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Kari Juusonen

Kari Juusonen

Director, writer and editor · Born April 16, 1967 (59) · Jyväskylä, Finland

Cannes award winner

Kari Juusonen was born on 16 April 1967 in Jyväskylä, Finland. He is a director, known for Pizza passionata (2001), The Flight Before Christmas (2008) and The Birthday (2004).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
April 16, 1967 (59)
From
Jyväskylä, Finland
Works as
Director, writer and editor
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 15% in 30 days

What are Kari Juusonen's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
44%
Self
15%
Survival
14%
Morality
9%
Society
9%
Ideas
6%
Power
4%
Friendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Hopeful
3
Warm
2
Triumphant
2
Thrilling
2
Other
1

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kari Juusonen's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kari Juusonen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

14 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Fleak(2025)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Niko: Beyond the Northern Lights(2024)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Christmas Comes to Moominvalley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Snöbarnens julsagor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Angry Birds Stella(2014)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Angry Birds Toons(2013)

    Show 9 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Ö (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • The Flight Before Christmas(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Pizza Passionata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Animation · Screenplay · Set Designer

  • Kaksonen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Set Designer

  • Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Set Designer

  • Eek! Ghosts! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Story

  • Mauno Mato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 10 of them dated from 1998 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure (2012)

$24M worldwide

Highest rated

Niko: Beyond the Northern Lights (2024)

Midcredits 56th

Most popular right now

Angry Birds Toons (2013)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing9 of 12: 6 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting4 of 12: 1 only writing, 3 with another roleOther crew3 of 12: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

12 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2001.

WinNomination
  1. 2001
    • Cannes award, won · Best Short Film
    • Cannes award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Kari Juusonen's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 6 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · editor

Fleak (2025)

59th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

Niko: Beyond the Northern Lights (2024)

Midcredits 56th · 47% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kari Juusonen work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kari Juusonen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Antti Haikala shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles