Finnish Short Films 2009

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Contents
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Acid, Skin and Syanide
Apple Thieves, The
Big and the Beautiful, The
Blue Dolphin, A
Cave
Changeling
Citizens
Cramps and Strains: Our Daily Bread
Death in a Modern Day Finland
English Lessons
Evolutions
Göring’s Baton
Hanasaari A
Hit the Road
Hour of Prayer, The
Isola (working title)
Jalil
Late Fragments
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Legacy
Luonnotar
Mangel, The
Now and Now
Opus 13
Summer Place
Sway With Me
Water Cities
Where is Where?
Words Never Spoken
World of Light
Your Man
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Film Festivals in Finland 2009
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Useful Addresses
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Contacts
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Experimental sci-fi, short fiction film |
2008 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 23’
is a sci-fi film about a futuristic research centre.
It is the year 2038. The world has come to an end of sorts in 2012. All political, economical,
and social structures have collapsed due to a catastrophic natural disaster. Power has been redistributed in the cruellest way possible.
There is a secret space research centre on a far-away upland area behind the Himalayas. It
has now gained a surprising position that can benefit the whole of the remaining world.
The difficult task of saving the remaining world falls on this re-arranged complex. Nuclear
disasters, physical and psychological damage to people, and increasingly stranger natural phenomena are now commonplace challenges for the venerable institution.
An experimental film, =X offers random glimpses of life at this institution. It tells a story about
hope, conflicts, and disobedience. It portrays people whose tenacity and thirst for life help them
heal in the midst of all the horrors.
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Director, script, animation: Eila Hutri
Cinematography: Lasse Naukkarinen
Eila Hutri
Editing, sound design, music,
Eila Hutri is one of the oldest and most experienced animators in Finland. She was the first director from a non-socialist country to produce a film at the animation department of
Tallinnfilm in Estonia at the turn of the 1990s, Cod Liver Oil
(Kalanmaksaöljyä, 1990). Hutri is also known for her experimental animated films, including the rock animation Man’s Life
(Miehen elämää, 1987) and the jazz film Made in Burbot (Made in
Made, 1988). Since the 1990s, Hutri has also made animations
for various TV series, short films, and documentary films.
visual effects: Dile Kolanen
Graphics: Ilkka Rosma
Producer: Lasse Naukkarinen
Production company: Ilokuva,
Naukkarinen & Co
Production support: AVEK,
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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Fiction | 2008 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Stereo | 10’15’’
Acid, Skin and Syanide
[
S y a n i d i a ,
s u o l a h a p p o a
S H O R T
F I N N I S H
k u k k i v a a
s e k a i h o a
]
A short film about a man who drives well over the speed limit, gets caught in a police speed trap
and manages to get out of the sticky situation with his mad but brilliant words.
A short ode to Finnish madness. An absurd bagatelle.
Director, script : Markku Haapalehto
Cinematography: Konsta Sohlberg
Editing: Santeri Enstedt
Sound design: Risto Hankala
Markku Haapalehto
Music: Roni Millner
A writer/director who has earned his
stripes with commercials and believes
that the truth is found in Swedish
comedy-dramas, British sketch shows,
Spanish red wine, Finnish sauna and
Gary Larson’s The Far Side.
Costumes: Saija Siekkinen
Producer: Niko Waaralinna
Production company:
7th Heaven Productions Oy
Co-producer: Nick Lovelock
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company:
Channel Four Finland
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Fiction | 2009 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Stereo | 58’
Director:
Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir Hutri
Script: Melli Maikkula,
Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir Hutri
Cinematography: Jan Nyman
Editing: Helena Öst
Sound design: Risto Iissalo
Music: Kaija Penttala
Set design: Markus Packalén
Costumes: Markus Packalén,
Fia Derghokasian
Cast: Jim Sundvall, Joel Hellström,
Dick Idman, Robert Kock,
Camilla Hellberg
Producer: Mats Långbacka
Production company:
Långfilm Productions Finland Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies:
YLE FST5, NRK, SVT, DK
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The Apple Thieves
[
Ä p p e l t j u v a r n a
]
Arthur and Gustav are total opposites. When their parents decide to move in together, the boys
have to share a room with each other. They solve the problem by building a “wall” in the room.
When the boys are unfairly accused of stealing apples, they decide to try to find the real thieves
themselves. This adventure helps the boys understand that the best way to do it is to do it together.
Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir Hutri
Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir Hutri was born in Reykjavik
but grew up in Sweden. After receiving her Master of
Fine Arts degree from the University of Art and Design
Helsinki, she has been making films for the Finnish
Swedish TV and Långfilm Productions, among others.
At present she is working on a screenplay for a
feature film that takes place partly in Iceland. The film
is based on a true story and the many memories of
childhood.
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Fiction | 2009 | Digibeta |
16:9 Anamorphic | Stereo | 27’
[
S u u r i n
j a
k a u n e i n
]
A film about natural selection. A young man approaching middle age goes to a speed dating event
and finds out that natural selection is all about ability to adapt. Or is it? Why does it seem that
those who already have love just keep getting more?
Director: Teppo Airaksinen
Script: Kaarle Aho
Cinematography: Mika Orasmaa
Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi
Sound design: Karri Niinivaara
Set design: Vilja Katramo,
Okku Rahikainen
Costumes: Jenni Rousu
Cast: Juho Milonoff, Eero Aho,
Liisa Vuori, Ville Myllyrinne,
Krista Kosonen
Producers: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho
Production company:
Making Movies Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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The Big and the Beautiful
Teppo Airaksinen
Teppo Airaksinen (born 1982, Lahti,
Finland) has studied film directing
at the University of Art and Design
Helsinki since 2003. He graduated
with a Bachelor of Arts in spring 2008.
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Fiction | 2009 |
HDcam SR / Digibeta | ~30’
[
S i n i n e n
d e l f i i n i
]
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A short film about a couple who gets lost. A man and a woman have fallen in love, no questions
asked, bought their dream house and started a family. Suddenly their life turns into a nightmare.
Neither one of them has the guts to say what they want. Work and family, parenting and relationship; all of a sudden, it is impossible to solve the equation. The couple has trouble communicating their feelings. Everything should be okay, but nothing is. Is there a way out of this labyrinth?
Anna Maria Hutri
Director, script: Anna Maria Hutri
Cast: Jessica Grabowsky,
Tuomas Rinta-Panttila
Producer: Aleksi Bardy
Production company:
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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A Blue Dolphin
“I tell stories that are based on my own experiences, preferably on
dilemmas, in which I haven’t been able to choose between right and
wrong. There are situations that end up all wrong no matter how well
you try to deal with them. Sometimes hurting the other person can be
the best thing that has ever happened to him or her. My starting point is
introspection, but my conclusions are universal.
In a way, A Blue Dolphin tells the tale of Adam and Eve. What happens
when Adam and Eve leave Paradise? What happens to them in the evil
world when their umbilical cords are cut and they are faced with new
challenges and when they don’t have the necessary skills or knowledge
to overcome them?”
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Fiction | 2008 | Digibeta |
16:9 Anamorphic | Stereo | 29’
[
L u o l a
]
Ilari is a 14-year-old boy whose father drank himself to death. Ilari hasn’t gotten over his father.
Ilari’s mother runs a local shop with her new husband, and they are trying to bond by working
together, but Ilari won’t accept his new father. One day his mother finds out that there is money
missing from the till. The culprit must be found. One has to sacrifice himself so that the others
may be redeemed.
Director: Panu Heikkilä
Script: Panu Heikkilä,
Ville Haapasalo
Cinematography: Jussi Erola
Editing: Harri Ylönen
Sound design: Mika Niinimaa,
Janne Jankeri
Set design: Sami Silvennoinen
Costumes: Kata Launonen
Cast: Lari Kotro, Artur Kukov,
Ville Haapasalo, Maria Heiskanen
Producer: Pekka Lehtonen
Production company: Fantomatico Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
www.fantomatico.org/luola
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Cave
Panu Heikkilä
Panu Heikkilä (born 1970) has
previously directed the short films
Farmer’s Journal (Maamiehen
päiväkirja , 2001), Friday (Perjantai , 2003) and Nature and Health
(Luonto ja terveys, 2006).
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Animation | 2008 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Stereo | 14’
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[
Va i h d o k a s
]
A threat enters the beautiful world of a new-born baby and its mother. Strong inner and external
pressure will make the mother doubt whether she is good enough and whether there is something
wrong with the baby. An interesting parallel is created between the present time and history, baby
blues and changeling stories.
Director, script: Leena Jääskeläinen
Cinematography (pixillation):
Antti Takkunen
Editing: Hannele Majaniemi
Sound design, music: Kepa Lehtinen
Producer: Liisa Penttilä
Production company:
Edith film Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Changeling
Leena Jääskeläinen
Leena Jääskeläinen studied animation
and graduated from Turku University
of Applied Sciences Arts Academy in
1998. She has made a wide variety of
animated works, ranging from commercials to short films; her short films
include Snow White (Lumikki, 2006)
and Many Complained of My Form
(Moni moitti muotoani, 2003).
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Fiction | 2008 | Digibeta |
Anamorphic 16:9 | Dolby SR | 28’
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F I N N I S H
[
K a u p u n k i l a i s i a
]
Yasin and Marko are citizens of Helsinki. Plan A for both of them is to earn a living and live a
decent life. Now, Marko needs to buy a car, and Yasin wants to sell one. This simple act of selling
a car turns into something unpleasant – and both men are forced to go on living according to
Plan B.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Script: Khadar Ahmed
Cinematography: JP Passi
Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi
Sound design: Pietu Korhonen
Costumes: Anna-Leena Kankaanpää
Juho Kuosmanen
Cast: Omar Abdi, Jarkko Lahti,
Juho Kuosmanen (born 1979) is studying film
directing at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
Citizens is Kuosmanen’s first short film outside school,
and it was awarded at the Film Festival Locarno where
it participated in the short film competition.
Kuosmanen’s previous film Roadmarkers
(Kestomerkitsijät, 2007) won the third prize at
Cinéfondation in Cannes. Kuosmanen has also
worked as an actor in theatre and television.
Wali Hashi, Elina Hietala,
Eero Poikonen, Hibo Sardhaheye
Producer: Auli Mantila
Production company:
Aamu Filmcompany Ltd.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies: YLE
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Citizens
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Cramps and Strains:
Our Daily Bread
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Animation | 2008 | DVD / Beta |
4:3 | Stereo | 1’30’’
Kramppeja ja nyrjähdyksiä: Jokapäiväinen leipämme
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Fresh buns on a hungover morning banish the evil of the world.
Director: Kim Helminen
Script: Pauli Kallio, Veera Tyhtilä
Sound design: Mikko Paju
Music: The sixty minute men
ft. Jo’Buddy
Kim Helminen
Production design: Christer Nuutinen
Kim Helminen (born 1973) graduated
from the animation programme at Turku
Arts Academy in 2002. He has worked with
animation for commercials, TV shows,
films and more, both as an animator and
a director. He has directed a number of short
films and some commercials. He is co-founder
and chairman of the board of the animation
studio Animaatiokopla.
Animation: Kim Helminen,
Tatu Pohjavirta
Cast: Antti Pääkkönen, Ville Tiihonen,
Sara Welling, Saana Hyvärinen
Producer: Nick Dorra
Production company:
Nick Dorra Production Ltd
Production support: AVEK
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Death in a Modern Day Finland
[
Kuolema nyky-Suomessa
]
A form of life from the days of the past still exists in a busy high-tech northern country. An old village shop in rural eastern Finland is open. Nature and the village centre live in symbiosis on a hot
summer day. Under the calm and beautiful surface, you can feel the inevitable change.
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Documentary | 2008 |
Digibeta / Beta SP (PAL or NTSC) /
DVcam / DVD | 1,33:1 |
Stereo 2.0 | 5’
Director, script,
Antti Lempiäinen
cinematography, editing:
Antti received his B.A. degree in Film and Television from the Lahti
University of Applied Sciences in Finland. His graduation film in
cinematography Man Seeking Man (Mies etsii miestä, 2004) won
several awards and was invited to over 100 international film
festivals. It was sold to YLE Uusi Kino and MTV LOGO North America,
and released on several DVD compilations. Death in a Modern Day
Finland is his latest short film, and it was first released at the international short film festival Curtas 2008 in Vila do Conde in Portugal.
Antti is currently working as a documentary film DoP with YLE.
Antti Lempiäinen
Sound design, music: Petrus Rapo
Producer: Antti Lempiäinen
Production company:
Halko Productions
Production support:
The Arts Council of
South-East Finland
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venpää, Tommi Juutilainen, Samppa
Kukkonen, Reetta Neittaanmäki, Lotta
Rapeli, Niina Suominen, Sara Wahl
Cinematography: CHRZU, Niina Suominen, Einari Vuorinen, Sara Wahl
Editing: CHRZU, Tommi Juutilainen,
Samppa Kukkonen, Reetta Neittaanmäki, Niina Suominen, Sara Wahl
Sound design: Mikko Paju, Yrjö Saarinen, Jukka Hautamäki, Ilkka Olander
Music: Seppo Wahl, Jaakko Karjula,
Night On Earth, Risto Ylihärsilä,
Ilkka Olander, Marika Hyvärinen,
Lauri Järvenpää, CHRZU
Animation: Directors &
Janne Kukkonen, Simo Ruotsalainen,
Anton Sundström, J-P Saari
Cast: Mikko Pitkäniemi, Ayaka Mohri,
André Peterdi, Simo Ruotsalainen
Producer: CHRZU
Production company: Turun Anikistit ry.
Production support: AVEK
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Animation | 2008 | Beta SP / Digibeta /
DVD | 16:9 | Stereo | 20’
Directors, script: CHRZU, Lauri Jär-
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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English Lessons
is an animated English language course which recycles a 1970’s edition of an
English audio course. In eight lessons one can learn, in addition to English language, important things about studying, dynamics between the sexes and money. This film is not suitable for
children.
English Lessons
Turun Anikistit ry.
English Lessons consists of eight English lessons animated with
a range of different animation techniques. An English audio
course, published by Linguaphone, is accompanied with cel
animations, cutout animations, object animations, pixilations
and clay animations. The lessons of the film are individual
works, and they have been created by Turun Anikistit ry.
members. All eight directors studied animation and graduated
from Turku University of Applied Sciences Arts Academy.
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Experimental documentary | 2008 |
Digibeta / HD | 16:9 (1:1,85) |
Stereo | 18’21’’
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F I N N I S H
[
E v o l u u t i o i t a
]
The young main characters of Evolutions are in a film studio, defining their worldviews. The studio is portrayed as a stage-like space, unrestricted by time and place, and it provides an opportunity to reconstruct past worlds, memories and mental images. Time, on the other hand, is seen as
a strongly subjective experience, as the lives of the young people are intertwined with signposts
of evolution. Simultaneously, religious and mythological imageries are linked and become part of
this complex whole that reveals how images and stories, both scientific and mythical, have made
our world more comprehensible to us.
Director, script: Jani Ruscica
Cinematography: Anu Keränen
Editing: Tiina Aarniala, Jani Ruscica
Sound design: Anne Tolkkinen
Set design: Juhana Hirvonen
Cast: Erofili Papadakis,
Jani Ruscica
Paula Hongisto, Johannes Nikitin,
Ilmari Järvenpää, Miila Virtanen,
Katja Paju, Sanna Väisänen
Producer: Jani Ruscica
Jani Ruscica (b. 1978) is an artist and filmmaker whose body of work
reflects a deeply humanist approach as it unravels culturally specific
histories, both personal and collective. His films are inherently self-reflexive and interdisciplinary, strongly emphasizing creative collaboration.
His work has been shown internationally, most recently in exhibitions
at Location 1 in New York, de Ateliers in Amsterdam, the Kunsthalle in
Helsinki, among other venues, as well as in screenings at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Overgaden institute for Contemporary Art in Copenhagen,
MoMA in New York, 23rd International shortfilmfestival Hamburg, Images
festival in Toronto and other institutions and festivals around the world.
Production company:
Askel tuotannot
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Evolutions
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Documentary | 2009 |
Digibeta | 4:3 | 24’
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[
Göringin sauva
]
This film tells the story of Felix Forsman, a curious and daring war cinematographer with a great
sense of humour, and his most memorable filming assingment. Early in June 1942, Adolf Hitler
paid a surprise visit to Finland to congratulate Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander in Chief
of the Finnish Defence Forces on his 75th birthday (which, incidentally, was the only time Hitler
travelled outside the Third Reich) and Mannerheim, though reluctantly, decided to return the
favour by visiting Germany. Felix was present, filming on both occasions. Through his lens, Felix
was able to observe Hitler, Hermann Göring, and the conditions in Berlin and in the Nazi German headquarters during the summer of 1942. From these eight days, Felix has, of course, sad
stories to tell, but also surprising and humorous ones, and this will be the first time he has done
it in public. The newsreel that was made out of these images was banned shortly after it was completed, and it remained censored for 65 years. The reason for this will be exposed in the film.
Director, script: Pia Andell
Cinematography: Pekka Uotila
Pia Andell
Sound design:
Pia Andell, born in 1964, has been making
documentary films since 1992. Many of the films
of Pia Andell have been shown and given prizes
at many internationally renowned festivals,
like the IDFA, Prix Europa, BANFF and Nordisk
Panorama. Her previous films include international successes like Y in Vyborg (Hetket jotka
jäivät , 2006), and Sibling Relations (Pieni elokuva
sisaruussuhteista , 2001).
Janne Laine, Kirsi Korhonen
Music: Pessi Levanto
Producer: Pia Andell
Production company:
Of Course My Films
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE Teema
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Göring’s Baton
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Experimental documentary | 2009 |
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby digital | 15’
is an experimental documentary about the changing cityscape of Helsinki and the
final moments of a coal-fired power plant. The old industrial milieu is being destroyed to make
space for modern housing units.
The film is a combination of animation, live action cinematography, and graphic elements. It
is based on 500 000 photographs taken during the final two years of the existence of the power
plant.
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Hanasaari A
Directors, script,
cinematography, editing:
Hannes Vartiainen
Hannes Vartiainen,
Pekka Veikkolainen
Music: Joonatan Portaankorva
Producers: Hannes Vartiainen,
Pekka Veikkolainen
Production company: Pohjankonna Oy
Hannes Vartiainen (b. 1980) graduated as a film
director from the Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia in
2004. Hanasaari A is his second documentary.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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Hanasaari A
Pekka Veikkolainen
Pekka Veikkolainen (b. 1982) is studying graphic
design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
He has worked with animation and illustration
since 2000. Hanasaari A is his directorial debut.
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Director, script, costumes:
F I N N I S H
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Animation | 2008 | Digibeta / DVD /
internet | 16:9 |
Stereo, surround 5.1 | 14’
Tero Jartti
Original material shot by:
Tero Jartti, Jarmo Nauska,
Jari Paulamäki, Tiina Paju,
Teho Majamäki, Jussi Särkilahti
Storyboard: Online editing Skarvi Oy /
Pauli Luomanhaara
Sound design: Teho Majamäki,
Kyösti Väntänen
Music: Ismo Alanko, Teho Majamäki
Image processing: Jarmo Nauska,
Jari Paulamäki, Tiina Paju,
Loma Graphics Oy / Jani
Mahkonen, Panu Rissanen,
Jussi Särkilahti, Antti Sompinmäki
Cast: Tero Jartti, Terhi Huttunen,
Kimmo Uitti, Cyde Hyttinen, Hanna
Määttä, Viljami Kettunen
Producer: Viljami Kettunen
Production company: Foxley Consulting
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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Hit the Road
In this rolling comedy, the main character takes a fantastic study trip of love to India. He is obsessed by an image of happiness; the image includes a beautiful woman. The main character of
the film seeks happiness so fervently that he no longer sees nor hears the world around him. Wise
snakes and warm cows try to stop the obsessed main character from running around in circles.
The main character is a prisoner of his own “talking head,” his mind, and instant karma fines
him on the spot time and time again, in vain. At the end, the animals in the film are forced to
take extreme measures to stop the main character. The main character wakes up to reality and
notices that his mental “messing around” has also left a physical imprint on him.
Tero Jartti
Tero Jartti, MA in theater and drama, has worked as actor
since 1984 and as director and screenwriter since 1989.
His film producing career started in 1998. His works,
which consist of a wide variety of films, works for television and music videos, have received a number of awards,
including the main prize of the Tampere Film Festival
micromovies competition in 2003. Besides his work in art,
Tero Jartti has worked in research and invented, among
others, the Rolling Story© format.
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F I N N I S H
[
R u k o u s h e t k i
]
The Hour of Prayer is a split-screen short film about attachment and death. Via events surrounding
Director, script: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Cinematography: Arto Kaivanto,
Ilppo Pohjola
Editing: Heikki Kotsalo
Sound design: Peter Nordström
Set design: Tiina Paavilainen
Cast: Laura Malmivaara
Producer: Ilppo Pohjola
Production company: Crystal Eye Ltd.
Production support:
AVEK, SKR, FRAME, TKT,
Fondazione la Biennale di VENEZIA
Financing TV company: YLE
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The Hour of Prayer
the death of a dog, it tells the story of death entering a house and of the process of dealing with
grief. These autobiographical events begin in New York during a winter storm in January and
end in Benin, West Africa, eleven months later. The first part of the narrative is told as a classical
tale, in which the words and events explain each other and form a chronological progression. As
the narrator speaks, words for time are prominent and images and sounds record the changes
of season in various landscapes. The film is made up of original material shot at the time of the
events and of reconstructed situations. An actress presents the story directly to the camera on a
dark expanse of sand, which as the story progresses is revealed to be a set. The work moves away
from the events in the story and the attribution of meaning, becoming a more general presentation of a private experience. It ends with the actor walking through the different sets singing to
viewers the words of Lhasa’s “Small Song”.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
In her films, Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959)
experiments with narrative storytelling and
cinematic installations, creating extraordinary tales out of ordinary human experiences.
Her masterfully crafted narratives and touching portrayals of characters have captured the
public’s interest worldwide. Ahtila’s work has
won her numerous film festival awards and
visual art prizes.
Photo: Nauska, Copyright Crystal Eye Ltd, Helsinki
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Experimental fiction | 2009 | 35mm |
1:2,35 | Dolby Digital 5.1 | 14’
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Animation | 2009 | Digibeta |
16:9 | 5.1 | 15’
Director, script,
cinematography, animation:
Antonia Ringbom
Editing: Tuomo Leino
Music: Max Simberg
Producer: Tuomo Leino
[
I s o l a
S i n g e l i n
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Isola Singel lives on a small island. She loves Solitude. Lets her eyes wander to the horizon; talks
to herself to reveal her thoughts... A large flock of guests arrive at the island. Isola tries to socialize
with them, but her voice is not strong enough. She lets out a sigh of relief when she is alone again.
But Poor Little Thing was left behind! She is not going to take care of it. Poor Little Thing, however, does well on its own, and little by little, the two are able to co-exist somehow in an uneven
manner. Isola isn’t writing poems as much as she used to, but the Cave feels warmer. She recites
Her Complete Poems to Poor Little Thing, who won’t let the reciting disturb her sleep...
When Poor Little Thing suddenly flies away with its family, Isola is forced to go back to worshipping her solitude...
Poor Little Thing comes back, this time with a friend... Isola feels torn. She feels bittersweet
and abandoned when the young ones are sitting in her Apple Tree, looking at the moon...
When Poor Little Thing’s birdie friend runs off and it looks like Poor Little Thing might stay,
Isola feels ambivalent once again: alone, free, independent, melancholic or together, disturbed,
restrained, attention-seeking, happy?
Production company:
Antonia Ringbom
Leino&Suvinen Production Oy
Antonia Ringbom’s animations combine theater, narrative and rhythm,
and she seeks to portray her feelings, thoughts and opinions in her work.
In addition to her animation work, Antonia frequently works with young
people in Africa. Antonia’s most notable works include Potato-island
(Perunasaari, 1989), a short film on how to treat strangers, Upstairs &
Downstairs (Oppe & Nere, 1993), a short film on knowing one’s subconscious, and the Yellow Giraffe short film series (Keltainen kirahvi).
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
Svenska Kulturfonden,
Konstsamfundet
Financing TV companies:
YLE FST5, Ruv
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Fiction | 2009 | 35mm | 1:1,85 |
Dolby digital | 30’
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has
lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him to find acceptance among the “native” Finns. At
home he faces the opposite problem. His parents demand him to respect Iranian cultural traditions.
Jalil is about one day in the life of a boy standing on the edge of two cultures. On this summer
day big things are bound to culminate; religion, identity, love.
Mazdak Nassir
Cinematography: Mika Vartiainen
Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi
Sound design: Pietu Korhonen
Music: Matti Pentikäinen
Set design: Katarina Lume
Costumes: Kirsi Suominen
Cast: Faruk Nazeri, Mahmoud Rasoul,
Masume Amerfas, Hami Ramezan,
Ali Tehrani
Producer: Ilkka Mertsola
Production company: Sputnik Oy
Director, script:
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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Jalil
Mazdak Nassir
Mazdak Nassir was born in Iran in 1976.
He moved to Finland in 1990 and has
studied film directing at the University
of Art and Design Helsinki since 2004.
His film High Hopes (2007) won
the national competition at Tampere
Film Festival in 2008. It also won the
main prize at the Tel Aviv Student
Film Festival 2008.
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Fiction | 2009 | 35mm | 1:2,35 |
Dolby 5.1 | 15’
Late Fragments
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
Rome is not forever. Nothing is for ever. A story inspired by Raymond Carver’ poem. An encounter. Two lonely people in a big city.
Director, script:
Aku Louhimies
Cinematography: Jean-Noel Mustonen
Editing: Benjamin Mercer
Sound design: Timo Anttila,
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
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Aku Louhimies
Aku Louhimies (s. 1968) has
directed the following feature films:
Restless (Levottomat , 2000),
Lovers and Leavers (Kuutamolla ,
2002), Frozen Land (Paha maa, 2005),
Man Exposed (Riisuttu mies, 2006),
Frozen City (Valkoinen kaupunki , 2006)
and Tears of April (Käsky, 2008).
Photo: Laura Malmivaara
Tuomas Seppänen / HUMINA
Music: Gjallarhorn
Costumes: Eleonoora Frattali
Cast: Laura Malmivaara,
Ilkka Heiskanen, Valentina Valsania
Producer: Aku Louhimies
Production company: UBU filmi
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Fiction | 2008 | Digibeta | 2:35 |
Stereo | 5’30’’
Legacy
[
P e r i n t ö
]
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
The meaning of the last piece of cake at a birthday party becomes larger than life.
Director, script, editing:
Teemu Nikki
Cinematography: Jyrki Arnikari
Sound design: Timo Anttila
Costumes: Anna Vilppunen
Cast: Matti Onnismaa,
Teemu Nikki
Göran Schauman, Sari Mällinen,
Jouko Puolanto, Nina Hukkinen,
Heikki Rantanen, Miia Lindström,
René Eerola
Producer: Teemu Nikki
Born 1975. Pigfarmer’s son. Done
a lot commercials and music videos.
Will make shorts for a long time.
Production company:
It’s Alive Productions
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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Director, script, editing:
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
Music film, animation | 2009 |
HDCAM / DigiBeta / DVD | 16:9 |
Stereo / 5.1 Dolby Digital | 10’
Marikki Hakola
Cinematography: Raimo Uunila
Sound design: Epa Tamminen
Music: Jean Sibelius ”Luonnotar”
Animation and visual design:
Marikki Hakola, Katriina Ilmaranta
Costumes: Marikki Hakola,
Liisu Vartija-Rissanen
Soprano: Riikka Hakola
Choreographer, dancer: Nina Hyvärinen
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Orchestra: Slovak Radio
Symphony Orchestra
Producer: Marikki Hakola
Production company:
Kroma Productions Ltd.
Production support: The Finnish
Performing Music Promotion Centre
ESEK, The Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music LUSES,
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE Teema
www.luonnotar.fi
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Luonnotar
is a music fantasy and a new interpretation of the primeval Kalevala epic and the myth
of the creation of the world. The first song of the Kalevala, the Daughter of Ether, is visualized by
using a virtual set design and digital animation. The masterpiece of the music by composer Jean
Sibelius is interpreted by great Finnish performing artists, soprano Riikka Hakola, dancer Nina
Hyvärinen, and conductor Leif Segerstam, and the grand Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
“In primeval times, a Maiden,
Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,
Passed for ages her existence
In the great expanse of heaven,
O’er the prairies yet unfolded...”
Luonnotar
Marikki Hakola
Marikki Hakola (born 1960) is an internationally acclaimed media
artist, film director and executive producer. She is executive producer of the production company Kroma Productions Ltd. Beginning
in 1981, her works include dance and music films, video art pieces,
installations, multimedia works, internet projects and documentaries. Hakola’s important directions include, for example, Butterfly
Lovers (2005), a dance and music film based on the Chinese violin
concerto and The Bewitched Child (L’enfant et les sortileges, 2004),
a fantasy film based on the opera by Maurice Ravel.
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Animation | 2009 |
Digibeta / BetaSP / DVD | 16:9 |
Stereo | 11’
The Mangel
[
M a n k e l i
]
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
The tragic love story between a fallen angel and a tree.
Director, script, set design:
Jan Andersson, Katja Kettu
Cinematography: Antti Takkunen
Editing: Jan Andersson, Ykä Järvinen
Sound design: Pirkko Tiitinen
Animation: Jan Andersson, Katja Kettu,
Risto Jankkila, Mikko Torvinen
Producer: Tomi Riionheimo
Production company: Indie Films Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
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Jan Andersson & Katja Kettu
Jan Andersson (born 1973) &
Katja Kettu (born 1978) are
professional animators.
Katja Kettu has also written
two novels.
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Documentary | 2009 |
HDV | 16:9 | 17’
Now and Now
[
Nyt ja nyt – Kuvia Helsingistä ennen ja nyt
]
is a short film based on the oldest surviving film clips shot in Helsinki and on new
images shot by Pekka Uotila in the same locations between 2006 and 2008.
The film moves between these clips from different eras and creates a strange sense of connection between the past and the present for the viewer. It captures close-ups of people in the shots and
highlights those random seconds that have been stored on film. The images we are shown include
“a dignified officer”, “joyful boys”, “smoke from a gentleman’s cigar”, “a working man’s gaze” etc.
By capturing, repeating and enlarging these moments, Uotila tries to make the viewer realise
that the person in the picture is living in his or her “present”. Any moment, when experienced by
a human, is as real as “now” at home in front of the TV or in the theatre at a film festival.
This film is a visual poem about time and its changes, and about the anonymous residents of
Helsinki in their moments of here and now. Living pictures still possess a certain magic, and this
film is a tribute to the miracle of the moving picture, to the traditional movie camera and, to a
certain extent, to its user, the cinematographer.
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
Now and Now
Pekka Uotila
Director, script: Pekka Uotila
Editing: Pekka Uotila, Heikki Kotsalo
Sound design: Tero Malmberg
Producer: HT Partanen
Production company:
Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy
Production support: AVEK
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Uotila (b. 1958) has graduated from the Department of Film at the University of Art and Design
Helsinki in ’92. He is a film industry professional specialising in cinematography, and works as a
cinematographer and film director. He has worked as the chief cinematographer in over 20 documentary films, the latest of which is Daughters of Palna (Palnan tyttäret, 2007, by Kiti Luostarinen).
He has also shot four fiction feature films that have been distributed to
theatres and several TV dramas. Besides his work in cinematography,
he has also directed documentary films. The most successful of these has
been Eino and I (Eino ja mä), which won the main prize in the Finnish
films’ category at the Tampere FF and the Risto Jarva prize in ’98.
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Animation | 2008 | 35mm | 1:1,85 |
Dolby digital | 3’
Opus 13
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
Egon Pötschke, a distinguished pianist legend from Vienna, interprets Ludwig van Beethoven’s
Piano Sonata No. 8, also known as Sonata Pathétique, with such depth and strong emotions that
unknown, even dangerous, forces arise...
