S C R E E N I N G S

JANUARY 2022
  • Via Karelia (2021) is showing in  Minimalen in Trondheim, Norway, as a part of a special screening put together by AV-Arkki. Screening “Finnish Art 2: AV-Arkki Now” takes place on Sunday, January 15th.
  • Man Made (2022) is screening across Canada as a part of Queer City Cinema’s Qaleidoscope 2023 tour. Screenings take place in the following cities throughout January-February: London (ON), Montréal (QC), St. John’s (NL), Winnipeg (MB), Saskatoon (SK), Edmonton (AB), Victoria (BC).
NOVEMBER 2022
  • Solo exhibition at Neutral Ground in Regina CARCASS – The Posthistoric Queer closing on November 12th.
OCTOBER 2022
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening as a part of Cultura Week and accompanying some great films by other European filmmakers. “Lost – Search” screening takes place in Riviera movie theatre in Helsinki on October 1st.
SEPTEMBER 2022
  • I will be putting up a solo exhibition at Neutral Ground (CAN) carrying the name CARCASS – The Posthistoric Queer. Opening is on the 24th at 6 pm and exhibition will be on until November 12th. Welcome!
  • Man Made (2022), is having its home premiere at Queer City Cinema! Screening takes place in Regina RPL film theatre on September 15th.
AUGUST 2022
  • The second piece for my Nipple Series – Niptune – is showcased as a part of Nuit Blanche Regina on August 27th!
JULY 2022
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening at Tranås at the Fringe, which is a multidisciplinary arts festival in the small town of Tranås (Sweden). Via Karelia is screening on July 3rd as a part of Selection #4 “The Ancestors in me”.
  • ARIES (2020) screens at the second edition of OBSKURA, a festival dedicated to the analog approach and held in Rennes, France. Screening takes place on July 1st!
  • Milki Way (2022) – a time-based video + sand installation – is exhibited at Gallery Fikka, Porvoo Art Factory. The exhibition will be on from July 1st to August 28th.
JUNE 2022
  • ISHTMUS (2022) – a time-based 16mm film installation – is exhibited at Gallery Fikka, Porvoo Art Factory. The exhibition will be on from June to July 31st.
  • I’m doing an artist residency at Porvoo Art Factory over the course of June-July!
MAY 2022
  • My newest film Man Made (2022) is premiering at the 9th edition of the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival! The program Going Nowhere is screening on May 29th in-person and online. Very happy to premiere this film that has strong ties to the prairies in Winnipeg.
  • Via Karelia (2021) can be seen this May at the 68th edition of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, which takes place in Oberhausen, Germany. The film is screening as a part of the CFMDC & Vtape program on May 8th!
APRIL 2022
  • I am happy to announce to be a proud (and thankful) recipient of an artistic Research & Creation Grant, awarded this year by the Canada Council for the Arts. I will be researching experimental screenwriting methods in preparation for my new fiction-leaning longer project. More updates along the way!
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening at Internationales Frauen* Film Fest held in Dortmund+Köln, Germany. This German premiere is going to take place on April 2nd, at noon at Filmhaus Köln. Tickets can be purchased online.
  • Via Karelia (2021) will screen online as a part of the Boston-based Peripheries Experimental Film & Video Festival. The programming is available for free on Vimeo from April 10 to April 14th.
  • Via Karelia (2021) is going to screen as a part of West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival on Saturday, April 23rd. Happy to be a part of this great festival for the second time!
MARCH 2022
  • Via Karelia (2021) is going to screen as a part of Toronto-based Pleasure Dome’s programming. The program Domestic Documents: Spaces of Care & Crisis, curated by Lena Chen, is available online March 23rd – April 6th and I’ll be attending a closing zoom Q&A with the fellow filmmakers on Wednesday, April 6th.
DECEMBER 2021
  • ARIES (2020) is screening at Mumbai as a part of the The 16mm Film Festival Harkat. Screenings will take place online and offline this year. Offline screenings will be held at their studio in Versova, Mumbai. The screening will take place on December 12th followed by an online Q&A.
  • ARIES (2020) will screen in Regina, Treaty 4 as a part of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative’s Membership Screening on December 16th!
NOVEMBER 2021
  • Wonderful news from the Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards! Via Karelia (2021) wins best short film together with Torch Narrows – Directed by Simon Garez. Thank you for the recognition!
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening as a part of Pleasure Dome’s online program Moving Homeward. The screening is available from November 10 – 17 and can be accessed through the PD website. There’s also going to be a Q&A on the 17th with all programmed filmmakers.
OCTOBER 2021
  • ARIES (2020) is screening as a part of WNDX taking place in-person in Winnipeg and online on October 6 – 10th.
