Mika Ronkainen is an award-winning film director and screenwriter from Oulu, Finland.

After having worked for fifteen years with documentary films, Ronkainen ventured into the world of scripted drama in 2018. He directed and co-created/co-wrote his first drama series All the Sins, which was awarded with Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for Outstanding Scriptwriting at Göteborg Film Festival in 2019.

Ronkainen’s documentary films, including Finnish Blood Swedish Heart, Freetime Machos, and Screaming Men, have travelled internationally premiering at several A-list film festivals – including Sundance, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto Hot Docs, and IDFA.

Ronkainen was selected as one of Variety’s Ten European Directors to Watch in 2013.

tv series

ALL THE SINS season 1 (2019)

An addictively intriguing crime thriller about complex relationships and small town prejudices. After a ten-year absence, Detective Lauri Räihä is sent to investigate the murders of two men in the small northern town where he grew up. Lauri seeks answers to the case only to discover other truths about himself, his home town, and whether one has the power to forgive all sins.

TV series. 6 x 45 min. Created and written by Merja Aakko & Mika Ronkainen. Director: Mika Ronkainen. Producer: Ilkka Mat...

ALL THE SINS season 2 (2020)

It is 1999. The police officer Jussi Ritola begins to investigate the suspicious death of a couple in Varjakka. While the secrets are revealed the waiting of the apocalypse takes over Varjakka and Ritola’s own life is irreparably altered.

TV series. 6 x 45 min. Created and written by Merja Aakko & Mika Ronkainen. Director: Mika Ronkainen. Producer: Ilkka Matila / MRP Matila Röhr Productions. Elisa Originals.

ALL THE SINS season 3 (2022)

The third and final season of All the Sins, to be released 18/12/2022 in Finland.

TV series. 6 x 45 min. Created and written by Venla Aakko & Mika Ronkainen. Director: Mika Ronkainen. Producer: Ilkka Matila / MRP Matila Röhr Productions. Elisa Originals.