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1–7=62=0 4Anchor, The 6Apple Drill, The 8Boy from the Woods 10Fairy Tale R 12Five Sunrises to Go 14God’s Teeth 16Heaven 18Heavy Metal 20Hedgehog Thing 22Keidas 24Lake, The 26Learned by Heart 28Legacy 30Loggers, The 32Magic Night 34Memory, The 36My Portrait 38Next Move, The 40

Number – Life on a Scale from 0 to 10 42On the Way 44Opportunist 46Pietà 48Punishment 50Rondo 52Skiers, The 54South Indian Thali 56Sõprus – �� (Friendship) 58Tango Finlandia 60Town Manager, The 62Vaslav Nijinsky – Invisible Power 64Visitor 66Woodsmen 68Zone of Total Eclipse, The 70åäö 72

Contacts 74

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Kauko LindforsKauko Lindfors has worked in various fields of film for almost twenty years. Since graduating from the University of Art and Design Helsinki, he has worked as a sound mixer, sound de-signer and editor in over a hundred productions. He has directed a documentary film about infertility, Uskon vasta kun pää näkyy (1994), and depression, Light My Head – A Documentary on One

Depression (Valoa päähän – dokumentti yhdestä masennuksesta, 2004). Kauko Lindfors currently works as a lecturer of editing at Tampere Polytechnic.

1–7=62=0Experimental documentary | 2007 | 35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | ~8’

Director, script, cinematography,

editing, sound design, music: Kauko LindforsProducer: Kauko LindforsProduction company: Angry-La Visual Design KyProduction support: AVEK

The film is an experimental documentary bordering on video art about the slowness of mental healthcare. It aims to depict what it feels like when the mind is exhausted.

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07 The Anchor

[ A n k k u r i ]

Animation | 2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 7’30’’

Director, script, lay out: Tommi Juutilainen Animation: Mikko Torvinen Rendering, backgrounds: Samppa Kukkonen Editing: Sampa Kukkonen, Tommi JuutilainenSound design: Mikko PajuMusic: Esko MäkinenProducer: Jyrki Kaipainen Production company: Film co-operative Camera Cagliostro Production support: AVEK (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE TV1

A captain and three seamen are aboard a ship. One of the seamen loses his head, which rocks the status quo – changing it to something quite different.

Tommi JuutilainenTommi Juutilainen (born 1972) studied fine arts at the Institute of Fine Arts of the Lahti University of Applied Sciences, and animation at the Arts Academy of the Turku University of Applied Sciences, from which he graduated in 2004.

Juutilainen’s films include a puppet animation Tractatus Gastronomicus (1999) and animated cartoons Terribly Sorry (Anteeks kauheesti, 2001) and Humble

Desires (2004). He has also held his own art exhibitions.

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07 The Apple Drill

[ O m e n a p o r a ]

Fiction | 2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | ~15’

Director, script: Paavo WesterbergCinematography: Mark StubbsEditing: Suvi RyhänenSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaCast: Mikko Kouki, Kari Ketonen, Janne Virtanen, Oskari HeimonenProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:

The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEKFinancing TV company:

YLE Co-productions

Johannes buys a food processor that slices apples into identical pieces. After the blade breaks, Johannes starts a seemingly never-ending battle against bureaucracy in order to get a new one.

Paavo WesterbergPaavo Westerberg (born 1973) has been an actor since the 1980’s, but in 2003 the TV-series Fragments (Irtiottoja, directed by Aku Louhimies) also made him a screenwriter, together with another co-actor Mikko Kouki. Westerberg was also a co-writer of Frozen Land (Paha maa, 2005) with Jari Rantala. Director Louhimies also contributed to the writing process. The Apple Drill is his debut film as a director.

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Juha LehtolaJuha Lehtola (born 1966) is a director and scriptwriter. He previously directed Woman in

the Meadow (Nainen kedolla, 2003).

Boy from the Woods[ M e t s ä n p o i k a ]

Fiction | 2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 12’

Director: Juha LehtolaScript: Laura RuohonenCinematography: Mark StubbsEditing: Suvi RyhänenSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaCast: Saija Lentonen, Jukka Leisti, Sari Mällinen, Markku Maalismaa, Ursula Salo, Heikki NousiainenProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:


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Three families from the city are spending a skiing day together. The youngest of the lot, a six-year-old boy, vanishes in the forest by oversight.

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Tiina HalonenTiina Halonen is a graphic artist from Helsinki. She started to make animations in 1976 and has directed 15 animated films, mainly for television. Her preferred technique is cut-out animation, but she is also familiar with cel, sand and object animations. Director Halonen writes her films herself.

Fairy Tale R[ S a t u R ]

Animation | 2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | ~20’

Director, script: Tiina HalonenCinematography: Pauliina LeinoEditing: Tuomo LeinoSound design, Music: Pekka KarjalainenProducer: Tuomo LeinoProduction company: Leino & Suvinen Production OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Nordic Film & TV FundFinancing TV company: YLE TV2

On a spring night, in a city, in a stone house, by a park, the drawer falls asleep by her window. There, I was born. I was small, almost not at all. Everything was sleeping. Everything was blue. Water was babbling. At that moment, I swam out of the drawer’s cage, away from her papers, away from the lake of her desk. I swam through the woods, the night and the water into the Fairy tale.

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Milja AholaMilja Ahola (born 1945), Master of Arts, is an animation director and graphic artist from Helsinki. She has made animations since 1994, of which The Twin (Kaksonen, 1999) was awarded at the Tehran Interna-tional Film Festival, New England Film & Video Festival and Tampere Film Festival. She has also worked as a graphic designer and held several private exhibitions.

Five Sunrises to Go[ V i i s i a a m u a v i e l ä ]

Director, visualization: Milja AholaScript: Iiro KüttnerAnimation: Jan Andersson, Kati Härkönen, Katja KettuEditing: Tuula MehtonenSound design: Kepa LehtinenMusic: Eero OjanenProducer: Liisa PenttiläProduction company: Edith film OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEKFinancing TV company:

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Animation | 2006 | Digibeta SP | 16:9 | Stereo | 17’

A black comedy about a Manager who wanted to do the right thing.

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Pentti KasurinenPentti Kasurinen (born 1956) has directed many popular Finnish television series, and has been involved in several TV-dramas, documentaries and short films.

God’s Teeth[ J u m a l a n h a m p a a t ]

Fiction | 2006 | Digibeta / Beta SP / DVD | 16:9 Anamorphic | Dolby SR ch1+ch2 | 19’35’’

Director: Pentti KasurinenScript: Pentti Kasurinen & John LundstenCinematography: Kimmo JaatinenEditing: Annukka LiljaSound design: Santtu SieriläMusic: Panu AaltioSet design: Heini GranbergCast: Kari Heiskanen, Aleksi Rantanen, Jan Nyquist, Tatu Siivonen, Mikko Jurkka, Antti DahlProducer: Aleksi HyvärinenProduction company: Snapper Films OyCo-producer: UIAH ELO / LUME Production support Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE Co-Productions

God’s Teeth takes place in 1930s Lapland. Juha’s confirmation class is interrupted when a van arrives at a churchyard in a remote village. To his horror, it contains a dentist’s office. All the youngsters in the village are to get false teeth as a confirmation gift. Thus, their own teeth will have to be pulled out.

Juha runs away after seeing his friends in pain, but he doesn’t get far.Getting false teeth seems unavoidable until higher powers intervene.

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Juha LehtolaJuha Lehtola (born 1966) is a director and scriptwriter. He previously directed Woman in the Meadow (Nainen kedolla, 2003).

Heaven[ T a i v a s ]


Director, script: Juha LehtolaCinematography: Mark StubbsEditing: Suvi RyhänenSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaCast: Maria Heiskanen, Pekka Autiovuori, Christina Indrenius-ZalewskiProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:


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A story about a young mother, who runs out of money and takes a painting she has inherited from her parents to be appraised at an auction house. An expert, who resembles God and looks like he is over a hundred years old, deems the painting to be no more than a poster. As the disappointed mother leaves, it starts to rain, and water washes paint and colours off the picture.

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Zaida BergrothZaida Bergroth (born 1977) has studied film directing at the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, in the Department of Film and Television. Glass Jaw (Lasileuka, 2004) was her diploma work for UIAH. Bergroth is currently developing her first feature film, which is planned to go into production in 2007.

Heavy MetalFiction | 2006 | Digibeta / Beta SP / DVD | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 29’

Director: Zaida BergrothScript: Jan Forsström, Zaida BergrothCinematography: Anu KeränenEditing: Oskar FranzénSound design: Janne LaineProduction design: Päivi KettunenCostumes: Elina LarioCast: Ilmari Saarikoski, Ville Jokinen, Oona Linnavuori, Henriikka SaloProducer: Jarkko HentulaProduction company: Juonifilmi OyProduction support: The Finnish Film FoundationFinancing TV company: YLE TV1

The end of the 80s, a village in the middle of Finland. 15-year-old Hevari, the only long-haired boy in town, is the coolest guy in the world – at least according to Kake from next door. No-one else seems to agree. Short-tempered Hevari is used to being the laughing stock among the gang and the girls. But when the Friday night comes and there’s a disco at the community hall, it’s time to go again. Maybe tonight everything will be different.

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Esa IlliEsa Illi has directed, for example, Midsummer Stories (Juhannus-

tarinoita, 1997) as well as the short fictions which won awards at the Tampere film festival: Lazyman Death (Den lata döden, 1991), Break-In – The Anatomy of a Gig (Kili-Kali, 1994) and Monkey

Business (Apinajuttu, 2000) and the EBU-awarded short film, Kotiinpaluu (1998). His first full-length feature, Brothers (Broidit), was made in 2003. Other awards and honourable mentions: Nordisk panorama (Reykjavik 1994), Mannheim (1994 and 2000), and Shanghai International Film Festival (2004).

Hedgehog Thing[ S i i l i j u t t u ]

Experimental fiction | 2006 | 35mm, Hdcam, DigiBeta | 16:9, 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 7’

Director, script, music: Esa IlliCinematography, colourist: Pentti KeskimäkiEditing: Esa Illi, Pentti KeskimäkiSound design: Olli PärnänenCast: Eetu Furuholm, Jani Toivola, Maria Heiskanen, Ville VirtanenProducer: Raimo UunilaProduction company: Grape Productions OyProduction support: AVEK (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE Co-productionswww.grapeproductions.fi/hedgehogthing

A sweaty and tense afternoon on a city bus. Tired, angry and apathetic people. A small boy who’s afraid to go home and is sort of trapped on the bus. This is one of those moments when you’re balancing on a razor’s edge.

In the end a person who has every reason to give up musters up the energy to care and the boy is saved.

A small unselfish act, to rise above everyday life for a moment is enough for a feeling of mythi-cal heroism to spark to life for a moment.

Unless we see enough signs in our surrounding reality that at least one person cares and is capable of altruistic, unselfish acts during tough, stressful situations then some significant break-down will occur. We need these signs to believe in this world and to feel good. Especially for children.

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PV LehtinenPV Lehtinen was born and lives in Helsinki. He graduated as a director from the School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. His previous water-themed films include The Diver (Hyppääjä, 2000) and The Crawl (Krooli, 2004), which have been awarded at several international festivals.

KeidasDocumentary | 2007 | 35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 20’

Director, script, editing: PV LehtinenCinematography: Hannu-Pekka VitikainenSound design: Sakari SalliMusic: BiosphereProducer: PV LehtinenProduction company: CineParadiso OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEKFinancing TV company: YLE TV1 Co-productions

A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they return each summer. These people include a retired policeman, a musician, a professor and a worker. They and many others share the powerful experience of the swimming stadium as a source of vitality. Many have been going there since they were little children.

Keidas continues the director’s visually impressive series of water films. It brings the beautiful, functionalistic swimming stadium, previously seen in many of his films, into the foreground. This film is like a layered portrait of Finland’s first outdoor swimming pool and its regular customers.

About the swimming stadium: It took a long time for the Helsinki swimming stadium to be com-pleted as a site for the Olympics and a popular bathing establishment. The designing work started in the early 1930’s and the building started in 1938 according to the plans by architect Jorma Järvi. The stadium was supposed to be finished for the 1940 Olympics, which had been awarded to Helsinki, but the work was suspended because of the Winter War. The swimming stadium was finally completed for the 1952 Olympics.

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Maarit LalliMaarit Lalli (born 1964) has studied directing and script writing at the Motion Picture school, Television and Production Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. She has directed and written several films and TV series. Her filmography includes Remnants (Rippeitä, 1999), the award winning A Stone Left Unturned (Kovat miehet, 1999) and the documentary film Prison and Paradise (Saaren vangit, 2002, together with Anu Kuivalainen).

The Lake[ J ä r v i ]

Fiction | 2006 | Digibeta | 16:9 | 5.1 Dolby stereo | 7’

Director: Maarit LalliScript: Laura ArpalahtiCinematography: Rauno RonkainenEditing: Harri YlönenSound design: Pasi PeniMusic: Kepa LehtinenSet design: Kimmo SirenCostumes: Niina PasanenCast: Pamela Tola, Elina Knihtilä, Jani Kiiskilä, Ville Seivo, Ilmari Tuomivaara, Aarni KivinenProducer: Jarmo LampelaProduction company: Lasihelmi Filmi OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE TV1 Co-productions

Two sisters, Mailis and Henna, are rowing on a lake at the heart of a summer midnight. Henna has lost something in the lake – something dear. Mailis, whom she has woken for help,

is about to turn the boat homeward, when Henna points at the black lake: there. And another one, there! And a third one is bound to turn up...

At dawn, the sisters have a sumptuous catch in their boat, but Henna is still not satisfied. Mai-lis finds out that blood is not always thicker than water.

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Marjut RimminenMarjut Rimminen (born 1944) has worked in London independently since 1974 directing and animating commercials for Finland and producing short films for Channel Four Television. She has created a children’s series Urpo & Turpo in partnership with Liisa Helminen.Päivi TakalaPäivi Takala (born 1953) has had a wide-ranging career as a composer, musician, sound designer and film maker. Her first film was the award winning documentary Mwe Bana Bandi (Rumpu, ruokokitara ja Honda, 1988) which she co-directed with Kristiina Tuura.

Learned by Heart[ S y d ä m e e n k ä t k e t t y ]

Directors, script: Marjut Rimminen, Päivi TakalaCinematography: Marjut Rimminen, Kari SohlbergAnimation: Marjut Rimminen, Shaun ClarkEditing: Tony FishSound design: Päivi Takala, Patrick BoullengerMusic: Päivi TakalaDesign: Marjut RimminenCostumes: working team, Riitta RöpelinenCast: Fanny Sukura, Anton ValtonenProducer: Annakaisa SukuraProduction company: Soundsgood Productions OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEKFinancing TV company: YLE TV1

Animation | 2007 | 4 x 3 | Stereo | 5 x 5’45’’

Finland emerged from WWII in a schizophrenic state. The nation had survived two wars against the Soviet Union with her independence in tact, but had officially come out on the losing side. It was hard to talk about the war in the homes. Fathers were back from the front, but they found it difficult to adjust to everyday life. The heroism and camaraderie of the battlefield lived on in their memories, the horrors of war haunted their dreams. Mothers, the heroines of the household, took control and began organizing the lives of their families.

To post-war children, their parents seemed distant, authoritarian, frightening. It took the Six-ties to free the society from the spectre of unquestionable authority, and to open windows to the outside world. Television brought war back into the living room, but now it was being fought on the other side of the planet.

The film is composed around old Lutheran hymns and their spiritual legacy. Hymnal motifs dominate the soundtrack and recall memories of a time when they were an unquestioned element in everyday life. The wealth of visual imagery consists of animation, archive materials and snap-shots from old family albums.

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Matti IjäsMatti Ijäs (born 1950) has been writing and directing films for almost three decades. His latest films include Blue Corner (Haaveiden kehä, 2003) and Blindfolded (Sokkotanssi, 1999).

Legacy[ P e r i n t ö l a k a n a ]


Director: Matti IjäsScript: Juha LehtolaCinematography: Mark StubbsEditing: Suvi RyhänenSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaCast: Jarkko Pajunen, Susanna Anteroinen, Rauno Juvonen, Risto Salmi, Vieno SaaristoProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:


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Myrsky on nousemassa, mutta siitä huolimatta Lauri, 30-vuotias kaupunkilaismies haluaa ri-pustaa pyykkinarulle juuri pestyn ison valkoisen lakanan. Hänen vaimonsa vastustaa ajatusta ja seuraa järjetön taistelu turhista periaatteista.

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Selma VilhunenSelma Vilhunen (born 1976) studied film at the Arts Academy of the Turku University of Applied Sciences. She has written and directed both fictional films and documentaries.

The Loggers[ J ä t k ä t ]

Documentary | 2006 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 18’

Director, script: Selma VilhunenCinematography: Sari AaltonenEditing: Hanna AsuntaSound design: Laura KuivalainenProducer: Kaarle AhoProduction company: Making MoviesProduction support: AVEK (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE TV1

Asko is a man, Myrsky is a horse. In winter, the pair earn their living by logging wood in small forests in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The work is hard and the days are long. The man and the horse have only each other for company. The Loggers is a film about the co-operation between a man and an animal, and about a dying working method meeting the 21st century landscape. First and foremost, it is a tribute to testosterone steaming in the cold of winter.

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Jouni HiltunenJouni Hiltunen (born in 1964) is a documentary film director. He has worked in various fields of the film industry since 1990 and has directed more than 15 documentary films. His documentary film about three Russian prisoners Blatnoi Mir (2001), has been awarded at both Finnish and international festivals. At the moment, Hiltunen works as a producer-director for Katharsis Films in Helsinki, Finland.

Magic Night[ T a i k a y ö ]

Documentary | 2006 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Dolby stereo | 14’53’’

Director, script, cinematography: Jouni HiltunenEditing: Anne LakanenSound design: Janne JankeriProducer: Jouni HiltunenProduction company: Katharsis Films OyProduction support: The Finnish Film FoundationFinancing TV company: TV1 Uusi kino

Hannes Tiira is completely blind. Every night from the beginning of May to the second week of July, he takes a solitary walk into a bird grove that is split by a straight one-kilometre-long forest path. He counts and classifies the nightly singers in the grove, from the first warbler in spring to the last whistler in July. The birds’ songs make up a concert that Hannes wants to experience every night, over and over again.

He hopes to come across a “magical night” that may occur just once in a summer: “Each sum-mer is blessed with one or two magical nights. Those are the twilight hours between two hot days, when the sound world of the grove intoxicates your mind. That is when nothing feels unlikely: birds, birds, birds!”

“I can sense everything, even the beauty of a landscape, even though I am blind. Every night as I walk in the forest, I ask myself: Is this possible, have I gone to bird men’s heaven?”

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07 The Memory

[ M u i s t i ]

Milla is fired from her job. The crisis brings back a nightmare from her youth, in which she is attacked by some huge creature. Milla believes she has found out the terrifying reason for the dream after her brother tells her about a childhood encounter with a bear. Milla does not re-member the incident – and does not know what to believe anymore.

Peter LindholmPeter Lindholm (born 1960) is a film director and producer. His latest directions are a documentary film Borgå Year (Ett år i Borgå, 2002–2005), a feature film Kites Over Helsinki (Drakarna över Helsingfors, 2001) and a television series Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood (Kylmäverisesti sinun, 2000).


Director: Peter LindholmCinematography: Raimo UunilaSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaCast: Mi Grönlund, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, heidi Krohn, Risto Aaltonen, Susa SaukkoProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:


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Christian LindbladChristian Lindblad graduated as an actor from the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1985, but moved on to film soon after in 1988. His debut film Love Tank (Kärlekens bandvagn) was fin-ished the same year. A series of live action films culminated in the feature film Ripa Hits the Skids (Ripa ruostuu, 1993). Since then, he has mainly made animated films, but has also written opera librettos and directed for theatre.

My Portrait[ O m a k u v a ]

Animation | 2007 | 16:9 | ~5’

Director, script, cinematography,

editing: Christian LindbladProducer: Ilkka RuuhijärviProduction company: LR Film Productions OyProduction support: AVEK

The main character in the film, a lonely painter, sits in his studio before a blank canvas, wonder-ing what to paint. He decides to paint a self-portrait. The film follows the artist working, this ex-citing and ever-escalating process, up until the painting is finished... but something goes wrong. The self-portrait may have become a little too realistic, it almost breathes...

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Laura NeuvonenLaura Neuvonen works as an animator at the animation studio Anima Vitae. Her previ-ous animated short The Last Knit (Kutoja, 2005) has been screened at numerous film festivals. She has also designed characters for the TV-series Autocrats (Itse valtiaat) and Pasila.

The Next Move[ M ö b l e e r a a j a ]

Animation | 2006 | Digibeta / Beta SP | 16:9 Anamorphic | Stereo | 12’24’’

Director, script, editing: Laura NeuvonenTechnical art director: Olli RajalaAnimation: Laura Neuvonen, Pauli Laasonen, Kai LappalainenSound design: Janne Jankeri, Salla Hämäläinen, Heikki KossiMusic: Christer NuutinenCharacter Design: Annu SalminenProducer: Petteri PasanenProduction company: Anima Vitae Ltd.Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE

A film about a couple moving into their first home.

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Mika LehtinenMika Lehtinen (born 1966) graduated as a director from the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1995. He has worked as a director in many theatres around Finland, and he is a lecturer in the Department of Lighting and Sound Design at the Theatre Academy. Lehtinen has also worked as a drama consultant to various documentary departments with the Finnish Broadcasting Company, and as an assistant director in several films before his first direction Precious Brother (Arvon veli, 2004), which received an audience award at the Tampere Film Festival in 2005.

Number – Life on a Scale of 0 to 10[ N u m e r o – e l ä m ä a s t e i k o l l a 0 – 1 0 ]

Documentary | 2006 | Digibeta | 16:9 | 17’52’’

Director, script: Mika LehtinenCinematography: Harri Räty, Pentti KeskimäkiEditing: Jani PyylampiSound design: Vesa MeriläinenMusic: Petri NieminenProducer: Jarmo LampelaProduction company: Lasihelmi FilmiProduction support: AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE TV1 Co-productions

One night, before falling asleep, I started to think about people close to me and the powerful feel-ings that they feel. The feelings seemed strong, overwhelming, all-consuming and in some cases even overpowering. I thought about the world and people in a wider context and that developed into a starting point for Number.

Number – Life on a Scale of 0 to 10 is a sketch and an outline of feelings.Our lives are filled with pure and meaningful moments and periods that consist only of feelings.

In some parts of our lives, we feel that we are alone and in some sense special. We think that there’s no one else in this world as unhappy, lonely, depressed, scared, happy, or in love as we are.

If at that moment we turn our attention inwards, we lose the ability to co-exist and be compas-sionate – thus losing life itself.

The diversity of human feeling is unlimited, and the words we use to describe it are only lame and vague allusions.

- Yrjö Kallinen, 1951

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Saara SaarelaSaara Saarela (born 1971) is a film director, whose previous works include Slow at Heart (Kuningas Hidas, 2000) and Stripping (Hengittämättä ja nauramatta, 2002).

On the Way[ M a t k a ]


Director: Saara SaarelaScript: Kari HotakainenCinematography: Mark StubbsEditing: Suvi RyhänenSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaCast: Pertti Sveholm, Janne ReinikainenProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:


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Two men climb down from a tree, found a political party and journey from the forest to the midst of people, to preach their truth in order to save Finland.

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Teemu NikkiTeemu Nikki (born 1975) has directed several music videos and commercial films. Opportunist is his first short film.

Opportunist[ M e n e s t y j ä ]

Fiction | 2005 | Digibeta, DVD | 16:9 Anamorphic | Stereo | 8’30”

Director, script, editing: Teemu NikkiCinematography: Jyrki ArnikariSound design, music: Sakari SalliSet design, costumes, make-up: Minna SorvojaCast: Aukusti Heikkilä, Topi Majaniemi, Antti Reini, Tarja Heinula, Pertti Sveholm, Milka AhlrothProducers: Petri Jokiranta, Tero KaukomaaProduction company: Blind Spot Pictures OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE

10-year old Marko is jealous of his next door neighbour who is the same age as he. Marko’s family and the neighbour boy’s family go for a ride. At the gas station Marko notices that his opportunity has come.

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Selma VilhunenSelma Vilhunen was born in 1976 and is a director and script-writer. She graduated from the Arts Academy of the Turku University of Applied Sciences in 2004. Vilhunen’s previous directorial work includes the documentaries My Little Elephants (Minun pikku elefanttini, 2002), about a Russian shepherd and a housewife, and Loggers (Jätkät, 2006) about a logger and his horse. Vilhunen has written the movies Suburban Virgin (Espoon viimeinen neitsyt, 2003) and Homesick (Koti-ikävä, 2005), the latter together with the movie’s director Petri Kotwica.

PietàFiction | 2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 60’

Director, script: Selma VilhunenCinematography: Sari AaltonenEditing: Hanna AsuntaSound design: Pietari KoskinenMusic: Otso LähdeojaSet design: Kaisa MäkinenCostumes: Karoliina Koiso-KanttilaCast: Maria Ylipää, Ville Tiihonen, Eeva-Kirsti Komulainen, Kristofer GummerusProducer: Kaarle Aho & Kai NordbergProduction company: Making Movies OyProduction support: The Finnish Film FoundationFinancing TV company: YLE TV1

“Kristian and I are breaking up. We’ve been breaking up for like four years now.”Maria’s old love Kristian is once again unhappy and homeless, and it just so happens that once

again he moves in with Maria. In her job as a geriatric nurse, Maria tries her best to cheer up Ms. Eeva V, an author she admires, who has been paralysed by a stroke. Maria is the strongest woman on Earth, and full of love so fiery that nothing could hurt her. But day by day, both Kristian and Eeva become more and more miserable – and mean.

Pietà is a tragedy about becoming human, coloured by bitter humour and Helsinki summer nights.

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Timo PeltonenTimo Peltonen is renowned for his delicate cinematography and his vast experience from different fields of art. His previous works as a cinematographer include Life-Saver (Hengenpelastaja, 2004), Henki (2004), Lost and Found (2003), Family Files (2002), and as a director, David (2002) and Omar Elvis (1996).

Punishment [ M i e s j a t u o m i o ]

Documentary | 2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 30’

Director, script, cinematography: Timo PeltonenEditing: Samu KuukkaProducer: Jouko AaltonenProduction company: Illume Ltd.Production support: The Finnish Film FoundationFinancing TV company: YLE TV1 Co-productions

Punishment tells a story about a man who pushed the norms of chastity in the Finland of the late 1960’s.

Mattijuhani Koponen is a pioneer of Finnish underground and performance art, who had sex-ual intercourse on top of a grand piano and threw the conservative Finland off its rails. The fine line between art and pornography was discussed in several courts of justice. The artist was sen-tenced to one year in prison. One public act in his youth has stigmatised the man and his whole life. The incident turned his life upside down and almost destroyed him. His friends disappeared, and Koponen was almost completely forgotten.

Much of the time and era is culminated in Koponen’s fate. The film is one man’s romantic jour-ney amidst the complex set of values of our recent history, when the idealism of an individual made the powers-that-be nervous. At the same time, it reminds us of similar problems we face today.

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Marja MikkonenMarja Mikkonen (b. 1979) is an artist who uses various forms of media in her work, such as live performance, video, film, installation, text and photography. Her graduation work from the Turku Art Academy in 2003, a film entitled 99 Years of My Life (99 vuotta elämästäni), won several prizes, including a shared silver prize in the category of Cinéfondation in the Film Festival of Cannes 2004. Mikkonen is currently finishing her MFA-studies in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.

RondoExperimental | 2006 | Beta SP / PAL | 4:3 | Stereo | 8’21’’

Director, script: Marja MikkonenCinematography: Sini LiimatainenEditing: Hannele MajaniemiSound design: Sakari LuhtalaMusic: Taneli TuominenSet design: Tuomo TruhponenCast: Jaana Pirskanen, Hermanni YlitepsaProducer: Marja MikkonenProduction support: AVEK, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki

“My memories alter when I talk about them. When I think of them, they are different.” This is a short poetic film about memory and change with no dialogue. In the film the characters act with-in a certain framed choreography and only the ending of the film releases them from the loop.

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John WebsterJohn Webster (b. 1967) has been making documentary films as an independent director and producer since 1990. His work includes the films Suckers (1993), Don’t Tell Daddy (1995), Losing It (1999), Rooms of Shadow and

Light (2001) and What Comes Around –

See Everything, Feel Everything (Sen edestään löytää, 2004).

The Skiers[ H i i h t ä j ä t ]

Documentary | 2006 | 35mm / Digibeta | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital | 11’

Director: John WebsterCinematography: Tuomo HutriEditing: Mervi Junkkonen Sound design: Anne TolkkinenProducer: John WebsterProduction company: JW Documentaries OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation (Make It Short Project of AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE TV1

A hand opens, turns... Old men’s hands, whose lines echo the criss-crossed patterns of ski-tracks. Hands that remember wielding a scythe, caressing a child – and pulling a trigger. These men, veteran soldier-skiers of the Winter War, today take part in an annual skiing competition. The

Skiers tells the story in a handful of words and a few telling pictures. The result is a celebration of old age, the joy of life, and the tough endurance of the Finnish spirit.

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Lasse NaukkarinenLasse Naukkarinen (born 1942) is a director and cinemato-grapher. The first of his over 30 directions were political (Solidarity / Solidaarisuus 1970), in the 1980’s and 90’s he made documentaries that examined society (No Comments, 1984), then gritty profiles (Dog Trails / Koiranpolkuja 1995) and later artist profiles (Miina! / Miinavaara!, 2003; Artist´s Life / Taiteilija-

elämää, 1999). Anni from Paanajärvi (Paanajärven Anni, 2006) is a story about a village in North western Russia, which is saved from drowning into the reservoir of a hydropower plant.

South Indian Thali[ E t e l ä - I n t i a n T h a l i ]

Documentary | 2007 | Digibeta, Betacam SP, DVD | 16:9 | Stereo | 27’

Director, script, cinematography: Lasse NaukkarinenSound design: Heikki InnanenMusic: Carl-Johan HäggmanProducer: Lasse NaukkarinenProduction company: Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & CoProduction support: The Finnish Film FoundationFinancing TV company: YLE TV1 Co-productions

A subjective documentary set in Kerala, South India. The stunning beauty, the potent dose of real-ity and the fascination of traditional dances and rituals are paralleled with the many courses of a Thali meal.

Thali is a popular meal of many different dishes, served in small metal bowls on a round tray. There are six or seven bowls, as there are scenes in the film. The flavours and the spiciness of the dishes vary from mild to mouth-burning. Each little dish has its own name.

Just like rice brings together the alternating flavours on a Thali tray, the film combines the ritual rhythms with the rhythm, pulse and performance of life.

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Anu PennanenAnu Pennanen was born in 1975 in Kirkkonummi, Finland. She is an artist working with urban public space and its relation to cinema and media. Typically, her work occupies a space between documentary and fiction. Anu Pennanen works collaboratively and on-site with people, who in her works are both the mirrors and investigators of the built environment. More information can be found at www.anupennanen.com.

Sõprus – �� (Friendship) [ S õ p r u s – � � � � � � ( Y s t ä v y y s ) ]

Documentary | 2006 | Digibeta PAL | 16:9 | Dolby stereo | 30’

Director, script, editing: Anu PennanenCinematography: Kasimir LehtoSound design: Anne TolkkinenMusic: Stefan NémethProducer: Sanna KultanenProduction company: Virta ProductionsLine producer: Kaie Ene Rääk / F-SeitseProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEKFinancing TV company: YLE

Sõprus – �� (Friendship) depicts the urbanization of the cityscape of Tallin, the capital of Estonia, from the perspectives of teenagers who live there. The film draws a parallel between the teenag-ers’ own development and the recent development of the city. Two groups, Estonian and Russian, separated by language and history, are becoming curious about each other. These issues are framed against the backdrop of historically charged city locations and, in contrast with these, the recently opened shopping centre. The teens, who spend a lot of time drifting, occupy and trans-form these places into the sites of events that differ from what the official purpose of the place would suggest.

The film is based on workshops, texts and discussions with the nine teenagers featured in the film.

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Anu PennanenAnu Pennanen was born in 1975 in Kirkkonummi, Finland. She is an artist working with urban public space and its relation to cinema and media. Typically, her work occupies a space between documentary and fiction. Anu Pennanen works collaboratively and on-site with people, who in her works are both the mirrors and investigators of the built environment. More information can be found at www.anupennanen.com.

Sõprus – �� (Friendship) [ S õ p r u s – � � � � � � ( Y s t ä v y y s ) ]

Documentary | 2006 | Digibeta PAL | 16:9 | Dolby stereo | 30’

Director, script, editing:

Anu PennanenCinematography: Kasimir LehtoSound design: Anne TolkkinenMusic: Stefan NémethProducer: Sanna KultanenProduction company:

Virta ProductionsLine producer:

Kaie Ene Rääk / F-SeitseProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEKFinancing TV company: YLE

Sõprus – �� (Friendship) depicts the urbanization of the cityscape of Tallin, the capital of Estonia, from the perspectives of teenagers who live there. The film draws a parallel between the teenagers’ own development and the recent development of the city. Two groups, Estonian and Russian, separated by language and history, are becoming curious about each other. These is-sues are framed against the backdrop of historically charged city locations and, in contrast with these, the recently opened shopping centre. The teens, who spend a lot of time drifting, occupy and transform these places into the sites of events that differ from what the official purpose of the place would suggest.

The film is based on workshops, texts and discussions with the nine teenagers featured in the film.