SEPTEMBER 2021
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening at Helsinki International Film Festival Love&Anarchy on September 25th. It is going to screen as a part of the R&A Shorts “Next Level Shorts” program accompanied with a range of amazing experimental work from Finnish artists.
AUGUST 2021
JULY 2021
  • ARIES Installation is exhibited in Mediabox gallery in Helsinki, Finland. The exhibition opens on July 23rd and is up until August 15th, 2021.
  • ARIES (2020) is selected to be a part of the Future of Film Showcase program, streaming at CBC Gem. The 8th annual showcase is taking place from July 9th – July 22nd. Read Liam Lacey’s article on the festival on Original CIN.
MAY 2021
  • ARIES (2020) is screening as a part of the Art et expérimentation program at Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. The 39th edition of this Film Festival takes place from April 28th – May 8th.
APRIL 2021
  • New film ARIES (2020) premieres at Hong Kong International Film Festival as a part of the Poetry in Motion Avant Garde Shorts programme. The 45th edition of one of Asia’s oldest and most reputable festivals is taking place online between April 1-12th.
  • ARIES (2020) is going to be screened at the new and exciting first edition of Peripheries Experimental Film and Video Festival. I will be also taking part in the shape of a pre-recorded Q&A with Nicholas Swanton.
DECEMBER 2020
  • New film MASCING (2020) premieres at Interface Festival 2020 edition. MASCING is a film that leans towards video art, attempting to form a conversation about gender between a human and a found footage VHS tape.
SEPTEMBER 2020
  • Magdaleena (2019) is going to be screened at Helsinki International Film Festival, also known as Love&Anarchy. The screening carries the name With the Current and is put together by the wonderful artist and curator Sepideh Rahaa. Screening takes place on September 26th.
MAY 2020
  • Waves (2017) is screening as a part of program “Screening Under the Steeple” presented by The Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative and the Cathedral Village Arts Festival.
JANUARY 2020
NOVEMBER 2019
  • My debut short fiction Magdaleena (2019) has been nominated at this year’s Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards for Best Short Film and Technical Achievement in Sound Design. Additionally Aksa Korttila who plays Magda in the film, is nominated for Best Acting. We are excited and honoured for the nominations!
  • I directed a film sequence for Regina based artist and musician Natural Sympathies’ new album and feminist sci-fi film POROUS. The complete album and film launch is taking place at November 15th at Silt Studio, Regina SK. Read more about this project here.
  • SAARI (2016) is going to screen at Gimme Some Truth Documentary Film Festival at Winnipeg. SAARI is screening as a part of a program called “Memory in place of Survival: Recent short docs from Saskatchewan”. The program, curated by Alexander Rogalski, is going to be dedicated to honour the memory of Trudy Stewart, who passed away on September 28. Trudy was a proud member of the Flying Dust First Nation and an amazing filmmaker/producer. I truly look up to her as a storyteller and artist and I will always be inspired by the way she built bridges between different communities and impacted people around her. Her film From Up North will conclude the program, that screens on November 9th at 3 pm.
JULY 2019
  • I will be taking part this year’s Independent Imaging Retreat aka “Film Farm”, led by Philip Hoffman. So excited for this opportunity!
MARCH 2019
  • Waves (2017) is going to be exhibited as a part of Montréal en Lumière at Studio 303 on March 2nd. Exhibition “All Nuit Long Videodance” is free and runs from 9 pm to 1 am. Thank you curators Kim-Sanh Châu and Guillaume Vallée for the excellent program!
DECEMBER 2018
  • Magdaleena (2018) film&installation MFA screening takes place in Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina on December 19th!
OCTOBER 2018
  • Waves (2017) was selected to be a part of film and video screening Horizontal Variances featuring works by artists from Regina/Calgary/Winnipeg co-programmed by Colton Bates and Amber Christensen. Screening takes place in Regina on October 26th at the Saskatchewan Filmpool.
SEPTEMBER 2018
  • The film/sound installation Based on True Stories is being exhibited as a part of the first ever Nuit Blanche Regina on Saturday 29th in front of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative in downtown Regina. Thank you Nuit Blanche and Filmpool for the support, I am very excited!
JUNE 2018
  • The film Magdaleena has now its own Facebook page! I am working hard to get the post production for this upcoming fiction debut done before the end of August. Stay tuned!
  • Exciting news! Waves (2017) is selected to screen in the AE Film Festival in Minnesota, as a part of their program Knots in June 1st.
MAY 2018
  • SAARI (2018) is going to screen in Montreal as a part of VISIONS program called Accents of Air and Earth programmed by Mike Rollo. The screening takes place on May 10 at La Cinematheque quebecoise.
  • Waves (2017) is selected to be a part of this year’s Flamingo Film Festival in Florida! This is a great festival showcasing a variety of international student work.
