Filmography

After Us, The Flood (2024) 

• Fiction drama, 97min
• Directed and produced by Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Free Spirit Award, Warsaw International Film Festival / Poland 2024 
• Trieste Science + Fiction Film Festival / Italy 2024 
• Extra sci-fi festival Verona / Italy 2025 
• Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival / Belgium 2025 

Awards: 

• Winner: Méliès d'argent Award, Best European Science Fiction Film, Trieste Science + Fiction Film Festival / Italy, 2024 
• Nominee: Free Spirit Award, Warsaw International Film Festival / Poland 2024 
• Contender: International Competition, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival / Belgium 2025 
• Contender: Best European Fantastic Film: Méliès d'Or Award, Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia / Poland 2025  

 https://afterustheflood.com

Arnold Cautious and The Happiness Stone (2023) 

• Fiction, 89min 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Schlingel childrens Film Festival / Chemnitz, Germany 2023 
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Just Film Youth and Children's Film Festival / Tallinn, Estonia 2023 
• Red Carpet Festival / Finland 2023 
• Transilvania International Film Festival / Romania 2024 
• Vienna International children’s Film Festival / Austria 2024 
• Molodist International Film Festival / Ukraine 2024  
• Steiermark Childrens Film Festival / Austria 2024 
• Kids Film Festival: Kids fest / Belgrad, Serbia 2024 

Awards: 

• Winner: Children’s Jury Award, Steiermark Childrens Film Festival / Austria 2024 
• Nominee: Teen Screen Competition, Molodist International Film Festival / Ukraine 2024 
• Contender: International Competition, Vienna International children’s Film Festival / Austria 2024 
• Contender: International Competition, Schlingel childrens Film Festival / Chemnitz, Germany 2023 
• Contender: International Youth Competition, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Just Film Youth and Children's Film Festival / Tallinn, Estonia 2023  

Home and Away (2023) 

• Documentary, 112 min 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival / Greece 2024 
• Sports and Olympic Film Festival SOFF / Estonia 2024 
• Red Carpet Festival / Finland 2023 

Back Towards Light (2018) 

• Documentary, 81 min 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Santa Barbara International Film Festival / USA 2020  
• International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers / Macedonia 2019 

Awards: 

• Nominee: Municipality of Bitola Award, International Cinematographer’s Film Festival Manaki Brothers / Macedonia 2019 
• Nominee: Social Justice Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival / USA 2020 

https://takaisinvaloon.fi

The Guardian Angel aka Murderous Trance (2018) 

• Psychological thriller, 110 min. 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Gold Movie Awards / London, United Kingdom 2020 
• Santa Barbara International Film Festival / USA 2019 
• Warsaw International Film Festival / Poland 2018 

Awards: 

• Winner: Gold Movie Awards, Best Actor: Josh Lucas / London, United Kingdom 2020 
• Winner: Gold Movie Awards, Best Feature Film / London, United Kingdom 2020 
• Nominee: Gold Movie Awards, Best Director: Arto Halonen / United Kingdom 2020 
• Nominee: Gold Movie Awards, Best Actor: Pilou Asbæk / United Kingdom 2020 

https://guardianangelmovie.net/en

White Rage (2015) 

• Documentary, 70 min. 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

• Rokumentti Film Festival: Opening film / Joensuu, Finland 2015 
• Tampere Film Festival / Tampere, Finland 2016 
• Thessaloniki Film Festival / Thessaloniki, Greece 2016 
• One World Film Festival / Prague, Czech Republic 2016 
• Millenium Docs Against Gravity / Warsaw, Poland 2016 
• Sheffield Doc/Fest / Sheffield, United Kingdom 2016 
• Blue Sea Film Festival / Rauma, Finland 2016 
• Oldenburg Film Festival / Oldenburg, Germany 2016  
• Karama Human Rights Film Festival: Closing film / Beirut, Lebanon 2016 
• Esperanza International Film Festival / Moscow, Russia 2016 
• Monterrey International Film Festival / Monterrey, Mexico 2016 
• Reykjavik International Film Festival / Reykjavik, Iceland 2016  
• DocsDF Film Festival / Mexico City, Mexico 2016 
• International Cinematographer’s Film Festival Manaki Brothers / Macedonia 2016 
• Karama Human Rights Film Festival / Amman, Jordan 2016 
• Jaipur International Film Festival – JIFF / Jaipur, India 2017 
• One World Human Rights Film Festival / Bucharest, Romania 2017  

Awards: 

• Quality Support from Art Promotion Centre / Finland 2016 
• Jury Special Mention - Fiction / Non Fiction category at Millenium Docs Against Gravity / Poland 2016 
• Green Rose –award, Jaipur International Film Festival – JIFF /  India 2017 
• Diploma of Honor, International Cinematographer’s Film Festival Manaki Brothers / Macedonia 2019 
• Nominee: Docuthriller Award, DocsMX Film Festival / Mexico 2016  

www.whiterage.fi

A Patriotic Man (2013) 

• Drama-comedy 
• Director, producer: Arto Halonen, script: Jouni K. Kemppainen, Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Seattle International Film Festival - SIFF / USA 2014 
• Warsaw International Film Festival - WIFF / Poland, 2014 
• Jagran Film Festival - JFF / India 2014 
• Pune International Film Festival - PIFF/ India 2015  

Awards: 

• Nominee: Jussi Awards, Best makeup Design: Riikka Virtanen / Finland 2015 
• Nominee: Jussi Awards, Best Leading Actor: Martti Suosalo / Finland 2015 

www.isanmaallinenmies.fi 

When Heroes Lie (2012) 

• Creative Documentary, 119 min. 
• Director and producer: Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Reflecting Images: Master –Series / The Netherlands 2012 
• Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy, Finnish Film Gala movie, Finland 2012 
• Rokumentti Rock Film Festival / Finland 2012 
• Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF) / Sweden 2013 
• Opening Film, Tallinn DocPoint, Documentary Film Festival / Estonia 2013  

Awards: 

• Finalist for Lumilapio Prize for high-quality investigative journalism / Finland 2013 
• Finnish State Quality Production Award / Finland 2013  

www.whenheroeslie.com   

Princess (2010) 

• Drama, 100 min 
• Director and producer: Arto Halonen
• Script: Arto Halonen, Pirjo Toikka & Paavo Westerberg 

 Festivals: 

• Opening Film, Espoo Ciné / Finland 2010  
• Opening Film, New Nordic Films / Norway 2010 
• First Films World Competition, World Film Festival / Canada 2010 
• Official Competition EurAsia, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival / Estonia 2010 
• European Union Film Festival / Toronto, Ottawa & Vancouver, Canada 2010 
• Talk Cinema screening tour / USA, 2010-2011  
• Finnish Film Week / Warsaw, Poland, 2011 
• Finnish Film Week / St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011 
• Starz Denver Film Festival / USA, 2011  
• Finnish Film Week / Budapest, Hungary, 2011 
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival PÖFF / Estonia 2011 
• Official Competition, Viareggio EuropaCinema / Viareggio, Italy, 2011 
• YksiKaksiFilmi / Stockholm, Sweden, 2011 
• Film by the Sea / Vlissingen, The Netherlands, 2011 
• Cine Europa / Manila, Cebu City & Cagayan de Oro, The Philippines, 2011 
• Blue Sea Film Festival /Rauma, Finland, 2011  
• FinnFest / San Diego, USA, 2011 
• Baltic Debuts Film Festival / Svetlogorsk, Russia, 2011 
• European Cinema Review / Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011 
• In the Palace - International Short Film Festival / Balchik, Bulgaria, 2011 
• Midnight Sun Film Festival / Sodankylä, Finland, 2011 
• Festroia International Film Festival / Setubal, Portugal, 2011 
• Seattle International Film Festival / Seattle, USA, 2011 
• Vilnius International Film Festival / Vilnius, Lithuania, 2011 
• Feature Film Competition, Cape Winelands Film Festival / Stellenbosch & Cape Town, South Africa, 2011 
• Arctic and Fabulous Film Festival / Jyväskylä, Finland, 2011 
• Dragon Award Competition, Göteborg International Film Festival / Sweden, 2011 
• Other Film Festival / Australia 2012 
• EU Film Festival / Chisinau, Moldova, 2012 
• EU Film Festival / Bangkok & Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012 
• Finnish Film Week / Belgrad, Serbia, 2012 
• Finnish Film Week / Nizhny Novgorod Izhevsk, Russia, 2012 
• Eurocine -Festival de Europeo en Colombia / Bogota, Colombia, 2012 
• Women's Film Festival / Brattleboro, USA, 2012 
• Victoria Film Fest / Victoria, Canada, 2012 
• Finnish Film Week / Moskova, Russia, 2012  
• Nordic Lights Film Festival / Minneapolis, USA, 2012 
• ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival / New York, USA, 2012  

