Markku Hakala

Finland

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Markku Hakala, is a Finnish artist/filmmaker exploring cinema as a medium of intuition. For six years he worked duo with his parner Mari Käki on his first feature, Giant’s Kettle, which was introduced at Tallinn Black Nights, was awarded as The Best Debut Film at Festival de Cinema de Girona 2024, and has brought him multiple awards for direction, cinematography and sound design. Prior to films he has also worked as a computer science researcher and entrepreneur.

Filmography (1) +

🎨 Feature films (1)

2024 – Marmite du Géant (Hiidenkirnu) Role : Director, Screenwriter
Synopsis : In a seemingly rational world drained of meaning, two souls longing for connection see reality begin to crack during a journey into the past.

Synopsis : In a seemingly rational world drained of meaning, two souls longing for connection see reality begin to crack during a journey into the past.

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« Giant’s Kettle is a love story without love, a cinematic journey into the unconscious, an epic tragicomedy of the mundane, and a mystery in a world emptied of mystery. »
Markku Hakala and Mari Käki

« We advocate cinema as a medium of intuition and explore film as a more personal form of art more akin to fine arts and photography. We make use of the all the latest digital technology to move the mountains needed along our way. We do this because we believe a new world needs to be built, not on stories but intuition. »
Markku Hakala and Mari Käki