Hello there,
My name is Mirkka Suhonen. I am a Finnish filmmaker, visual artist and art educator, currently working on a film project set in a daoist kung fu school in Wudang mountain, China. The fiction film, The First Sword of Wudang, premiered in June 2018, and I am now working on a documentary to complete the project.
For me, there is nothing more interesting than the process of discovery, whether it is travelling the world and learning from other cultures, or the creative process of art-making. Films are my passion, but I also enjoy digital photography, drawing, painting, and graphic design. I am very much into the spectacular, and in the past I have organized concept events combining film, music and performance art.
I put a lot of time and effort in my projects, and I want them to be meaningful. My subjects and topics are often inspiring people or things that I find neglected or forgotten. In my works, I wish to contribute to preserving cultural heritage, and examine interesting ways in which traditional and contemporary culture clash and coexist.
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CV
Films
2020 师兄弟 – Kung Fu Brothers (documentary/kung fu/youth)
2018 æ¦å½“第一剑 – The First Sword of Wudang (kung fu/comedy short)
2016 TORNIN NEITO – Maiden of the Tower (horror/drama short)
Exhibition
2018 A Journey of a Thousand Miles – photos of China
Event production
2018 æ¦å½“第一剑 premiere
2016 TORNIN NEITO tour
2016 TORNIN NEITO premiere
2013 NIGHT OF THE GREAT METEORS
2013 NIGHT OF THE MORPHOSIS - David Cronenberg 70 Years
2012 A HOT AND STORMY NIGHT
(*see the full list here)
Graphic design
posters, record covers...
Education
2014 Master of Arts, digital culture/art history, University of Jyväskylä
2008 Master of Arts, art education, University of Lapland
minors: film studies, art history, cultural history, museum studies, and archaeology;
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2021–2022 Special education (basic studies), University of Lapland
2017–2018 Chinese language studies at open university
Latest thesis Eyeprotein – The Cinema of Attractions in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy films (2014) available free for personal use