Awards: 

• Grand Prix for Best Feature Film, Cape Winelands Film Festival / South Africa, 2011 
• Best Feature Film, Teaneck International Film Festival / USA 2012 
• Jury's special mention, Festroia Film Festival / Portugal, 2011 
• Second prize in competition, Viareggio EuropaCinema / Italy, 2011 
• Best Leading Actress – Jussi Award / Finland, 2011 
• Best Actress, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival PÖFF / Estonia, 2010 
• Film Actor of the Year, Finnish Actors' Union / Finland, 2010 
• Nominee: Golden Zenith - Montreal World Film Festival / Canada 2010 
• Nominee: Best Nordic Film – Dragon Award, Göteborg International Film Festival / Denmark 2011 
• Nominee: Man and His Environment Competition, Festroia International Film Festival / Portugal 2011   

www.princessthemovie2010.com   

The Magnetic Man (2009) 

• Creative Documentary, 79 min. 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

• Rokumentti Rock Film Festival / Joensuu, Finland, 2009 
• Helsinki International Film Festival / Helsinki, Finland, 2009 
• NXNE / Toronto, Canada, 2010 
• Documentarist / Istanbul, Turkey, 2010 
• International TV Festival Bar / Bar, Montenegro, 2010 
• DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival / Helsinki, Finland & Tallinn, Estonia, 2010 
• Tampere Film Festival / Tampere, Finland, 2010 
• Arctic and Fabulous Film Festival / Jyväskylä, Finland, 2011 

Awards: 

• Nominee: Jussi Award for Best Documentary Film / Finland, 2009

In Streng's Garden (2009) 

• Concert film, 64 min. 
• Directed, produced and written by Arto Halonen   

Amends (2008) 

• Documentary film, 28 min. 
• Director, producer and screenwriter Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Sport Movies & TV, Milano International Ficts Festival / Italy, 2008 
• Arctic & Fabulous Film Festival /Jyväskylä, Finland, 2008 
• International TV Festival Bar / Montenegro, 2008   

Shadow of the Holy Book (2007) 

• Creative Documentary, 90 min + 52 min international TV version 
• Directed and produced by Arto Halonen, written by Arto Halonen & Kevin Frazier  

Festivals: 

• World premiere 24th November 2007 in the main competition of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)  

Selected to over 120 international film festivals and events, including: 

• Opening Film, DOCSDF - Mexico City International Film Festival / Mexico City, Mexico, 2008 
• Opening Film, DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival / Helsinki, Finland, 2008 
• Opening Film, International 1001 Documentary Film Festival / Istanbul, Turkey 2008 
• Opening Film, DokMa, Maribor / Slovenia, 2009 
• Göteborg International Film Festival / Gothenburg, Sweden, 2008 
• Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival / Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008 
• Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival / Toronto, Canada, 2008 
• Seattle International Film Festival / Seattle, USA, 2008 
• DOXA Documentary Film Festival / Vancouver, Canada, 2008 
• Midnight Sun Film Festival / Sodankylä, Finland, 2008 
• New Zealand International Film Festivals /Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand, 2008  
• Nordisk Panorama / Malmö, Sweden, 2008 
• Taiwan International Documentary Festival / Taichung, Taiwan, 2008 
• Sheffield International Documentary Festival / Sheffield, UK, 2008 
• Documentary Fortnight, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) / New York, USA, 2009 

Awards: 

• Grand Prix, International Human Rights Film Festival / France, 2009 
• Jury Special Prize, Batumi International Art-House Film Festival / Georgia, USA 2008 
• Audience Choice Award, Taiwan International Documentary Festival / Taiwan, 2008 
• Jury's Honorary Mention & JurnalTV Special Prize, CRONOGRAF / Moldova, 2010 
• Honorary Award, International 1001 Documentary Film Festival / Turkey, 2008 
• Finnish State Quality Production Award / Finland, 2008 
• Nominee: Jussi Award for Best Documentary Film / Finland, 2008 
• Nominee, Best European Documentary Film – Prix Arte, European Film Academy, 2008 
• Nominee: International Feature Length Competition: Merit Prize, Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival / Taiwan 2008  

www.shadowoftheholybook.net 

Confrontations in Cuba (2007) 

