NEW SHORTS FROM FINLAND AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY MARI MANTELA FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 36’
Anja is a woman who knows everything about cars but nothing of herself. INLAND FILM COMPANY | KLAUS HEYDEMANN WWW.INLAND.FI
ANGRY HAMSTER
ANTTI HEIKKI PESONEN FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 14’ Tomi, who still lives at home, is celebrating his 23rd birthday with only his mum for company. HELSINKI-FILMI | MIIA HAAVISTO WWW.HELSINKIFILMI.FI
AU PAIR
TATU POHJAVIRTA & MARK STÅHLE FINLAND | 2017 | ANIMATION | 13’ Woman becomes an au pair for a single man’s cardboard family. INDIEFILMS OY | TATU POHJAVIRTA & TOMI RIIONHEIMO WWW.INDIEFILMS.FI
BETA MALE
MARJA PYYKKÖ FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 8’ Pekka is sick and tired of being the masculine dominance in his relationship. TACK FILMS OY | MELLI MAIKKULA WWW.TACKFILMS.FI
NEW SHORTS FROM FINLAND
CEILING
TEPPO AIRAKSINEN FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 15’ Olavi is a man on the brink of divorce. Also, the ceiling of his summer cottage is coming down. TACK FILMS OY | JOHN LUNDSTEN WWW.TACKFILMS.FI
COLD STORAGE
THOMAS FREUNDLICH FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION, DANCE | 9’ Cold Storage is a short dance film that pays homage to the virtuosic physical performances and melancholy comedy of the classic silent screen. LUMIKINOS PRODUCTION OY WWW.LUMIKINOSPRODUCTION.COM
DANCE ON THIN ICE PV LEHTINEN FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 30’
A dream-like story where two young strangers, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. CINEPARADISO | PV LEHTINEN WWW.CINEPARADISO.FI
THE DIJON STORY
MIKKO MYLLYLAHTI FINLAND, GERMANY | 2016 | FICTION | 9’ The Dijon Story dives with unexpected consequences into the life of four Finnish hipsters in Berlin. HILLSTREAM PICTURES | NIKLAS KULLSTRÖM CONTACT@HILLSTREAM.FI
FANTASY
TEEMU NIKKI FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 9’ A country boy doesn’t want to eat potatoes. He wants something more exotic IT’S ALIVE FILMS | JANI PÖSÖ WWW.ITSALIVE.FI
FUCKING BUNNIES
TEEMU NIUKKANEN FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 17’
Raimo’s comfy middle class bubble is burst when a satan worshipping sex cult moves in next door. ELOKUVAYHTIÖ KOMEETTA OY | DANIEL KUITUNEN, TERO TAMMINEN, KAISLA VIITALA WWW.KOMEETTAFILMI.FI
THE GLASS PEARL
TOMMI SEITAJOKI FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 15’
A 12-year-old boy plunders garbage cans in a suburb. He is searching for something that gives him a reward KINOPRODUCTION OY | CLAES OLSSON WWW.KINOPRODUCTION.FI
A HALT
PIA ANDELL FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 6’ A small film on communication – either there is too little of it, or it’s too late. OF COURSE MY FILMS | PIA ANDELL WWW.OF-COURSE-MY-FILMS-OY.TEKEE.FI
NIKLAS LINDGREN FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 12’
Speaking Swedish is a pain in the ass. TACK | JOHN LUNDSTEN WWW.TACKFILMS.FI
MIGHT
EMIL SALLINEN FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 9’ Maryam, a rebel leader in a post-apocalyptic world governed by a ruthless religion, is determined to prove that a huge metallic object hovering in the sky is not a god. CLUTCH PRODUCTIONS | EMIL SALLINEN WWW.CLUTCH.FI
MIXTEIP – THE GREATEST TAPE EVER TOLD TEEMU ÅKE FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 7’