Director, script, cinematography,
Christian Lindblad
editing, sound design, animation:
Lindblad (b. 1963) graduated in 1985 from the Theatre Academy, and
started working as stage actor. Soon his interests turned towards directing screenplays, and only a couple of years later, towards film-making.
The next step was to invest in an Arriflex SR 16mm camera and starting to
shoot. In 1989 he completed his first film, Love Tank (Kärleken bandvagn),
and in 1993 he made his first feature film Ripa Hits the Skids (Ripa ruostuu ). Immediately after that, he started planning his first animation film
Space-Pigs, which was completed in 2000. Since then he has concentrated
exclusively on animation, except some sidesteps in the opera...
Christian Lindblad
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Producer: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi
Production company:
LR Film Productions Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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F I N N I S H
Ke s ä p a i k k a
]
is a “walk road movie” of two grown-up sisters who argue with their father and
stepmother and in the spirit of their childhood games, decide to run away from their summer
place. While walking away, they untangle their blended family’s problems and the relationship
they have with each other. They get lost a number of times on their way and never reach their
destination; instead, they find something important; they know for sure that you can always count
on your sister.
Summer Place
Director: Inari Niemi
Script: Juuli Niemi
Cinematography: Daniel Lindholm
Editing: Annukka Lilja
Sound design: Mikko Mäkelä,
Tuomas Klaavo
Music: Miikka Paatelainen
Set design: Toni Lukkala
Costumes: Susanna Moilanen
Cast: Anna Paavilainen, Marja Salo,
Aarre Karén, Jani Karvinen
Producers: Riina Hyytiä,
Leena Mäenpää-Bentley
Production company:
Dionysos Films Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
Yle Co-productions
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Summer Place
[
F I L M S
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Inari Niemi
Inari Niemi (born 1978) will
graduate from Helsinki Metropolia
University of Applied Sciences in
the near future. While still at
school, Niemi has focused on
directing and has made several
short films and social commercials
that have been seen at film festivals
and on TV.
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Fiction | 2009 | Digibeta | 1:1,85 |
Dolby | 28’
Director, script: Maarit Lalli
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
[
Ke i n u
k a n s s a i n
]
Niko, 15, is a ninth-grader who should spend a week doing on-the-job training somewhere, but he
has got his own idea how to spend a week. Niko fakes her mom’s signature on the training form
and prepares to spend a week at home practising for the moped driving license test. But Niko gets
caught, and his mom doesn’t hesitate to straighten him out. Mom makes Niko her personal assistant and forces Niko to work with her. And just a couple on hours later, Niko meets Martta, an
81-year-old lady. This unsuspected meeting turns out to be a warm and surprising adventure.
Editing: Hanna Kuirinlahti
Sound design: Pasi Peni
Music: Kepa Lehtinen
Set design: Anne Karttunen
Costumes: Niina Pasanen
Cast: Arttu Lähteenmäki,
Elina Hoffrén, Kaarina Hazard
Producer: Jarmo Lampela
Production company:
Lashelmi Filmi Oy
Production support:
Financing TV company:
YLE TV1 Co-productions
Maarit Lalli
Maarit Lalli (born 1964) studied directing and screenwriting at the School of Film and Television at the University
of Art and Design Helsinki 1994–1998. She has worked as
scriptwriter and director in various short films, documentaries and TV series. Her short films include A Stone Left
Unturned (Kovat miehet , 1999) which was awarded with
several international prizes and nominations, including a
European Film Academy nomination as one of the five best
short fiction film of the year, and The Lake (Järvi, 2006).
Photos: Kari Mankonen
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
University of Art and Design Helsinki /
School of Motion Picture, Television
and Production Design
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Sway With Me
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Experimental | 2009 | Digibeta |
16:9 | Stereo | ~20’
[
Ve s i k a u p u n k e j a
Director, script, editing:
Jaana Puhakka
Cinematography: Pekka Uotila
Jaana Puhakka
Sound design, music:
Jaana Puhakka (born 1963)
is a film director and
a film worker.
Petri Kuljuntausta
Shadow puppetry: Anne Lihavainen
Cast: Kari Ketonen
Producer: Jaana Puhakka
Production company: Kuvani Ky
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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]
A short film of a Finnish cityscape.
The starting point is the home landscape of people who, in urgent need of a home, have been
settled in cities, small towns and industrial towns; this landscape is not part of the public image
of Finnish architecture.
In the film, a dreamer and the dreamer’s shadow move freely in time and space. The film
studies the constructed cityscape from an emotional standpoint and with the help of archive
material, offers a visual trip back in time into Finnish cities and towns. Public spaces affect us,
and we affect them. Buildings are images of us.
S H O R T
F I N N I S H
Water Cities
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F I N N I S H
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Director, script: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Editing: Heikki Kotsalo
Sound design: Peter Nordström
Set design: Kaisa Niva
Costumes: Mari Savio
Cast: Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela,
Leea Klemola, Alaeddin Alaeddine,
Taha Muhammad Rguibi
Producer: Ilppo Pohjola
Production company: Crystal Eye Ltd
Production support: The Finnish Film
Foundation, Arcadi, Arts Council of
Finland, AVEK, City of Helsinki Cultural Office, FRAME, Greta & William
Lehtinen Foundation, Jeu de Paume,
Niilo Helander Foundation, Finnish
Ministry of Education, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Finland; Funded
in part through the donations of The
Ringer Collection and The Ellipse
Foundation; Developed with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the
European Community
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
Where is Where?
[
M i s s ä
o n
m i s s ä?
]
is a one-hour, split-screen film based on a real incident that took place during
the Algerian War of Independence. As a kind of consequence of and reaction to atrocities committed by the French, two Algerian boys kill their friend – a French boy of the same age. The story,
told in four simultaneous images, starts in the present day, with Death entering The Poet’s house.
With Death’s help, The Poet begins to investigate the incident from the past, which is gradually
interwoven with events from the present. The mist over the back garden of the Poet’s house clears
to reveal a white rowing boat in the swimming pool. Adel and Ismael, the two Algerian are sitting
in it.
Where is Where?
Eija Liisa Ahtila
In her films, Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959)
experiments with narrative storytelling and
cinematic installations, creating extraordinary tales out of ordinary human experiences.
Her masterfully crafted narratives and touching portrayals of characters have captured the
public’s interest worldwide. Ahtila’s work has
won her numerous film festival awards and
visual art prizes.
Photo: Nauska, Copyright Crystal Eye Ltd, Helsinki
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S H O R T
Experimental fiction | 2009 | 35mm |
1:1,85 | Dolby Digital 5.1 | 60’
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Fiction | 2009 | Digibeta / DVD |
16:9 | 5.1 | 9’
Words Never Spoken
[
E n
k o s k a a n
s a n o n u t…
]
is a poetic short film about how we pass, from generation to generation, the
burden of unspoken words and the inability to show emotions to those closest to us.
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
Words Never Spoken
Director, script: Risto-Pekka Blom
Cinematography: Heikki Färm
Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen
Sound design: Olli Huhtanen
Set design: Kari Kankaanpää
Costumes: Saija Siekkinen
Cast: Eero Järvinen, Agneta Lindroos,
Risto-Pekka Blom
Juho Eloranta, Samuli Eloranta,
Timo Tuominen
Risto-Pekka Blom graduated as film director from
TAMK University of Applied Sciences in 2005. He has
directed several short films and experimental cinematographic works that have been shown at a number
of international film festivals. From Room to Another
(Huoneesta toiseen), his experimental short film, won
the Festival Award at the 2004 Cork Film Festival, in
Ireland and the Grand Prix at the International Festival
for Film Schools in 2004.
Producers:
Petri Rossi, Joonas Berghäll
Production company: Cine Works Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Documentary | 2008 |
Digibeta / DVD | 16:9 |
5.1 Stereo | 30’
Director, script, cinematography,
World of Light
[
M a a i l m a n
v a l o
]
A video montage by Jari Haanperä, where the lights of different metropoles intertwine into a network of lights that covers the whole planet. On the northern fringe of this network, in the light of
an electric bulb, a group of Finns contemplate the concept of “world of light” and their individual
relationships to it.
”If you have the power, the might and the money, the simplest way of showing it all is to use
enormous amounts of light.”
“Lights make up a system which is similar to a neural network in the way they interconnect. It
will probably grow a lot denser and then starts to seek its optimum form. We are possibly still in
a state of growth.”
“The amount of light in the world is equal to the ability of a man to generate it. There will be
more light tomorrow than there is today, whether I want it or not. Then the only possibility that is
left will be to get out of the light.”
“Fear is one of the central issues associated with darkness. Man needs a lot of artificial light
to keep the fear at bay.”
Sound design: Jari Haanperä,
Jari Haanperä
Epa Tamminen
Producer: Mirka Flander
Jari Haanperä makes short films, videos and
light and sound installations. He uses the whole
range of the moving image, from precinematic
methods to videos and 35mm fiction films.
His works have been shown in art museums and
galleries as well as at film and art festivals all
over the world.
Production company:
Lumenia Productions
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Photo: Sakari Viika
editing, music: Jari Haanperä
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Fiction | 2008 | Digibeta / DVD |
16:9 | Stereo | 7’19’’
S H O R T
F I N N I S H
[
L u o t t o m i e s
]
Jani, a 14-year-old-teenager, lives with his mom in a sleeping suburb. Jani wants to be tough. He
decides to become a small-time drug dealer and show his friends and himself what a tough guy
he is. When Jani encounters the local boss Big-P and offers his services to become a “Your Man,”
he realizes that he doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone. Being himself is hard enough.
Director, script: Antti Sipilä
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Editing: Harri Ylönen
Sound design: Tuomas Klaavo
Antti Sipilä
Set design: Antti Nikkinen
”I think that a film should be like the Trojan horse: It should have an
interesting story that lures us into letting our guard down and accepting
the film. But inside the film there should also be something else: something that the filmmakers want to convey with the film. If we succeed
in making the film, with the help of the story, that something is experienced through the emotions of the audience. So the audience is left with
something more than a story. It’s a message more powerful than words.”
Antti Sipilä graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki
in 2004.
Costumes: Tiina Kaukanen
Cast: Alex Tammela, Niklas Lind-
blom, Emil Reitala, Juho Milonoff
Producers: Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
Production company: Oy Bufo Ab
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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Film Festivals in Finland 2009
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
20.–25.1.2009
Fredrikinkatu 23, FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 672 472, Fax +358 9 673 998
info@docpoint.info
www.docpoint.info
Tampere International Short Film Festival
4.–8.3.2009
Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 223 5681, Fax +358 3 223 0121
office@tamperefilmfestival.fi
www.tamperefilmfestival.fi
Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat –
Midnight Sun Film Festival
10.–14.6.2009
Kansanopistontie 5, FI-99600 Sodankylä
Fax +358 16 614 522
office@msfilmfestival.fi
www.msfilmfestival.fi
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Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
21.–30.8.2009
PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458
office@espoocine.fi, www.espoocine.fi
Animatricks Animation Festival
3.–6.9.2009
Fleminginkatu 7, FI-00530 Helsinki
palikkary@animatricks.net
www.animatricks.net
Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
17.–27.9.2009
PO Box 889, FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6843 5230, Fax +358 9 6843 5232
office@hiff.fi, www.hiff.fi
Oulu International Children’s Film Festival
16.–22.11.2009
Hallituskatu 7, FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290
info@oufilmcenter.inet.fi, www.ouka.fi/lef
Useful Addresses
Anorak Agency
Korkeavuorenkatu 2 B
FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6120 8514
Fax +358 9 6120 8519
sivi.uitto@anorak.fi
www.anorak.fi
Arts Council of Finland
Cinema
PO Box 293
FI-00171 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1607 7064
mari.karikoski@minedu.fi
Association of Finnish Film
Directors –
SELO ry.
PL 177
FI-00531 Helsinki
Mobile +358 50 539 0951
janne.pellinen@gmail.com
www.selo.fi
Association of Independent
Producers in Finland –
SATU ry.
Fabianinkatu 4 B 14
FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 684 0610
Fax +358 9 622 1860
stiina.laakso@satu.fi
www.satu.fi
The Central Organisation of
Finnish Film Producers –
SEK ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2312
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
AVEK – The Promotion
Centre for Audiovisual Culture
Hietaniemenkatu 2
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4315 2350
Fax +358 9 4315 2377
avek@avek.kopiosto.fi
www.kopiosto.fi/avek
Digital Film Finland Oy
Katajanokan laituri 11 B
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 000
Fax +358 9 6877 0033
info@df.fi
www.digitalfilmfinland.fi
FAVEX – Finnish Film &
Audiovisual Export
Fabianinkatu 4 B 14
FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6840 6120
petra.theman@favex.fi
www.favex.fi
Finnish Board of Film Classification
Jaakonkatu 5 B
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2285 41
Fax +358 9 2285 4470
tuula.roos@vet.fi
www.vet.fi
The Finnish Chamber of Films
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2312
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
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F I N N I S H
The Finnish Cinema
Exhibitors’ Association –
SEOL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2315
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
The Finnish Film Contact
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6129 720
Fax +358 9 6129 7210
filmcont@elokuvakontakti.fi
www.elokuvakontakti.fi
The Finnish Film
Distributors’ Association –
SEL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2311
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
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Media Desk Finland
c/o The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 3013
Fax +358 9 6220 3070
kerstin.degerman@ses.fi
www.mediadesk.fi
National Audiovisual Archive
Box 177
FI-00151 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 615 400
Fax +358 9 6154 0242
kava@kava.fi
www.kava.fi
The Union of Finnish Film and
Video Employees – SET ry.
