Eija-Liisa Ahtila's films and cinematic installations explore and experiment with storytelling, creating extraordinary tales out of ordinary human experiences. Dealing with teenage sexuality, family relations, mental disintegration and death, the films also investigate the processes of preception and attribution of meaning. By mixing and subverting the filmic rules of commercials, cinema verite, pop promos, trailers and documentaries with a lyrical dose of Nordic supernaturalism, the films attain an air of contemporary familiarity combined with intense oddness, giving Ahtila's work its distinctive style.

The cinematic works contain:
1.Me / We; Okay; Gray (1993, 3 x 90secs)
2.Jos 6 Olis 9 / If 6 Was 9 (1995, 10 mins)
3.Tanaan / Today (1996 - 97, 10 mins)
4.Lohdustusseremonia / Consolation Service (1999, 23 mins)
5.Rakkaus on aarre / Love is a Treasure (2002, 55 mins)