Iiti Yli-Harja
Known for
Directing
Born
October 2, 1987 (age 38)
Biography
Iiti Yli-Harja (b. 1987) is a stop-motion animation artist, a documentarist and a musician. She graduated from Aalto University as Master of Arts in 2021. Her films combine documentary material with fictional elements of stop-motion animation. She often explores and celebrates human imperfection in her films: what is good enough? Her documentary puppet animation Real Men (2020) was awarded as the best short film at Helsinki International Film Festival in 2020.
Best known work
Stupid Young Heart
2018
Fish River Anthology
2024
Blush: An Extraordinary Voyage
2022
Speeding, of Course
2025
All My Mom’s Phone Calls
2021
Real Men
2020
I Smell a Mouse
2023
To Die in a Dream
2016All My Aunt's Pets
2019Filmography
2025
Speeding, of CourseThanks
2024
Fish River Anthologyas Salmon / Vendace (voice), Original Music Composer
2023
I Smell a MouseDirector, Music, Animation, Set Designer, Writer, Director of Photography
2022
Blush: An Extraordinary VoyageDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Production Design, Sound Recordist, Music
2021
All My Mom’s Phone Callsas Self, Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Animation
2020
Real MenDirector, Producer, Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Animation, Makeup Designer
2019
All My Aunt's PetsDirector, Animation, Writer, Editor, Producer
2018
Stupid Young HeartScript Supervisor
2016
To Die in a DreamDirector, Writer, Editor