Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. His first feature film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize. In 2021, his second feature film Compartment No. 6 shared the Cannes Grand Prix (the festival's second prize) together with Asghar Farhadi's A Hero. Kuosmanen graduated from Aalto University in 2014. His graduation film The Painting Sellers was nominated for five Jussi Awards (Finnish premier film industry award). The Painting Sellers won the first prize in Cinéfondation in Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Kuosmanen worked as an actor in Leea Klemola's arctic trilogy in Tampere Theatre in Kokkola and New Karleby Kuosmanen has also directed opera with conductors Sakari Oramo and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 30, 1979 (47)
- Kokkola, Finland
- Director, writer and actor, also producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Juho Kuosmanen's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Juho Kuosmanen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Juho Kuosmanen'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
20 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Silent Trilogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Alice & Jack(2023)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Fallen Leaves(2023)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
A Planet Far Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Zone B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Compartment Number 6(2021)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Kakarat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Moonshiners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Other Side of Hope(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Pony Freak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Nurses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Princess of Egypt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Conversations Between Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Scrap-Mattila and the Beautiful Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Painting Sellers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Citizens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
8 Days to Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Roadmarkers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Dream Come True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 2007 to 2024.
How do Juho Kuosmanen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 89th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
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 Juho Kuosmanen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Juho Kuosmanen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jussi Rautaniemi shares the most, 4.
Cinematographers and editors
- Jussi RautaniemiShared titles: Alice & Jack (2023), Compartment Number 6 (2021), The Dinosaur (2021), The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Jussi Rautaniemi
- J-P PassiShared titles: Compartment Number 6 (2021), The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)See all 2 shared titles with J-P Passi
Producers
- Jamila WenskeShared titles: Compartment Number 6 (2021), The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jamila Wenske
- Jussi RantamäkiShared titles: Compartment Number 6 (2021), The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jussi Rantamäki
Mixed roles
- Jarmo KiuruShared titles: The Dinosaur (2021), The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jarmo Kiuru
