# Marjut Rimminen

> Marjut Rimminen, Finnish-born animator and director based in London. Short films, commercials and trailers from 1972 onwards. Awards include the Tampere Grand Prix and Special Jury Prizes at Hiroshima and San Francisco.

Finnish animator and director, born 1944, based in London since 1974. This file is the short machine-readable map of the site. The whole page in Markdown is at [https://marjutrimminen.com/index.md](https://marjutrimminen.com/index.md); the page itself is at [https://marjutrimminen.com/](https://marjutrimminen.com/). Everything lives on one long page, so the links below are anchors into it.

## Short films

- [Many Happy Returns](https://marjutrimminen.com/#many-happy-returns): 1996 · 16mm / Digibeta · 8 minutes. The disjointed debris of our childhood state still lurking within our adult consciousness act as a painful, disruptive force.
- [The Stain](https://marjutrimminen.com/#stain): 1991 · 16mm · 11 minutes. Triggered by an actual news item about suicidal octogenarian twins, The Stain is a dark, domestic thriller which uses drawn, puppet, pixilation and live-action animation styles to spin a claustrophobic web of incest and intrigue.
- [Learned by Heart / Sydämeen kätketty](https://marjutrimminen.com/#learned-by-heart): 2007 · Documentary animation · 29 minutes. Finland emerged from the Second World War in a schizophrenic state, having survived two wars against the Soviet Union with her independence intact, but having officially come out on the losing side.
- [Some Protection](https://marjutrimminen.com/#some-protection): 1987 · 16mm · 9 minutes. An animated documentary based on the true story of Josie O'Dwyer, with her own voice as personal commentary.
- [Urpo and Turpo](https://marjutrimminen.com/#urpo-turpo): 1996 · 35mm · 13 episodes. A Finnish stop-motion animated television series for children, based on Hannele Huovi's books.
- [I'm not a Feminist, but…](https://marjutrimminen.com/#not-feminist): 1986 · 35mm · 7 minutes. Watch out: if you insist on saying "I'm not a Feminist, but…", then you may well find yourself pushing the old man over the edge or behind the sofa, as the case may be.
- [Trip to Eternity / Matka iankaikkisuuteen](https://marjutrimminen.com/#trip-eternity): 1972 · 16mm · 2 minutes. An actor is prepared for the final shot in this pastiche of filmmaking.
- [The Bridge / Silta](https://marjutrimminen.com/#bridge): 1982 · 35mm · 8 minutes 43 seconds. A man and a woman engage in a desperate battle between gloom and hope.
- [The Frog King](https://marjutrimminen.com/#frog-king): 1989 · 35mm · 7 minutes. Marjut's interpretation of the Brothers Grimm tale.
- [Absolut Marjut Rimminen](https://marjutrimminen.com/#absolut): 1996 · BetaSP · 2 minutes. Part of the Absolut Panushka Experimental Animation Website.
- [Mixed Feelings](https://marjutrimminen.com/#mixed-feelings): 1998 · BetaSP · 4 × 3 minutes. A series of four programmes for Channel 4's Whose Choice?.
- [Unicef AIDS Red Ribbon](https://marjutrimminen.com/#unicef): 2001 · Digibeta · 1 minute 10 seconds. Young adults on a tightrope, balancing their sexual activity with the threat of AIDS / HIV.

## Selected commercials

Marjut has directed and animated television commercials in Finland and the UK since 1972, over thirty years of work across more than forty productions.

- [Vivante](https://marjutrimminen.com/#vivante): 1972 · 30 seconds. A 30-second ode to a bubble bath. Banned by Finnish television for the "merry exposure of a girl sharing her bath with a man".

