Sami Hakkarainen 3

Project Panopticon (2016 - 2017)
Film (Drama and Mystery) Director/Screenwriter/Producer Young aspiring actress faces social conflicts and inner turbulence when rehearsing a monologue about sincerity for her entrance exams at the Finnish Theatre Academy. Her life takes a sudden turn when she receives a screenplay which seems to describe her own life to a disturbingly great detail.

You, The Insect (2016)
Film (short) (Drama and Fantasy) Director/Screenwriter A virtual reality film, where the spectator is given a role of a little bug. The bug is captured into a small glass jar by a homeless woman, who shares with us her philosophy of small bugs living in the world ruled by the big bugs.

Puhdistautuminen (eng. Ablution) (2015 - 2016)
Television (Drama, Fantasy and Mystery) Director (3rd ep) / Screenwriter (all) / Composer A three-episode miniTV series about three generations of Finnish men hiding away their guilt under the masks of masculine pride. Each of them has a secret, yet none of them have to courage to speak them out loud, until the spirit of the sauna awakens.

One (2015)
Radio (Drama) Director/Screenwriter/Sound Designer/Editor Two dialogues: one between the mother and her unborn child, the other between a dying woman and her son. The original screenplay was formed for a radio play. The idea was to explore the human condition during the most universal moments of life, birth and death.

Repin - Life on The Border (2015)
Documentary Director A biographical look on the life of Ilya Repin, a Russian artist who lived as a double-citizen of both Finland and Russia.