Hello, I’m Hannaleena Hauru (she/her), a filmmaker living in Helsinki, Finland. I direct, write, edit and act.
I’m currently in production with Eva-Maria Koskinen’s “Boy Next Door”, a mini-series I will be directing for Svenska YLE.
My third feature film “Parvet” (eng. “Flocks”) will premiere in 2024, stay tuned for screenings here.
My previous feature film “Fucking with Nobody” premiered in Venice as part of the Biennale College Cinema in 2020 and was in the official selection of SXSW and Rotterdam Film Festival.
In 2023 finished my MA studies in comparative dramaturgy and performance research at Uniarts Helsinki and Goethe Uni Frankfurt. Earlier I graduated from ELO Helsinki Film School at Aalto University. I also work as a teacher and as a dramaturg.
FUCKING WITH NOBODY (2020)
“Hanna teams up with her sister to create a parody Instagram romance with a young actor and raise awareness on how hungry society is for romantic narratives. Once her love story begins, however, Hanna finds herself tangled up in the unresolved past with her “you were never my boyfriend” friend Lasse. - MUBI
THICK LASHES OF LAURI MÄNTYVAARA (2017)
“Kickass girls on dirtbikes surfing across finnish lakes, paired with the vulnarability of the teenage crush that takes a hold of you and make you lose touch with reality. The director has an energetic aesthetic, and brings us characters we could stay in the company of for hours. We can’t wait to see the next thing this director comes up with. Honorable mention goes to the engaging and imaginative Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara.” - Oslo PIX 2018
Mercy all the way (2015)
The women working in a Finnish unemployment office have a secret club, where they give sex out of pity to outcast young men in order to prevent future school shootings. Mirja (35) tries to hide that after spending a night with unemployed Marko (19), she has fallen in love. Saving Finland is at stake . - Tampere Film Festival 2015, Special Award from the National Jury