APRIL 2018
MARCH 2018
  • My first solo exhibition VALOA – Light & Surface is going to be up in the Fifth Parallel Gallery from March 19th – March 29th. Opening Reception March 19th from 6pm – 8 pm at the Fifth Parallel, Welcome!
FEBRUARY 2018
SEPTEMBER 2017
  • SAARI (2016) is selected to be a part of WNDX Festival of Moving Image 2017! It will be screened as a part of the short program “This Must be the Place” on Thursday 5th of October.
AUGUST 2017
  • New experimental work Waves is finally ready after 2 years of post production!

Thank you Kim-Lee Campbell and Tytti Arola for your collaboration and hard work on this project and Kyath Battie for the mental support and Saskatchewan Filmpool for the financial support. More details on Waves premiere later on September.

JULY 2022
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening at Tranås at the Fringe, which is a multidisciplinary arts festival in the small town of Tranås (Sweden). Via Karelia is screening on July 3rd as a part of Selection #4 “The Ancestors in me”.
  • ARIES (2020) screens at the second edition of OBSKURA, a festival dedicated to the analog approach and held in Rennes, France. Screening takes place on July 1st!
  • Milki Way (2022) – a time-based video + sand installation – is exhibited at Gallery Fikka, Porvoo Art Factory. The exhibition will be on from July 1st to August 28th.
JUNE 2022
  • ISHTMUS (2022) – a time-based 16mm film installation – is exhibited at Gallery Fikka, Porvoo Art Factory. The exhibition will be on from June to July 31st.
  • I’m doing an artist residency at Porvoo Art Factory over the course of June-July!
MAY 2022
  • My newest film MAN MADE (2022) is premiering at the 9th edition of the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival! The program Going Nowhere is screening on May 29th in-person and online. Very happy to premiere this film that has strong ties to the prairies in Winnipeg.
  • Via Karelia (2021) can be seen this May at the 68th edition of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, which takes place in Oberhausen, Germany. The film is screening as a part of the CFMDC & Vtape program on May 8th!
APRIL 2022
  • I am happy to announce to be a proud (and thankful) recipient of an artistic Research & Creation Grant, awarded this year by the Canada Council for the Arts. I will be researching experimental screenwriting methods in preparation for my new fiction-leaning longer project. More updates along the way!
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening at Internationales Frauen* Film Fest held in Dortmund+Köln, Germany. This German premiere is going to take place on April 2nd, at noon at Filmhaus Köln. Tickets can be purchased online.
  • Via Karelia (2021) will screen online as a part of the Boston-based Peripheries Experimental Film & Video Festival. The programming is available for free on Vimeo from April 10 to April 14th.
  • Via Karelia (2021) is going to screen as a part of West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival on Saturday, April 23rd. Happy to be a part of this great festival for the second time!
MARCH 2022
  • Via Karelia (2021) is going to screen as a part of Toronto-based Pleasure Dome’s programming. The program Domestic Documents: Spaces of Care & Crisis, curated by Lena Chen, is available online March 23rd – April 6th and I’ll be attending a closing zoom Q&A with the fellow filmmakers on Wednesday, April 6th.
DECEMBER 2021
  • ARIES (2020) is screening at Mumbai as a part of the The 16mm Film Festival Harkat. Screenings will take place online and offline this year. Offline screenings will be held at their studio in Versova, Mumbai. The screening will take place on December 12th followed by an online Q&A.
  • ARIES (2020) will screen in Regina, Treaty 4 as a part of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative’s Membership Screening on December 16th!
NOVEMBER 2021
  • Wonderful news from the Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards! Via Karelia (2021) wins best short film together with Torch Narrows – Directed by Simon Garez. Thank you for the recognition!
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening as a part of Pleasure Dome’s online program Moving Homeward. The screening is available from November 10 – 17 and can be accessed through the PD website. There’s also going to be a Q&A on the 17th with all programmed filmmakers.
OCTOBER 2021
  • ARIES (2020) is screening as a part of WNDX taking place in-person in Winnipeg and online on October 6 – 10th.
SEPTEMBER 2021
  • Via Karelia (2021) is screening at Helsinki International Film Festival Love&Anarchy on September 25th. It is going to screen as a part of the R&A Shorts “Next Level Shorts” program accompanied with a range of amazing experimental work from Finnish artists.
AUGUST 2021
JULY 2021
  • ARIES Installation is exhibited in Mediabox gallery in Helsinki, Finland. The exhibition opens on July 23rd and is up until August 15th, 2021.
  • ARIES (2020) is selected to be a part of the Future of Film Showcase program, streaming at CBC Gem. The 8th annual showcase is taking place from July 9th – July 22nd. Read Liam Lacey’s article on the festival on Original CIN.
MAY 2021
  • ARIES (2020) is screening as a part of the Art et expérimentation program at Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. The 39th edition of this Film Festival takes place from April 28th – May 8th.
APRIL 2021
  • New film ARIES (2020) premieres at Hong Kong International Film Festival as a part of the Poetry in Motion Avant Garde Shorts programme. The 45th edition of one of Asia’s oldest and most reputable festivals is taking place online between April 1-12th.
  • ARIES (2020) is going to be screened at the new and exciting first edition of Peripheries Experimental Film and Video Festival. I will be also taking part in the shape of a pre-recorded Q&A with Nicholas Swanton.
DECEMBER 2020
  • New film MASCING (2020) premieres at Interface Festival 2020 edition. MASCING is a film that leans towards video art, attempting to form a conversation about gender between a human and a found footage VHS tape.
SEPTEMBER 2020
  • Magdaleena (2019) is going to be screened at Helsinki International Film Festival, also known as Love&Anarchy. The screening carries the name With the Current and is put together by the wonderful artist and curator Sepideh Rahaa. Screening takes place on September 26th.
MAY 2020
  • Waves (2017) is screening as a part of program “Screening Under the Steeple” presented by The Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative and the Cathedral Village Arts Festival. 
JANUARY 2020
NOVEMBER 2019
  • My debut short fiction Magdaleena (2019) has been nominated at this year’s Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards for Best Short Film and Technical Achievement in Sound Design. Additionally Aksa Korttila who plays Magda in the film, is nominated for Best Acting. We are excited and honoured for the nominations!
  • I directed a film sequence for Regina based artist and musician Natural Sympathies’ new album and feminist sci-fi film POROUS. The complete album and film launch is taking place at November 15th at Silt Studio, Regina SK. Read more about this project here.
  • SAARI (2016) is going to screen at Gimme Some Truth Documentary Film Festival at Winnipeg. SAARI is screening as a part of a program called “Memory in place of Survival: Recent short docs from Saskatchewan”. The program, curated by Alexander Rogalski, is going to be dedicated to honour the memory of Trudy Stewart, who passed away on September 28. Trudy was a proud member of the Flying Dust First Nation and an amazing filmmaker/producer. I truly look up to her as a storyteller and artist and I will always be inspired by the way she built bridges between different communities and impacted people around her. Her film From Up North will conclude the program, that screens on November 9th at 3 pm.
JULY 2019
  • I will be taking part this year’s Independent Imaging Retreat aka “Film Farm”, led by Philip Hoffman. So excited for this opportunity!
MARCH 2019
  • Waves (2017) is going to be exhibited as a part of Montréal en Lumière at Studio 303 on March 2nd. Exhibition “All Nuit Long Videodance” is free and runs from 9 pm to 1 am. Thank you curators Kim-Sanh Châu and Guillaume Vallée for the excellent program!
DECEMBER 2018
  • Magdaleena (2018) film&installation MFA screening takes place in Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina on December 19th!
OCTOBER 2018
  • Waves (2017) was selected to be a part of film and video screening Horizontal Variances featuring works by artists from Regina/Calgary/Winnipeg co-programmed by Colton Bates and Amber Christensen. Screening takes place in Regina on October 26th at the Saskatchewan Filmpool.
SEPTEMBER 2018
  • The film/sound installation Based on True Stories is being exhibited as a part of the first ever Nuit Blanche Regina on Saturday 29th in front of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative in downtown Regina. Thank you Nuit Blanche and Filmpool for the support, I am very excited!
JUNE 2018
  • The film Magdaleena has now its own Facebook page! I am working hard to get the post production for this upcoming fiction debut done before the end of August. Stay tuned!
  • Exciting news! Waves (2017) is selected to screen in the AE Film Festival in Minnesota, as a part of their program Knots in June 1st.
MAY 2018
  • SAARI (2018) is going to screen in Montreal as a part of VISIONS program called Accents of Air and Earth programmed by Mike Rollo. The screening takes place on May 10 at La Cinematheque quebecoise.
  • Waves (2017) is selected to be a part of this year’s Flamingo Film Festival in Florida! This is a great festival showcasing a variety of international student work.
APRIL 2018
MARCH 2018
  • My first solo exhibition VALOA – Light & Surface is going to be up in the Fifth Parallel Gallery from March 19th – March 29th. Opening Reception March 19th from 6pm – 8 pm at the Fifth Parallel, Welcome!
FEBRUARY 2018
SEPTEMBER 2017
  • SAARI (2016) is selected to be a part of WNDX Festival of Moving Image 2017! It will be screened as a part of the short program “This Must be the Place” on Thursday 5th of October.
AUGUST 2017
  • New experimental work Waves is finally ready after 2 years of post production!

Thank you Kim-Lee Campbell and Tytti Arola for your collaboration and hard work on this project and Kyath Battie for the mental support and Saskatchewan Filmpool for the financial support. More details on Waves premiere later on September.