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Janne-Markus Katila

Janne-Markus Katila

Acting

Biography

Janne-Markus Katila was born on June 25, 1989, in Nurmo, Finland. With over a decade of experience in the film industry, he has built a versatile career as a director, writer, producer, and actor, primarily in independent cinema. Katila has contributed to various projects, including Backwood Madness (2025) and (Pri)sons (2024). His directorial debut, the feature-length horror-comedy Wild Duck, is currently in post-production.

Known For

August Fools
5.1

An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.

August Fools

2013
Backwood Madness
1.0

The war amongst men had an influence on the beings of the forest. Now the beings demand revenge. Balance between men and the forest has been broken.

Backwood Madness

2025
Carnage
6.0

When an underground marketplace of illegal activities is besieged by an army of bloodthirsty assassins, a ragtag group of criminals must band together to fight for survival.

Carnage

2024
Love and Fury
5.7

In 1980's Helsinki, a city about to burst with young energy and rebellion, two young writers determined to conquer the world fall madly in love. For Inka, the love affair puts everything in motion: she finds her own voice, publishes her first novel - and becomes a sensation. The intensity of their relationship has a different affect on Juhana, who starts to lose his grip on writing and, finally, life. At the height of the love affair Inka starts to suspect that their mad love might actually be real madness.

Love and Fury

2016
The Grump
6.6

A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer - whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric - raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law.

The Grump

2014
Tuftland
4.9

Headstrong textile student Irina tries to overcome her problems by accepting a summer job offer from an isolated and offbeat village of Kyrsyä. As Irina begins to get a grip of herself, the harmless and offbeat hillbillies begin to reveal their true nature.

Tuftland

2018
Free Skate
3.5

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

2022
The Year of '85: Rock Your Memories
4.5

The movie is about the Lokomo laborer, and group of friends that dreams come true and a thirst for fast-paced life that take decades.

The Year of '85: Rock Your Memories

2013
Ruotuin Serehvia
N/A

Miila has found out that her grandmother Marja was born in Karelia. The subject has a close community on social media in Finland, which Miila wants to be a part of, so she decides to shoot a social media videos about Karelianness and her grandmother. The plan fails, and Miila doesn't get the visibility she craves. Instead, she learns what Karelianness is really about in their family.

Ruotuin Serehvia

2025
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10.0

See how the award-winning hillbilly horror was brought to life.

From Stage to Screen: Kyrsyä - Tuftland

2018
Punainen peto
N/A

A biopic about Eetu Salin, an activist in the Finnish labour movement and one of the founding members and early leaders of the Finnish Social Democratic Party.

Punainen peto

Jari's Odyssey
10.0

A camera man follows actor Jari Manninen's journey to his movie premiere. Some things you should NEVER film.

Jari's Odyssey

2016
Wild Duck
N/A

Father and son are on a hunting trip. Hunting plans take a new turn when dad is bitten by a wild duck.

Wild Duck

How We Made Free Skate
N/A

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

2023
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(Pri)sons: Making of

2024
Jari's Odyssey Part 2: The Resurrection
10.0

Jari returns to terrorize more unsuspecting people.

Jari's Odyssey Part 2: The Resurrection

2022
Bandits and Bloodhounds
N/A

Jake is hunted by a renegade sheriff and her blood thirsty gang of thugs who are after the gold that Jake supposedly is hiding. It's the best goddamn western you'll ever see!

Bandits and Bloodhounds

2017
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Years of Madness: The Making of 'Backwood Madness'

L'homme à la trottinette électrique
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L'homme à la trottinette électrique

2024
Freebird
10.0

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Freebird

2022