• Documentary film, 18 min. 
• Director, producer and screenwriter Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• Tampere Film Festival, Finnish Competition / Tampere, Finland, 2007  
• Monterrey International Film Festival / Monterrey, Mexico, 2007  
• Magma International Short Film Festival / Italy, 2007  
• International 1001 Documentary Film Festival / Turkey, 2007  
• The Kettupäivät - Finnish Short and Documentary Film Festival / Finland 2007  
• DaKINO International Film Festival / Romania, 2007  

The Legend (2006) 

• Creative Documentary, 30min. 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen 
• Co-producer: YLE TV2, The Finnish Broadcasting Company (Finland) 

Festivals: 

• World premiere in December 2005 at the Havana Film Festival / Cuba  
• International 1001 Documentary Film Festival / Istanbul, Turkey, 2006 
• Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival / Toronto, Canada, 2006 
• Documenta Madrid / Madrid, Spain, 2006 
• Viscult / Joensuu, Finland, 2005  

Pavlov's Dogs (2005) 

• Creative Documentary, 68 min + 52 min international TV-version 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

World premiere 28th November 2005 in the main competition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 

Other festivals: 

• The Kettupäivät, Finnish Short and Documentary Film Festival / Helsinki, Finland, 2006 
• Midnight Sun Film Festival / Sodankylä, Finland, 2006 
• DocAviv - Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival / Tel Aviv, Israel, 2006 
• Thessaloniki Documentary Festival / Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006 
• Tampere Film Festival / Tampere, Finland, 2006  
• Zagreb Dox / Zagreb, Croatia, 2006 
• Opening film, Flahertiana International Documentary Film Festival (IDFF) / Perm, Russia, 2007 
• Best-of-the-Best category, International Film Festival ”Meetings in Siberia” / Novosibirsk, Russia, 2007 
• Documentary Fortnight, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) / New York, USA, 2007 
• Göteborg Film Festival / Gothenburg, Sweden, 2007 
• International Documentary Film Festival CRONOGRAF /  Chisinau, Moldova, 2007 
• Mexico City International Festival of Documentary Cinema /  Mexico City, Mexico, 2007

Awards: 

• Honorary Award, The Kettupäivät / Finland, 2006 
• Nominee: ZagrebDox, International Competition / Kroatia 2006 
• Nominee, Jussi Award for Best Documentary Film / Finland, 2007

Conquistadors of Cuba (2005) 

• Creative Documentary, 88 min + 52 min TV-version 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

• International premiere in April 2005 at Visions du Reél - Festival International de Cinema / Nyon, Switzerland 

Selected to 20 international film festivals, including: 

• Calgary International Film Festival / Calgary, Canada, 2006  
• DOCSDF - International Documentary Cinema Festival / Mexico City, Mexico, 2006 
• Pan African Film Festival - PAFF / Los Angeles, USA, 2007

The Tank Man (2004) 

• Creative Documentary, 17 min. 
• Broadcaster: YLE TV1, The Finnish Broadcasting Company  

Festivals: 

45 international festivals, including: 

• International 1001 Documentary Film Festival / Istanbul, Turkey 2006 
• Magma Short Film Festival / Acireale, Italy, 2004 
• Kracow Film Festival / Kracow, Poland, 2004 
• Melbourne Film Festival / Melbourne, Australia, 2004 
• Cork Film Festival / Cork, Ireland, 2004 
• Visions du Reel - Festival International de Cinema / Nyon, Switzerland, 2004 
• Woodstock Film Festival / New York, USA, 2004

Awards: 

• Best Documentary Film, Magma Short Film Festival / Italy, 2004 
• Jury’s Diploma of Honour, International Competition, Cracow Film Festival / Poland, 2004 
• Jury’s Coup de Coeur, Festival International du Film Insulaire / France, 2006  

The Stars' Caravan (2000) 

• Documentary, 60 mn 
• Directed and produced by Arto Halonen 

Festivals: 

20 international festivals, including: 

