
event2016 star_border 6.6
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Summer 1962 and Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, everything has been prepared for his fame and fortune. All Olli has to do is lose weight and concentrate. But there is a problem – he has fallen in love with Raija.
Kummisetäni thaimorsian
Cinematography
event2012 star_border 6
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Wille's godfather is in love with a Thai woman. Wille believes there can't be true love between a Western man and a Thai woman. It's just prostitution by another name. Invited by his godfather, Wille spends a month in Thailand trying to reveal the reality of the relationship. Is it true love?
There Will Be Spring
Director of Photography
event2020 star_border 5.3
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Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..
Force of Habit
Director of Photography
event2019 star_border 6
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Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
Olen ajatellut elää
Cinematography
event2019
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Mirna's mother died from ovarian cancer when she was just a child. Now she has been diagnosed with a tumor of the ovary. Because of this she also ends up processing her mother's death.
Girl Picture
Director of Photography
event2022 star_border 6.6
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Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö support each other unconditionally. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma on the contrary has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens whole new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Rönkkö is on a quest to find pleasure. Three Fridays is all it takes to turn their worlds upside down.
Killing Tony
Cinematography
event2020 star_border 5.7
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A workaholic deliveryman struggles not to be terminated by the flashy social butterfly screaming inside him.
The Dinosaur
Additional Director of Photography
event2021 star_border 6.6
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Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.
August
Second Assistant Camera
event2011 star_border 4.6
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Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes at Midsummer when Aku meets Juli, a beautiful, strange and wild girl. Juli asks Aku for a ride to eastern Finland. Aku agrees – without any idea what he's getting himself into.
100 Liters of Gold
Director of Photography
new_releases Release: March 28, 2025
Middle-aged sisters Taina and Pirkko are famous for their Finnish farmhouse ale called “sahti”. The third sister, Päivi, is getting married, and she asks her sisters if they can make 100 liters of sahti for the wedding. Unfortunately, it’s too good not to drink it. The sisters wake up in a horrible hangover and realize they have drunk it all. They have 24 hours to find 100 liters of good sahti, or they will lose all the respect.
Eve's Call
Director of Photography
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A famous director is shooting a film in Estonia. Two newly graduated women have been cast in the lead roles, Milka, who is a charismatic natural talent and Eeva, who is easily left out. Between the shootings, Eeva discovers supernatural powers in a mysterious pond near the set, and makes a pact with the pond's devil. The price of being part of the community turns out to be the highest possible.
Where Once We Walked
Second Assistant Camera
event2011 star_border 4.5
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The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War.
Two Bodies on a Beach
Cinematography
event2019 star_border 4.7
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A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not again”, she sighs and decides to track down the enemy and strike back. She gets a companion from an older woman, who has been pushed to the borders of society. During their journey through classical cinematic landscapes these nameless women from different generations struggle to connect and understand each other’s perspectives while their passion for men and male attention gets in away.
All Inclusive
Director of Photography
event2019 star_border 6.8
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Kalervo, a bullied, downtrodden white-collar man whom nobody takes seriously, receives an unexpected gift from Annukka. A gift which Kalervo soon realizes has the power to change his life. The bill is due, and payback never tasted sweeter.
Festive Spirit
Cinematography
event2019 star_border 8
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The festive spirit of an office party is ruined, when a woman accidentally reveals that their colleague had harassed her at the previous office party.
No Big Deal
Cinematography
event2019 star_border 8
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A couple’s romantic evening changes when a strange man gropes the woman.
Games People Play
Director of Photography
event2020 star_border 5.3
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Group of old friends gather in a summer villa to celebrate a surprise birthday party for Mitzi, who is the dramatic focal point of the group. The weekend starts ominously when Mitzi does not respond well to the surprise party. It turns out that Mitzi has just filed for divorce and has been looking forward to a peaceful weekend. The tense situation takes a new turn when Mitzi's best friend brings her new boyfriend for a visit, who happens to be a Swedish film star. Familiar surroundings and the old rituals get to the core of the group and make them forget their adulthood. Revelations, not meant to harm the balance, make them reassess their past as well as their present.
The Committee
Cinematography
event2016 star_border 6
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Three delegates from Sweden, Norway and Finland are gathered in Lapland to decide which piece of art should be placed at the border of their countries. But the committee is in for a surprise… The delegates are faced with the challenge of making a democratic decision: is there something they can agree on to represent a true Nordic movement?
The Door
Cinematography
event2017 star_border 10
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New father Jussi wakes up to sounds in the hallway and encounters a homeless alcoholic Pentti. Things are not always as they seem at first glance.
The Date
Cinematography
event2012 star_border 7.2
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Tino, 16, has to host a date for the cat of his mother. At first the situation does not please him.
Savupiippu
Cinematography
event2014
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Everlasting summer and everlasting youth.
Iris
Cinematography
event2013
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Iris comes to meet her alcoholic father…
Heavier Trip
Additional Director of Photography
event2024 star_border 6.4
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The world's hardest - and weirdest - heavy metal band Impaled Rektum is serving their sentence in Norway's nicest prison. They receive word that guitarist Lotvonen's parents' reindeer herding farm is about to come under the hammer. It will take a big gig and big money to save the farm. A breakout ensues and a trip to the world's biggest heavy festival, Wacken in northern Germany begins. The higher the target, the bigger the obstacles. This is what the boys will experience on their epic journey to the main stage of Wacken - every metalhead's heaven.
Terapia
Cinematography
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Drama-comedy about the difficulty of change, the possibility of rebirth, love and hate, relationships, fears and dreams, the great forces of life that we try to control but which do not always fulfil our wishes.
Love in Vain
Lighting Technician
event2009
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Jakke is about to get married to a young and pregnant woman. When his friends find out, they drag him into a pub for a stag night.
Tell Everyone
Director of Photography
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Amanda Aaltonen refuses to resign herself to the miserable fate of a poor woman and daringly seeks her happiness in the world. As punishment for breaking the rules, society deprives her of the most important thing of all, her freedom, and imprisons her on the island of Seili.
Shadow Lines
Cinematography (10 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.3
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During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West. Shadow Lines is an international spy thriller that follows a secret intelligence team whose mission is to defend the independence of Finland no matter the cost.
Mister8
Cinematography (8 ep.)
event2021 star_border 9
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There are enough love and surprises in Maria's relationships. And no wonder, because she has a different man for each day of the week. Maria meets Juho and falls in love, but unfortunately there are not eight days in a week.
Duke of the Suburbs
Cinematography (8 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6
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Duke of Sipoo is a comedy about corruption and family man, Pasi Kovalainen, who has built his empire mostly by questionable means. Kovalainen himself doesn't think he's a criminal, but a average man trying to make a living and a victim of bureaucracy. Prosecutor takes interests in his actions and puts two criminal investigators to investigate everything he does, planning to catch him even for something small and get him put behind bars. At the same time, one reporter and group of other people want his head on a plate too.
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