Jussi Eerola (b.1969) has worked as a cinematographer on many internationally rewarded films since 1992. His directional debut was a documentary about electro-hypersensitive people titled Refugees of Technocracy (2009). In 2015 he finished another documentary together with a longtime collaborator Mika Taanila: The Return of the Atom premiered at TIFF (Canada) and won the NORDIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX (Denmark). Eerola's first minimalistic short film Blue Honda Civic premiered at IFFR 2020 and was screened at many festivals including 58th Ann Arbor FF (USA), Beijing ISFF (China) and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (Germany). Blue Honda Civic was given the LABO award at Prague Short FF (Czech), Grand Prix at 39th Tous Courts Festival (France) and the 3rd award at international short film competition at Short Waves FF (Poland). Eerola is a founding member of the production company Testifilmi Oy which emphasizes the vast potential of cinematic possibilities over standard formats and storytelling.