Dome Karukoski
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Dome Karukoski in Jussi Award 2011.
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29 December 1976 Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Residence | Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
Thomas "Dome" Karukoski (born 29 December 1976) is a Finnish film director. He is considered to be one of the most successful Finnish film directors with over 30 festival awards and having directed six feature films that have all become blockbusters in the territory.
In 2009, Karukoski was invited by the President of Finland Tarja Halonen to attend Finland's Independence Day Ball: Itsenäisyyspäivän vastaanotto at the Presidential Palace. This is considered to be a great honour. The President invites artists, athletes, academics and public figures who are highly acclaimed in their profession.
In 2013, the U.S. magazine Variety named Karukoski in its list of 10 Directors to Watch. This was the first time a Finnish director made it onto the list which covers the whole world. He is also the only known Finnish director to win the main award in all of the National Finnish Film Awards: Jussi Award for Best Film Lapland Odyssey in 2011, Venla Award for Best TV series with Suojelijat and The Golden Peak Award for the Best TV commercial in 2011 with MTV3 MAX : Man's road.
His debut feature Beauty and the Bastard (Tyttö sinä olet tähti) showed at the Berlin International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival in 2006. The film, which stars Pamela Tola, concerns young people in Finland who are caught between conventional careers and more alternative forms of living. The film's score contains contemporary Finnish pop music, particularly hip-hop and rap music.
Karukoski then won the Norwegian National Film Prize Amanda sponsored by Canal+ & Svensk Filmindustri AB for best Nordic Debut-Film. Beauty and the Bastard was also nominated in eight categories for the Finnish National Film Awards: Jussi Award including nominations for Best film and Best director. The film won the Audience Award and the prize for Best Music.
His second feature film The Home of Dark Butterflies (Tummien perhosten koti) premiered in Finland January 2008. It's a drama about Juhani, a 13-year-old castaway sent to a home for boys on an island. The Home of Dark Butterflies was nominated in ten categories for the Finnish National Film Awards, and this time Karukoski won the prize for the Best Director.
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