Nationality Finnish Name Mika Ronkainen | Years active 1997- Role Film director | |
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Occupation film director, producer Awards Jussi Award for Best Documentary People also search for Kimmo Paananen, Matti Keranen Movies Finnish Blood Swedish, Screaming Men, Autobonus, Freetime Machos | ||
Mika ronkainen an interview with the director of finnish blood swedish heart
Mika Ronkainen (born August 6, 1970 in Kuusamo, Finland) is a Finnish film director from Oulu, Northern Finland. His international breakthrough film was Screaming Men (2003), a documentary film about a Finnish screaming male choir called Mieskuoro Huutajat, followed by Freetime Machos (2009), a documentary film about a rugby team which is allegedly the most northern and the third lousiest in the world. Screaming Men had its US premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2004, and Freetime Machos at Tribeca Film Festival in 2010.
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- Mika ronkainen an interview with the director of finnish blood swedish heart
- Freetime machos official trailer a documentary film by mika ronkainen
- Filmography
- Concert Film
- References
Ronkainen's latest documentary film is a musical road movie called Finnish Blood Swedish Heart, also known as Ingen riktig finne in Swedish, and Laulu koti-ikavasta in Finnish. The film has been awarded with several awards including two Jussi Awards (Finnish Oscars) in 2014: Best Documentary and Best Music, and the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary at Goteborg Film Festival in 2013.
In June 2013 American magazine Variety selected Ronkainen as one of the ten up-and-coming European directors to watch.
Ronkainen is one of the founders of Air Guitar World Championships which is organized annually in his hometown Oulu, Finland.