• International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) / The Netherlands, 2000 
• Göteborg International Film Festival / Sweden, 2001 
• Atlantic International Film Festival (Halifax) /USA 2001 
• Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival / Canada, 2001  

Awards: 

• The Finnish State Quality Production Award / 2001 
• Nominee: Joris Ivens Competition, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) /  Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000 
• Nominee: Nordic Film Competition, Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival / Canada, 2001 
• Nominee: Documentary Competition, Göteborg International Film Festival / Sweden 2001 
• Nominee: International Competition, Atlantic International Film Festival (Halifax) / USA 2001  

Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity (1998) 

• Creative Documentary film, 58 min. 
• Written, directed and produced by Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

Selected to 15 international festivals, including: 

• International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) / Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1998  
• ECHO-festival / Vienna, Austria, 1998 
• Hong Kong International Film Festival / Hong Kong, China 1999 

Awards: 

• Humanitarian Award of the European Union (ECHO) / 1998 
• Best Production & Best Editing awards, Gava Film Festival / Spain, 1999 
• Finnish State Quality Production Award / Finland, 1998

Karmapa - A Voyage on the Roof of the World (1998) 

• Creative Documentary, 61 min. Follow-up documentary to Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity. 
• Directed, written and produced by Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

• The Kettupäivät, Finnish Short and Documentary Film Festival / Helsinki, Finland, 1998 
• Tampere Film Festival / Tampere, Finland, 1999 

Awards: 

• Honorary Award, Kettupäivät / Finland, 1998 

A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe (1998) 

• Creative Documentary, 52 min 
• Directed and written by Arto Halonen, produced by Arto Halonen & Jan Wellmann  

Festivals:   

• Selected to 10 international festivals worldwide 

Something in the Blood (1994) 

• Creative Documentary, 28 min 
• Directed, written and produced by Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

• Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival / Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008 
• Tampere Film Festival / Tampere, Finland, 1994  
• Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival / Pärnu, Estonia, 1994

Ringside (1992) 

• Creative Documentary, 57 min 
• Directed, written and produced by Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

• Portoroz European Sports Film Festival / Portoroz, Slovenia, 1993 
• Banff Mountain Film Festival / Canada, 1993 
• Tampere Film Festival / Finland, 1993 
• The Kettupäivät - Finnish Short and Documentary Film Festival / Finland, 1992 

Awards: 

• Golden Shot Award for Best Documentary, Portoroz European Sports Film Festival / Slovenia, 1993 
• Special Mention from a jury member Peter Lindholm, Kettupäivät Film Festival / Finland 1993 
• Finnish State Quality Production Award / Finland, 1993  

Light – a Type of Anatomy of Video Film (1991) 

• Fictitious educational film, 60 min. 
• Co-written and co-directed with Markku Pölönen    

The Light Behind the Shade (1990) 

• Documentary film, 47 min. 
• Directed, cinematography, edited Arto Halonen 
• Production Art Films production / Arto Halonen    

The Tale of the Pond Maiden (1990) 

• Animation, 3 x 10 min. 
• Directed, cinematography, edited Arto Halonen 
• Production Art Films production / Arto Halonen    

The Long Trip (1990) 

• Documentary film, 32 min 
• Written and directed Arto Halonen 
• Making of the film Tourist.  

Tourist (1989) 

• Animation, 14 min 
• Written and directed Arto Halonen 
• Production: Art Films production / Arto Halonen  

Festivals: 

• Tampere Film Festival, Shorts Comeptition / Finland 1990  

Aaro Iivari Aukusti, Farmer's Son (1988) 

• Documentary film, 50 min 
• Directed, cinematography, edited: Arto Halonen 
• Produced: Art Films production   

Two Faces (1987) 

• Animation, 9,5 min. 
• Written, directed, edited: Arto Halonen 
• Produced: Art Films production / Arto Halonen   

Arina (1987) 

• Animation, 5 min. 
• Written, directed: Arto Halonen, Teppo Laurinolli 
• Produced Art Films production / Arto Halonen 

Progress (1987) 

• Animation, 3 min. 
• Written, directed, cinematography, edited: Arto Halonen 
• Produced Art Films production / Arto Halonen 

Next Christmas (1986) 

• Fiction, 22 min. 
• Written, directed, edited and produced by A.Halonen