- **Enstex** 1980, Reima / Ervaco. 🥈 Hopeaklaffi 1980.
- **White Cap** 1983, Marli. 🥈 Hopeaklaffi 1983 · 🏅 Personal Achievement, Finnish Advertising Film Competition 1983 · Finalist, New York Film and TV Festival 1984.
- **Mehukatti**, Marli / Tehomainos. 🥈 Hopeaklaffi.
- **UPO Tehokarhut**, UPO / Creator. 🥉 Honourable Mention, Vuoden Huiput.
- **Nokian NRV, Kastemato**, Nokia / PHS. 🥇 Best Seconds of the Month · 🥇 Epica Awards Gold Medal.
- **Take and Bake Pizza**, HK / Publicis-Törmä.
- **Hovi, peilit**, Valio / SEK and Grey.
- **Sunnuntai, Pullapoika**, Raisio / Publicis.
- **Pomppis, leipuri**, Kotileipomot / Särkkä.
- **La Gala, tankarunot**, Valio / Creator-Grey.
- **Hui Kauhistus**, Valio / PHS, design by Mauri Kunnas.
- **Madame**, A-lehdet / Creator-Grey.
- **Teitten Ritari**, Liikenneturva / Vega, design by Christine Roche.
- **Visa Card**, Luottokunta / Turkama.
- **Postipankki, Menuetti**, Postipankki.
- **Postipankki, Laskuja, laskuja**, Postipankki / Creator.
- **Joke**, Valio / Creator-Gray.
- **Picnic**, Creator.
- **Coldrex**, Whintrop / Goodwill.
- **Bubbis**, McCann-Erickson.
- **Marianne**, Chymos.
- **Fennia, kotipiirivakuutus**, Fennia.
- **Serto**, Serto / Finnad.
- **Kellogg, bran cereals**, Kellogg Company / Taucher.
- **Tetra Pak**, Tetra Pak / Wunderman Cato Johnson.
- **Maps (Kartat)**, Maamittaushallitus / Kauppamainos.
- **UPO weather, laundry, allergy spots**, UPO / Creator.
- **Kulinaari**, Paulig / SEK and Gray.
- **OL detergents**, Konsepti.
- **Vitaplus**, Indal / Womena.
- **Yaxa**.
- **SIPS, Sleeping Beauty / Little Red Riding Hood**, Tehomainos.
- **Hermesetas**, Seitsenmainos.
- **Wolz**.
- **Hi-Invite**.
- **Formia**.
- **Kunnox**.
- **Valintatalo, Kotkan Ruusu / Hyvä tyttö**, Valintatalo.
- **13–19, Kun iho huutaa apua**, Womena.

## Selected trailers and idents

- **100 Years of Cinema**, Finnish Film Foundation. Music by Andy Cowton.
- **Tampere Film Festival**, Tampere International Short Film Festival.
- **Cinenova**, [Cinenova Film Distributors](http://www.cinenova.org/artist/marjut-rimminen/). Music by Andy Cowton.
- **Absolut**, Troon Ltd.
- **Tricky Films**, own studio ident.

## Hellä Mietonen

- [Hellä Mietonen](https://marjutrimminen.com/#hella-mietonen): 1972 · Shampoo bottle · Womena Advertising, Helsinki. A shampoo bottle shaped like a human figure, released in Finland in 1972 and re-released in 2017.

## Selected exhibitions

- [The Animation Show](https://marjutrimminen.com/#exh-neal-street): April 1981 · Neal Street Gallery, London. Original artwork from Marjut's Vivante and Kellogg commercials was shown in this group exhibition at the Neal Street Gallery in Covent Garden.
- [Film & Strip](https://marjutrimminen.com/#exh-kettles-yard): 2 November 1985 · Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge. A group exhibition, Film & Strip, at Kettle's Yard Gallery as part of the Cambridge Animation Festival in November 1985.

## Marjut Rimminen

Finnish animator and director, based in London since the early 1970s.

- **[Holland International Animation Festival](https://haff.nl/en/)** 2000, international jury, Utrecht
- **[Krakow International Short Film Festival](https://www.krakowfilmfestival.pl/en/)** 2004, international jury
- **[Tehran International Animation Festival](https://www.awn.com/news/tehran-intl-animation-festival-winners-announced)** 2005, international jury
- **[Hiroshima International Animation Festival](https://hiroanim.org/2008/en/e03compe/3-06_en.html)** 2008, international jury
- **[Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_International_Cartoon_and_Animation_Festival)** 2010, jury for commissioned films
- **[Etiuda & Anima](https://etiudaandanima.pl/category/archiwum/2012/)** 2012, animation jury, Krakow

## Get in touch

For festival and screening enquiries, teaching, masterclasses, or correspondence:

- [marjut.rimminen@gmail.com](mailto:marjut.rimminen@gmail.com)
- [Tricky Films](https://trickyfilms.com) · [Finetake](https://finetake.com) · [animate!](https://animate.finetake.com) · [Dick Arnall](https://dickarnall.com) · [Timo Arnall](https://elasticspace.com)
- © Marjut Rimminen 2026

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