
MAN MADE (2022)
16mm to digital | 16:9 | colour | stereo | 8:08 | Canada
MAN MADE, a repurposed narrative of a boy who gets introduced to the wonders of life by a beautiful shining trumpet. But the struggle to be oneself has only begun. Utilizing found 16mm footage and both digital and analog manipulation techniques, Mikkola pierces conventional masculinity with a transformative queer gaze.
Currently in distibution by

VIA KARELIA (2021)
16mm + SD | 16:9 | colour | stereo | 12:35 | Finland / Canada
Experimental Documentary about Karelian Isthmus, intergenerational trauma and bloodlines.
Created with the help of the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Currently in distibution by
MASCING (2020)
sd to digital | 4:3 | colour | stereo | 10:07 | Canada
Partially improvised video performance. The filmmaker sets their trans masculinity into a dialog with an old VHS tape.
ARIES (2020)
16mm, colour, silent, Canada, 3′ 20
Experimental documentary about the circulation of time.
Currently in distibution by
MAGDALEENA ( 2019 )
digital / 16mm, colour, sound, Canada / Finland, 14’ 21
Experimental fiction about gaze, hierarchy and trauma.
Created with the help of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperation and the University of Regina.
WAVES ( 2017 )
digital, colour, sound, Canada / Jamaica, 7’ 00
Experimental collaboration between Lee Campbell, Tytti Arola and Elian Mikkola.
Created with the help of the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperation.
SAARI ( 2016 )
digital / sd, colour, sound, Canada / Finland, 6′ 00
Experimental short documentary about loss and longing.
Created with the help of the University of Regina.