Directing

Mikko Löppönen

Mikko Löppönen is a professional editor based in Helsinki, Finland with 10+ years of experience. He worked at Talvi Digital for over 9 years, being their go-to guy for editing, motion graphics and compositing work. Now he is based in James Post Oy.

Known For

Sudden Outbursts of EmotionsSudden Outbursts of Emotions · 2025
Sudden Outbursts of Emotions
4.42025
MovieComedyDrama
Jane, a structured travel agent in Helsinki, lives a comfortable life with her longtime boyfriend Mikki, a struggling actor. When Mikki proposes opening their relationship to reignite lost passion, Jane reluctantly agrees to attend a sex-positive retreat. There, she meets Valma, a confident, free-spirited woman deeply rooted in the polyamorous lifestyle. Drawn to Valma’s openness and emotional clarity, Jane begins to question the limits she’s placed on love and connection. As their bond deepens, Jane finds herself navigating unfamiliar territory—desire, jealousy, and self-discovery—while her once-stable life begins to unravel. What began as an experiment in freedom becomes a profound turning point that challenges everything Jane thought she knew about relationships.
RendelRendel · 2017
Rendel
5.52017
MovieActionFantasy
Rendel, a masked superhero, becomes blinded by his desire for revenge against a sinister criminal organization.
Star SnatchersStar Snatchers · 2022
Star Snatchers
2022
MovieActionScience Fiction
A pulse-pounding sci-fi adventure on a hunk of rock like no other as three unstoppable women unleash hell on an unjust man in a quest for vengeance! Ooover-the-top action, CGI BLOOD CGI SPACESHIPS!, and a breathtaking futuristic spacerock world, this 3-minute short film will leave you gasping for air and dying dead. Experience the fury of these fierce female warriors as they unleash their full firepower and bring justice to a dystopian society.
L4STL4ST · 2014
L4ST
2014
MovieHorror
Friendship is nothing. Survival is everything. Two survivors pick the wrong house to scavenge for food. This boils down to a deadly confrontation inside an abandoned building. L4ST.
FrayFray · 2015
Fray
2015
MovieActionScience Fiction
It ain't easy being a mercenary on a dead world: a ruined world where the sun blocks everything with it's heat. Sarcastic risk-taker Fray finds herself chased by everyone from underworld thugs to Federal Agents as she leads an expedition out into the sun burned areas of the north where they will learn, that some things are better left unlearned.
Bordertown: The Mural MurdersBordertown: The Mural Murders · 2021
Bordertown: The Mural Murders
6.62021
MovieCrime
A mural painted with blood is found on the wall of Pasila train station, which depicts Finland's best-known serial killer Lasse Maasalo. The text in the mural, “Making the world a better place”, is linked to a voting circulating in social media, where people can vote for persons that world would be a better place without. Soon the first body is found and Sorjonen must find the person who has named himself as The Judge.
ElizaEliza · 2015
Eliza
2015
MovieAction
When a vicious drug gang discovers they've been infiltrated by an undercover cop, they move in. This act of terror will be their undoing for they unleashed a terrible evil.
HomeHome · 2021
Home
2021
MovieAction
The latest outing from Mikko Löppönen (The Cold Dark, Witcher – Mines of Eeclor), a jack of all trades of Finland’s genre shorts landscape, features some stunningly choreographed and skillfully paced fight set pieces in a semi-fantastic setting echoing Game of Thrones.

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Sudden Outbursts of EmotionsSudden Outbursts of Emotions · 2025
Sudden Outbursts of Emotions
4.42025
MovieComedyDrama
Jane, a structured travel agent in Helsinki, lives a comfortable life with her longtime boyfriend Mikki, a struggling actor. When Mikki proposes opening their relationship to reignite lost passion, Jane reluctantly agrees to attend a sex-positive retreat. There, she meets Valma, a confident, free-spirited woman deeply rooted in the polyamorous lifestyle. Drawn to Valma’s openness and emotional clarity, Jane begins to question the limits she’s placed on love and connection. As their bond deepens, Jane finds herself navigating unfamiliar territory—desire, jealousy, and self-discovery—while her once-stable life begins to unravel. What began as an experiment in freedom becomes a profound turning point that challenges everything Jane thought she knew about relationships.

VFX Artist

Kyllä isä osaaKyllä isä osaa · 2024
Kyllä isä osaa
5.82024
MovieComedy
The years have passed and the children have flown from the nest to the world... except they haven't. On the contrary. Jonna and Junnu have been lured back home, with the addition of Jonna's child, by a house that will soon be empty. The parents, who are of retirement age, are about to move to Spain - as soon as the father can tell his employer that he is quitting his job as a taxi driver. But the father's plans are changed when his boss buys his taxi company a new vehicle, a luxury Mercedes with all the bells and whistles. His pension, Spain, wife and common sense all vanish as he is left with one obsessive goal: to get behind the wheel of his coveted Mercedes one single time. Eventually his dream comes true, but at a cost. The father discovers he has put the whole family in such dire straits that the only way out is to steal the dead man's briefcase.

VFX Artist

Laugh or DieLaugh or Die · 2018
Laugh or Die
6.12018
MovieDramaHistory
Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. Instead, they will be given a new trial. Preparing a comedy in the horrible circumstances, in the midst of hunger and death, seems quite an overwhelming task. Only a handful of real actors are still alive, the rest of the troupe consists of stagehands. Parikka has to use all his inventive skills to be able to produce something funny.

Online Editor