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Arto Halonen (born 11 January 1964, Joensuu) is a documentary filmmaker from Finland. He was also a teacher of cinematography in Joensuu between 1986-1989.

In 2008, China did not give a visa to Arto Halonen to participate 2008 Summer Olympics. Halonen was an official guest selected by the Finnish Olympic Committee. China gave no explanation. Halonen made in 1998 a documentary about Tibet: Karmapa.[1][2]

Shadow of the Holy Book; Finnish: Pyhän kirjan varjo is a documentary about Turkmenistan, Ruhnama and business of companies in Turkmenistan, having large gas and oil resources, e.g. Bouygues and Siemens.[3]

Filmography

Director

• Karmapa (1998)
• The Stars Caravan (2000)
• The Tank Man (2004)
• Conquistadors of Cuba (2005)
• Pavlov's Dogs (2006)
• Shadow of the Holy Book (2007)
• The Magnetic Man (2009)
• Princess (2010)
• When Heroes Lie (2012)
• A Patriotic Man (2013)
• Murderous Trance (2019)

References

External links

• Arto Halonen at IMDb
• News about Halonen's denial of a Chinese visa

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