24-10-24
Installation
Natura Paraller Demon Edition + Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
La Bande Vidéo Gallery
08-10-24
What Is Real? : On The Relation Between Cinema And Reality
Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
THIS IS SHORT
03-09-24
Residency in Québec (SPIRA + La Bande Vidéo + Cinéma Beaumont)
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Méduse / Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation
11-04-24
The Age of Innocence
Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
06-04-24
Kill Your Darlings
Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
14-12-23
Featured in Top Ten for 2023 List
Natura
Neil Young's Film Lounge
28-11-23
NUOVIMONDI / NEWWORLDS
Natura
41 Torino Film Festival
17-11-23
RAW Competition
Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
15th Short Waves Festival
31-10-23
Screening Programme
Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
25-10-23
Green Years - School Focus
El Centro
Doclisboa - 21st International Film Festival
12-10-23
Next Europe Competition
Natura
Filmfest Sundsvall
29-09-23
Competition Program
Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
25 FPS - 19th International Experimental Film and Video Festival
22-09-23
Finnish New Wave
Natura
Helsinki International Film Festival
13-09-23
Visiting Lecturer
Natura etc.
Aalto University Department of Film (ELO)
12-09-23
Featured in Podcast
Natura
Mikä meitä vaivaa? Jakso 102: Poliittinen elinvoima [In Finnish]
12-09-23
Article
Natura etc.
Ihmisen ja luonnon luonto - Naturasta ja muista Matti Harjun elokuvista [In Finnish]
11-06-23
Screening
Natura
Which Way Is Up? Digital Cinema in the XXI Century
09-06-23
Panel Discussion
Natura
Cinema as a litmus test or catalyst of society?
08-06-23
Signals Section
Natura
Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival
28-04-23
International Competition
Ekstaasi / Ecstasy
69. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
15-04-23
R&A Spring Break
Natura
Helsinki International Film Festival
06-04-23
Interview: 'What is the nature of Natura, Matti Harju?'
Natura
R&A Media
28-02-23
Film Review
Natura
Cine maldito [In Spanish]
31-01-23
Film Review
Natura
The Film Verdict
29-01-23
Bright Future
Natura
International Film Festival Rotterdam
12-01-23
Solo Exhibition
Cherry Beach
Porvoo Art Hall - Gallery Fikka
30-10-22
Video Art Competition
El Centro
FLIGHT/ Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova
17-08-22
Screening Programme
Kolme päivää sadetta / Three Days of Rain
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
14-06-22
Video Weeks Exhibition
Born to Feel
Gallery Sinne
04-06-22
Magazine Launch Screening
Kolme päivää sadetta / Three Days of Rain
Mustekala
08-05-22
Screening Programme
Kolme päivää sadetta / Three Days of Rain
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
06-05-22
International Competition
Kolme päivää sadetta / Three Days of Rain
68. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
30-04-22
International Online Competition
Born to Feel
68. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
11-04-22
New Point Of View - European Online Competition
El Centro
THIS IS SHORT
26-03-22
Competition
El Centro
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival
12-01-22
Nordic Competition
El Centro
Minimalen Short Film Festival
25-09-21
Next Level Shorts
El Centro + Minus World
Helsinki International Film Festival
28-08-21
Program #22
Afrikka / Africa
La Cinémathèque Temporaire du Collectif Jeune Cinéma, Paris
01-08-21
Group Exhibition
El Centro + Aliens + Minus World
Hunajanjyvä / Honeygrain
01-05-21
Solo Program
El Centro + Aliens + Afrikka
HATERS Moving Image Journal
Matti Harju is a Finnish artist working mainly with film and video. He has an MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (2021) and he studied film directing (MA in Fiction Direction) at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK.
He has made 10+ short-length films, which have been widely exhibited at film festivals and galleries, including Locarno Film Festival, Gallery Sinne, Rotterdam International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, AFI Fest Los Angeles, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Forum des Images, Torino Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 25 FPS, Tabakalera International Contemporary Culture Centre, Edinburgh International Film Festival etc.
Natura (2023) is his first feature film as a writer and director. His second feature, Nox, is currently in post-production (production company: Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy).