Sami van Ingen is one of the pioneers of experimental filmmaking in Finland. He has made over 30 short films, mostly dealing subtly with the act of seeing and using various strategies to manipulate found or forgotten footage. His films have been screened at festivals like Edinburgh Film Festival, Image Forum Tokyo, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento in Buenos Aires and in institutions like National Gallery of Art in Washington, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Anthology Film Archives in New York.
movieCast of Shadows
2025 · narrator, Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Production Design, Sound Designer, Music
movieMonica in the South Seas
2023 · Director, Screenplay
Pins
2019 · Director
movieFlame
2018 · Director, Editor
movieManifest Destiny
2016 · Director
HATE
2012 · Director
Stagecoach
2010 · Director
movieExactly
2008 · Director
Deep Six
2007 · Director
The Sequent of Hanna Ave.
2006 · Director
Fokus
2004 · Director
movieBruce Baillie Study Reel
2002 · Director
Texas Scramble
1996 · Director
movieSweep
1995 · Director, Writer
Finnmunka
1993 · Director
movieSummer-Winter-Summer
1991 · Director
Moving Emu
1991 · Director
Hammu
1991 · Director
Butter
1986 · Himself, Director