Joona Tena (Director)

Arctic Circle

During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuing investigation takes a surprise twist when an extremely rare and deadly virus is discovered in the surviving woman’s bloodwork. When the Finnish Bureau of Investigation takes over the case, German virologist, Thomas Lorenz is called in to assist in identifying and containing the virus. Set within the endless white expanse of the arctic circle, Nina and Thomas must rely on each other to have any hope of saving the ones they love. But what takes precedence? A deadly virus or an active serial killer?

Release Date2018-12-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Vote Count59

Parasta aikaa

Release Date2009-12-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Nurses

Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.

Release Date2014-10-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count4

Super Furball Saves the Future

To save the world, Super Furball has to save the bees. In order to do so, the heroic guinea pig has to redeem the biggest bully in school.

Release Date2022-10-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count53

Suojelijat

Release Date2008-03-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count1

FC Venus

Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in Germany. Anna is not excited about Pete's plan to leave her alone for the summer. Therefore Anna decides to present a challenge to Pete: She will form a team from the wives and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players, and then the women's team (FC Venus) would play against FC HeMan. If the women's team wins, the men will have to give up football, and if the men's team wins, the women will never complain about their hobby.

Release Date2005-12-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count41

Super Furball

Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball, who can fly and solve problems with her superpowers. At the same time, the herrings in the nearby Baltic Sea bay are screaming for help because of poisoned water. As the Super Furball, Emilia takes it upon herself to fix the situation and finds ways to be more courageous in her own life.

Release Date2018-01-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

95

Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.

Release Date2017-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count14

Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness

Woodcarver Geppetto carves a puppet resembling his recently deceased son from a block of wood discarded at a crime scene, and it's cursed by Agatha, the priestess of a dark cult. As Pinocchio turns into a vengeful killer, teenage Charlie and his mother Nancy arrive in the town looking for a fresh start. Meanwhile, a detective named Georgina starts investigating Agatha’s crimes. The characters intertwine with some tragic consequences.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Body of Water

Julia is a young lawyer who has been in conflict with her father for a long time. Her mother seems a bit insane, and Julia thinks that he is partially responsible for this. She has also split with the father of her son and tries to escape all these concerns by working hard. On a new case, she is brought back to the house near the lake where she was raised to help a group of environmentalists to protect its natural beauty against the industrial project of a power company. But by doing so she has to fight the greed of the locals, and their trust in an evil spirit that is believed to be attached to the lake.

Release Date2011-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count14

Unna and Nuuk

11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.

Release Date2006-01-20

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count5

The Potato Venture

A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the stagnant spirit of the era. But nobody believes in potato, and the Turnip-Sellers Guild decides to squash the disturbance caused by the young entrepreneurs. In the end, the bumpy road of potatoes grows into mythical proportions.

Release Date2020-12-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count14

Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel

A little girl has secret superpowers but can’t use them when a highway project is threatening the nearby forest. Desperate to save it, she invents an elaborate lie about an endangered flying squirrel inhabiting the woods.

Release Date2025-12-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Northern Boy

1973. Simppa lives a simple life in a dilapidated shack with his adoptive father, Aapi, and his dog Peni. Kati, a young hippie from the city, brings a breath of fresh air into his life.

Release Date1999-02-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector