
Rauli Ylitalo
Directing
Biography
Rauli Ylitalo (born 1983 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Sami Kosonen in the soap drama series Secret Lives, where he appeared from 2015 to 2019. He served as the chairman of Findie ry from 2008 to 2016. In the spring of 2012, Ylitalo graduated from the Helsinki University of Applied Sciences, where he studied cultural production.
Known For

A young and promising Russian figure skater is found beaten and frostbitten in a lay-by of a motorway in Finland. In the hospital, the officials find a letter from her belongings and are able to reconnect her with her Finnish grandmother, whom she has not seen for years. With the help of her grandmother, who offers her the shelter of her home, the figure skater tries to re-establish herself and recover from the trauma and inhumane circumstances that forced her to flee from Russia. She finds a new chance with top figure skating, but despite the bright future, new friends and possibilities, her past won’t let go of her. The figure skater realizes facing her troubled past is the only option to make it to the top.
Free Skate

Rebellious and upcoming filmmakers make their biggest film to date. Witness how the ambitious and topical film Free Skate came to life.
How We Made Free Skate
See how the award-winning hillbilly horror was brought to life.
From Stage to Screen: Kyrsyä - Tuftland

Jake Crusher is a cop from the 80's who gets sucked into a VCR where he becomes Video Cop.
Terminator Commando

Ale and Lare are two wannabe career criminals who work for a ruthless kingpin Liljeroos. This dynamic duo takes action when a weasel named Sepi snitches about the big score: the easy way for Ale and Lare to get rid of criminal lifestyle and start it over. But this doesn't please Liljeroos at all.
Vaseline Hours

A top-secret military base becomes infected with an extra terrestial parasite, devouring human flesh and turning its victims into walking dead. The base is put on lock down and all connections to outside world are severed. Now, seven survivors must face the horrors inside the base and uncover the sinister secret behind the outbreak....
Parasite Quarantine

When three hoodlums attack a lonely woman, they get a fatal surprise when their "easy prey" has something else in mind.
Prey. Kill. Fuck. Repeat
Partyboys is a sitcom parody that follows the co-existence of four men from Hervanta in an apartment building with outdoor scenes. Among the caricature characters are Jammu (Andres Pass), Alpo (Aatto Paasonen), Pekkuli (Sami Saarinen), a total drunk, and Kipe (Matti Kuusniemi), a womanizer who fucks everyone. In addition to numerous side characters, the gang is complemented by the neighboring pervert Rantala (Ville Lähde). The everyday life of men is filled with extreme pigging, which includes violence, substance abuse, perversion and fucking as the most essential part.
Juhlajätkät

What's it like to be single these days, when the biggest obstacles to dating are the difficulty of commitment and the lack of abundance? How hard is it not to be picky when the right one could be just a swipe away?
Congratulations! You Have a New Match!

An aspiring picture artist goes to great lengths to produce just the right pieces for his upcoming show. Break a leg!
Modern Art

Six young people gather together to celebrate harvest until something outside of this world begins to lurk them.
The Deadly Harvest

After the nuclear holocaust the mankind faced more dangerous threat than freezing cold of everlasting winter or raving mad mutants: depletion of alcohol. In the ruthless future the only way to survive is to be intoxicated...all the time.
Last Tears of the Frozen North

Five men reveal their man crushes.