She has a rich career spanning more than five decades as a director, although she has also worked as a cinematographer, editor, producer, screenwriter and actress. Her second feature film, Flame Top, premiered at Cannes, and was followed by films such as the documentary trilogy formed by Mysterion, Tanjuska and the 7 Devils and Atman. She later returned to fiction, with titles such as Concrete Night, premiered in Toronto, and Orenda, premiered in Rotterdam.

Filmography

Orenda (2025, D'A 2025), Concrete Night (2013, D'A 2014), A Diary of an Urban Priest (2009), The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (2004), Fire-Eater (1998), Atman (1996), The Cinderella of Tallinn (1996), Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (1993), Mysterion (1991), Da Capo (1985), 250 Grams (1983), Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki (1982), Flame Top (co-directed, 1980), Two Forces (1979), The Sign of Danger (short film, 1978), Their Age (short film, 1976), Horros (short film, 1969), The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth (short film, 1968), Ennen kuolemaa (short film, 1967)