Meritullinkatu 33 A
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2511 2143
Fax +358 9 2511 2191
set@teme.fi
www.teme.fi/set
University of Art and
Design Helsinki –
School of Motion Picture,
Television and
Production Design
Hämeentie 135 C
FI-00560 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 756 301
Fax +358 9 634 303
info@taik.fi
www.taik.fi/elo
YLE –
Finnish Broadcasting
Company
Box 90
FI-00024 Yleisradio
Tel. +358 9 14 801
Fax +358 9 1480 3216
fbc@yle.fi
www.yle.fi/fbc
Contacts
7th Heaven Productions Oy
Eteläranta 14
FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6184 2312
Fax +358 9 6184 2309
Askel tuotannot
Oksasenkatu 6 b 10
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 708 5361
jani.ruscica@gmail.com
Aamu Filmcompany Ltd.
Hiihtomäentie 34
FI-00800 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6874 4980
Mob. +358 40 7355 977
Fax. +358 9 6874 4981
info@aamufilmcompany.fi
info@elokuvayhtiöaamu.fi
www.aamufilmcompany.fi
Oy Bufo Ab
Meritullinkatu 9 A 21
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 45 131 4652
info@bufo.fi
www.bufo.fi
Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy
Viipurinkatu 16 B 22
FI-00510 Helsinki
Mob. +358 50 563 4085
Fax +358 9 148 1636
alppiharjunelokuva@jippii.fi
www.alppiharjunelokuva.com
Cine Works Oy
Kansankuja 6
FI-00680 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 386 1266
petri.rossi@cineworks.fi
www.cineworks.fi
Crystal Eye Ltd.
Tallberginkatu 1 / 44
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 694 2308
Fax +358 9 694 7224
mail@crystaleye.fi
www.crystaleye.fi
Fantomatico Oy
Koskelantie 21 A
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8561 9908
Fax +358 9 8561 9954
info@fantomatico.org
www.fantomatico.org
Dionysos Films Oy
Pengerkatu 18 A LH 4
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. / Fax +358 9 7530 600
riina.hyytia@dionysosfilms.fi
leena.maenpaa@dionysosfilms.fi
Foxley Consulting
Kolapuuntie 2 F
FI-02620 Espoo
Tel. +358 40 707 7286
Fax +358 9 548 5121
foxley.consulting@gmail.com
Edith film Oy
Vuorimiehenpuistikko 6
FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6124 9660
Fax +358 9 6227 0026
info@edithfilm.fi
www.edithfilm.fi
Halko Productions
c/o Antti Lempiäinen
Viides linja 6 b 38
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 3210 179
antti.lempiainen@gmail.com
halko.productions@gmail.com
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Helsinki -filmi Oy
Vanha Talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7740 300
Fax +358 9 7740 3060
aleksi.bardy@helsinkifilmi.fi
www.helsinkifilmi.fi
Festival contacts
for all titles:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
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Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & Co
Palotie 23
FI-02760 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 8554 860
Mob. +358 50 5711 702
ilokuva@ilokuva.fi
www.ilokuva.fi
Indie Films Oy
Malminkatu 2 c 55
FI-00100 Helsinki
Mobile: +358 40 5634 603
tomi.riionheimo@indiefilms.fi
www.indiefilms.fi
It’s Alive Productions
Heinäsintie 79
FI-08700 Lohja
Tel. +358 50 526 4304
teemu.nikki@itsalive.fi
www.itsalive.fi
Kinotar Oy
Vuorikatu 16 A 9
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1351 864
Fax +358 9 1357 863
kinotar@kinotar.com
www.kinotar.com
Kroma Productions Ltd.
Magnusborg studios
FI-06100 Porvoo
Tel. +358 19 534 8015
Fax +358 19 534 8016
kroma@magnusborg.fi
www.kromaproductions.net
Kuvani Ky
Itäinen Pitkäkatu 9
FI-06100 Porvoo
jaana.puhakka@kolumbus.fi
Lasihelmi Filmi
konttori@lasihelmi.fi
Leino&Suvinen Production Oy
Metsäpurontie 16
FI-00630 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 777 2377
Mob. +358 400 800 489
tuomo@leinosuvinen.fi
LR Film Productions Oy
Caloniuksenkatu 9 d 63
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 490 663
Lumenia Productions
PL 719
FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 552 3410
flander@mbnet.fi
Långfilm Productions
Finland Oy
Pietarinkatu 9
FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 10 440 4800
Fax +358 10 440 4809
info@langfilm.fi
www.langfilm.fi
Making Movies Oy
Linnankatu 7
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 621 3828
Fax +358 9 6842 7870
mamo@mamo.fi
www.mamo.fi
Nick Dorra Production Ltd
Pengerkatu 7 D 88
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 742 1414
nick@nickdorra.com
www.nickdorra.com
Sputnik Oy
Museokatu 13 A
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 100
Fax +358 9 6877 1010
sputnik@sputnik.fi
Of Course My Films
Nordenskiöldinkatu 3b A 11
FI-00250 Helsinki
Tel. / Fax +358 9 241 7233
ofcoursemyfilms@luukku.com
Turun Anikistit ry. /
CHRZU
Eerikinkatu 33
FI-20100 Turku
Tel. +358 500 958 555
chrzu@indiefilms.fi
www.anikistit.net
Pohjankonna Oy
Päijänteentie 39–41
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 320 9050
hannes@pohjankonna.fi
www.pohjankonna.fi
UBU filmi
Tel. +358 40 554 7282
aku.louhimies@iki.fi
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Acid, Skin and Syanide by Markku Haapalehto, The Apple Thieves by Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir Hutri, Summer Place by Inari Niemi, The Big and the Beautiful by Teppo Airaksinen, Evolutions by
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Front cover: Where is Where? by Eija-Liisa Ahtila
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