Juho Kuosmanen

Director

September 30, 1979 (46 years)

Kokkola, Finland

Biography

Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. His first feature film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize. In 2021, his second feature film Compartment No. 6 shared the Cannes Grand Prix (the festival's second prize) together with Asghar Farhadi's A Hero. Kuosmanen graduated from Aalto University in 2014. His graduation film The Painting Sellers was nominate…

Filmography

5.5

Alice & Jack

When Alice and Jack first meet, they have a connection so powerful it seems nothing can break it, but can they find happiness together, or will their own emotional complexities get in the way?

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Kakarat

Young couple, graffiti artist Asta and skateboarder Joona are planning to leave their small hometown and move abroad to study and experience the world. Things get complicated when they find out that Asta is pregnant. Is it possible to conquer the world and have a baby at the same time?

7.0

Compartment No. 6

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

6.6

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

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.

5.0

Zone B

A tight group of friends, fired with unquenchable energy and enthusiasm, has come together to help two friends shoot a music video in time to get to a big competition in East Helsinki. Minor setbacks are not going to faze them, but then come some major problems, threatening not only their jobs but their loyalty to each other.

5.4

The Painting Sellers

It's almost Christmas but these three people are still on the road. The products don't sell, the car is a wreck and the weather is freezing. Moreover there is a problem: how to cope with an emerging friendship?

7.0

Silent Trilogy

This playful ode to early cinema features a widower casting off his worldly possessions, moonshiners and their pig, and a space-bound lighthouse keeper.

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Citizens

Bad luck forces two men to resort to Plan B.

6.3

Moonshiners

Re-imagined version of the now lost first Finnish film. Two siblings inherit all the essentials for a good life: moonshine equipment and a pig. As they embark on their journey, business is good until a card shark arrives.

6.7

Scrap-Mattila and the Beautiful Woman

A silent film about a sorrowful man who's searching for a buyer for his goods and acceptance for his existence.

6.0

Roadmarkers

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3.8

Pony Freak

Anna takes part in a talent competition. With the support of her brother Aaro, she wishes to create something new.

8.0

A Planet Far Away

The last part of Juho Kuosmanen's silent film trilogy.

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