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Back about a month ago we had the last two shooting days of Iron Sky: The Ark here in Finland, and here’s how they turned out. The first shooting day at Academy Ballroom dawned snowy… Read more

Somebody was asking on the Internet what happened to the Finnish shooting days of Iron Sky: The Ark? Yeah, reading the blog I also realized I had not gone through that story, mainly because that… Read more

Ahh, another day of cutting and slashing stuff we so carefully shot. Nothing feels as liberating as throwing stuff out, stuff you thought you can’t live without when filming. Unfortunately, I’m still very groggy from… Read more

On the days like yesterday, it’s great to take a peek at other people’s social media feeds. What amazing lives they live: some are out there, skiing. Others have screaming baby in their hands. Someone… Read more

The persistence of the hotel cleaners leaves me in awe. No matter how loud I scream from the bed that I’m still here, they keep on banging the door, and eventually call my phone, and… Read more

Last night I dreamt of this lizard-like creature which was made of human hands, but was only able to walk backwards because it was in such constant pain. Somewhere, buried between the palms was a… Read more

Well, here I am again, back in China. Beijing, to be more exact. Right off the bat I felt the familiar raspy feeling crawl up my throat. The air quality is now moderate, but it’s… Read more

The last one hundred and sixty one days have been a hell of a ride for me. Being separated from my family, working in a strange land and culture, on the biggest picture I’ve worked… Read more

Alright, the reason we decided to do two days reshoot was because the writer had written a scene into the movie which was very Beijing-style scene, and when I directed it, I obviously had no… Read more