Jarmo Lampela

Directing

Jarmo Lampela

Born 1964-10-09 · Rovaniemi, Finland

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Freakin' Beautiful World poster
5.2

The Helsinki-based teenagers Ippe, Papu and Mia have become entangled in drug circles. Their problems get even worse when violent dealer Kalle starts blackmailing the indebted Ippe.

Freakin' Beautiful World

1997

Freakin' Beautiful World poster
5.2

The Helsinki-based teenagers Ippe, Papu and Mia have become entangled in drug circles. Their problems get even worse when violent dealer Kalle starts blackmailing the indebted Ippe.

Freakin' Beautiful World

1997

The Pairless poster
4.0

Old friends Masa and Tapsa have very different life situations: Masa is happily married but Tapsa has recently lost his wife and is a single-parent. Masa tries to help Tapsa inviting him to a pottery class. However the whole pottery class begins to help Masa and soon all the lonely ones in the class open up to each other.

The Pairless

2018

The Pairless poster
4.0

Old friends Masa and Tapsa have very different life situations: Masa is happily married but Tapsa has recently lost his wife and is a single-parent. Masa tries to help Tapsa inviting him to a pottery class. However the whole pottery class begins to help Masa and soon all the lonely ones in the class open up to each other.

The Pairless

2018

The Pairless poster
4.0

Old friends Masa and Tapsa have very different life situations: Masa is happily married but Tapsa has recently lost his wife and is a single-parent. Masa tries to help Tapsa inviting him to a pottery class. However the whole pottery class begins to help Masa and soon all the lonely ones in the class open up to each other.

The Pairless

2018

Hermit Crab poster
NR

A human-sized story about an old-fashioned man.

Hermit Crab

1999

Pidetty hiljainen mies poster
6.3

A short film about Kaista, his son Pasi, his ex-wife Elina, and Elina's brother Aleksi, whose spring is dragging on. Kain's words ended when his wife announced that she wanted to be alone for a while and then started dating a man who is fair but dances.

Pidetty hiljainen mies

1995

Pidetty hiljainen mies poster
6.3

A short film about Kaista, his son Pasi, his ex-wife Elina, and Elina's brother Aleksi, whose spring is dragging on. Kain's words ended when his wife announced that she wanted to be alone for a while and then started dating a man who is fair but dances.

Pidetty hiljainen mies

1995

Keikka poster
NR

A group theater ensemble film about a doctor who wants to help a group of refugees in Finland.

Keikka

2013

The River poster
6.1

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.

The River

2001

The River poster
6.1

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.

The River

2001

Rakastin epätoivoista naista poster
4.5

A romantic comedy about 30-year-old Leo and a 40-year-old, pregnant single mother of three, Maarit.

Rakastin epätoivoista naista

1999

Conversations Between Men poster
NR

After being struggling to finish his ninth book, an irrelevant author decides to try change his methods.

Conversations Between Men

2013

Conversations Between Men poster
NR

After being struggling to finish his ninth book, an irrelevant author decides to try change his methods.

Conversations Between Men

2013

Have a nice weekend poster
NR

Short movie about the importance of well-being at work.

Have a nice weekend

2009

Have a nice weekend poster
NR

Short movie about the importance of well-being at work.

Have a nice weekend

2009

Don Quijote in Barcelona poster
NR

Lluc, a former academic with strong cultural ties, and Olli, a man who drifted from Finland to the streets of Barcelona, meet while seeking shelter in the same stairwell. Their beginnings are modest, but gradually a connection develops between them, based not on pity but on shared humanity.

Don Quijote in Barcelona

2026

Don Quijote in Barcelona poster
NR

Lluc, a former academic with strong cultural ties, and Olli, a man who drifted from Finland to the streets of Barcelona, meet while seeking shelter in the same stairwell. Their beginnings are modest, but gradually a connection develops between them, based not on pity but on shared humanity.

Don Quijote in Barcelona

2026

Nuoren Wertherin jäljillä poster
NR

Markus Viitanen, a sculptor living in Suomenlinna, has not seen his son Eero for fifteen years. When he learns of Eero's death, he sets out to find out what kind of person Eero grew up to be during his nineteen years of life, and how the nanny Katri relates to the rest of Eero's life.

Nuoren Wertherin jäljillä

2013

Nuoren Wertherin jäljillä poster
NR

Markus Viitanen, a sculptor living in Suomenlinna, has not seen his son Eero for fifteen years. When he learns of Eero's death, he sets out to find out what kind of person Eero grew up to be during his nineteen years of life, and how the nanny Katri relates to the rest of Eero's life.

Nuoren Wertherin jäljillä

2013

Nuoren Wertherin jäljillä poster
NR

Markus Viitanen, a sculptor living in Suomenlinna, has not seen his son Eero for fifteen years. When he learns of Eero's death, he sets out to find out what kind of person Eero grew up to be during his nineteen years of life, and how the nanny Katri relates to the rest of Eero's life.

Nuoren Wertherin jäljillä

2013

Eila poster
7.3

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

Eila

2003

Alma de Sant Pere poster
6.0

Alma is a young ambitious woman working in her own small company in Barcelona. She is happy in life but constantly dreams of a bigger project that she could work on together with her friends. A project that would bring in their first million. The opportunity finally arises and they buy an old building with a plan to renovate it into luxury apartments. But how to get rid of old tenants without hurting their feelings and without losing your own morals? Furthermore, how to survive from a free fall when you lose all you have? Alma de Sant Pere is a film about dreams, friendships and human values.

Alma de Sant Pere

2016

Alma de Sant Pere poster
6.0

Alma is a young ambitious woman working in her own small company in Barcelona. She is happy in life but constantly dreams of a bigger project that she could work on together with her friends. A project that would bring in their first million. The opportunity finally arises and they buy an old building with a plan to renovate it into luxury apartments. But how to get rid of old tenants without hurting their feelings and without losing your own morals? Furthermore, how to survive from a free fall when you lose all you have? Alma de Sant Pere is a film about dreams, friendships and human values.

Alma de Sant Pere

2016