Mixteip is a story about memories, heart-break and nostalgia told through the eyes of a c-cassette. OSUUSKUNTA KORPIPAJA | MERI-ELLEN PYSTYNEN WWW.KORPIPAJA.FI
NAPOLI FILM
SEPPO RENVALL FINLAND | 2017 | DOCUMENTARY | 25’ An urban symphony composed of everyday images of life in Napoli, where different aspects of humanity and culture live side by side and inside each other. EX-PROFESSO | KUKKA-MAARIA VUORIKOSKI WWW.EXPROFESSO.FI
NO CONNECTION
RISTO-PEKKA BLOM FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 15’ Falling down due to a personal tragedy may save a person from themselves. Matti has drifted into a double life, unable of taking responsibility for his actions and their effects on those close to him. MEDIAPORRAS OY | ARTO KOSKINEN, JUHA SIIRTOLA, VILLE RISSANEN SHORTFILMS@MEDIAPORRAS.COM
ONLY PUSSIES SCREW JUHA LANKINEN FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 19’
11-year old Make hates being a kid. He leads his friends on a journey to see a real live pussy. Then little brother Konsta tags along. Will Make find what he’s looking for? And just what is that pussy exactly? SILVA MYSTERIUM | NIKO RITALAHTI & MIKA RITALAHTI WWW.SILVAMYSTERIUM.FI
PAPULABOX
KIMMO KOSKELA FINLAND | 2017 | DANCE FILM, CHILDREN | 22’ PapulaBOX is a happy and colorful dance adventure in the world of geometry and imagination. HATTARA PROJEKTI | HATTARA FILMS | MARIA JÄNNES, KIMMO KOSKELA WWW.HATTARAPRO.COM
SEXY AS HELL
KIMMO TAAVILA FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 9’ When an accounting company moves, it’s CEO gets an opportunity to display her awesome management skills. FILMIMAA LTD | MARKKU TUURNA WWW.FILMIMAA.FI
NEW SHORTS FROM FINLAND
MANDATORY SWEDISH
NEW SHORTS FROM FINLAND
SORE EYES FOR INFINITY ELLI VUORINEN FINLAND | 2016 | ANIMATION | 12’
An optician’s workday is filled by a line of extraordinary customers. One by one, she has to witness them use the optical equipments she sold to them in suspicious ways. PYJAMA FILMS OY | TERHI VÄÄNÄNEN WWW.PYJAMA.FI
SOUND FROM THE DEEP JOONAS ALLONEN & ANTTI LAAKSO FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 29’
An international research group is searching for natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. A journey to unknown. TWISTED FILMS OY | JUPE LOUHELAINEN & KIMMO SILLANMIKKO WWW.TWISTEDFILMS.FI
SPRING DANCE
SALLA SORRI FINLAND | 2017 | FICTION | 15’ A story about a girl who wants to be the center of attention and about her mother who would prefer to hide. HELSINKI-FILMI OY | ANNIKA SUCKSDORFF WWW.HELSINKIFILMI.FI
STUDIES ON THE ECOLOGY OF DRAMA EIJA-LIISA AHTILA FINLAND | 2017 | EXPERIMENTAL FICTION | 27’
Studies on the Ecology of Drama - a path to the company of other living beings. CRYSTAL EYE – KRISTALLISILMÄ OY | ILPPO POHJOLA WWW.CRYSTALEYE.FI
TOMATO
HANNA MAYLETT FINLAND | 2016 | FICTION | 8’ An actress Kati gets a role of a lifetime as a tomato – the consequences are unexpected. DOUBLE BACK DOCUMENTARIES | SAARA HELENE MURTO WWW.DOUBLEBACK.FI
WORMHOLE
TURUN ANIKISTIT FINLAND | 2016 | ANIMATION | 13’ Vienna 1914. Otto finds a wormhole into another dimension. It drives his mental health and relationship with Emma into ruins. They both end up seeking help from Freud’s couch. TWISTED FILMS OY | JUPE LOUHELAINEN & KIMMO SILLANMIKKO WWW.TWISTEDFILMS.FI
CONTACT
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