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Hannu Lajunen & Tomi RiionheimoHannu Lajunen (born 1963) is a graphic designer and a part time drummer of various bands. Tomi Riionheimo (born 1966) is a drop-out lecturer of human anatomy and physiology, a self-made comic strip artist, designer and producer.

Tango FinlandiaAnimation | 2006 | 35mm & Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 6’

Directors: Hannu Lajunen, Tomi RiionheimoScript: Hannu LajunenCinematography: Antti TakkunenEditing: Ykä Järvinen, Tomi RiionheimoSound design: Pirkko TiitinenMusic: Hannu LajunenSet design: Tomi RiionheimoCostumes: Hannu Lajunen, Tomi RiionheimoCast: Petteri Sopanen, Timo Pesonen, Kaarina EttoProducer: Tomi RiionheimoProduction company: Indie Films OyProduction support: The Finnish Film FoundationFinancing TV company: YLE TV1 Co-productions

A dance-evening in the local bar somewhere on the Finnish periphery. Lonely people come there to find joy. There are not that many customers but the hot and passionate tango rhythms lead all of them to the dance floor. The Finnish tango is hard and sweaty. This film is basically a testoster-one loaded action movie.

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Juupio is a small town with a decreasing population somewhere in Finland. Koskinen, the town manager, is faced with a tough dilemma: the residents have grown old and the financial situation is difficult. Consolidation with the neighbouring town of Pyhälä seems to be the only choice. It would take a miracle to save Juupio...

The Town Manager[ K u n n a n j o h t a j a ]


Zaida BergrothZaida Bergroth (b. 1977) has graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, at the Department of Film and Television. Her diploma work for UIAH was Glass Jaw (Lasileuka, 2004).

Director: Zaida BergrothScript: Zaida Bergroth, Jan ForsströmCinematography: Anu KeränenEditing: Suvi RyhänenSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaCast: Sulevi Peltola, Rea Mauranen, Aarne LaitalaProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:


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Joe DavidowJoe Davidow (born 1949) is an American director and composer, who lives permanently in Finland. As a director, he specialises in dance films.

In 1987–91, Davidow directed dance programmes for Finnish television, including Obsessions (Pakkomielteitä), and a dance film for the Helsinki Festival, Moments (1991). In addition, he has directed two dance films and com-posed their scores for Kinoproduction Ltd, The Man Who

Never Was (1997) and Hidden Passion (2000).

Vaslav Nijinsky – Invisible Power[ N i j i n s k i – N ä k y m ä t ö n v o i m a ]

Dance fiction | 2007 | 16:9 | Dolby stereo | 56’

Director, script, editing, music: Joe DavidowCinematography: Tahvo HirvonenChoreography: Jorma EloSound design: Markus KahelinSet design: Kati Ilmaranta, Tanja BastamowCostumes: Erika TurunenCast: Kari Heiskanen (Choreographer); dancers: Jorma Elo, Nancy Euverink, Vaslav KunesProducer: Claes OlssonProduction company: Kinoproduction OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEKFinancing TV company: YLE Co-productions

The film tells of the Choreographer, who is attracted to and obsessed with Vaslav Nijinsky, the legendary Russian choreographer and dancer (1890–1950).

While reading the Diary of Nijinsky, the Choreographer is rehearsing with his Dance Company his edition of Nijinsky’s famous work, “The Faune”. Nijinsky wrote his Diary by hand during the 6 weeks he spent locked up in the study of his house in Switzerland. The Diary ends when Nijinsky was forcibly taken to the Insane Asylum, where he remained for over 20 years.

Through Nijinsky’s Diary, the Choreographer is experiencing that sensation where all of the revelations he is reading about are brought to life in his mind. Now he is learning about the deep-est inner thoughts and feelings that Nijinsky has.

The Choreographer has always been infatuated with Nijinsky, first through his admiration of Nijinsky’s choreography’s and dance, and then through his realisation of the extraordinary simi-larities between Nijinsky and Himself.

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Mika HotakainenMika graduated as a director of dramain 2004 from a four year educationalprogram at the Helsinki polytechnic university, Stadia. Mika has been in film and television industry since 1998. Previously he has directed a long documentary film called Freedom to

Serve (Valtio vapauden vei, 2004). Visitor is his first professional drama film.

Visitor[ E n s i m m ä i n e n E s k e l i n e n ]

Fiction | 2007 | Digibeta | 1:1,85 | Stereo | 15’

Director: Mika HotakainenScript: Heikki VuentoCinematography: Jarkko T. Laine F.S.C.

Editing: Joona LouhivuoriSound design: Juha HakanenMusic: Mikko MyllymäkiSet design: Janne PutkonenCostumes: Erja MikkolaCast: Samuli Punkka, Raimo Grönberg, Emilia IkäheimoProducer: Joonas BerghällProduction company: Oktober OyProduction support: The Finnish Film FoundationFinancing TV company: YLE TV1 Uusi Kino

Visitor is a drama comedy, influenced by dark humor, about the relationship between father and son. Joona arrives at his childhood home in Lapland from Helsinki to visit his father, Antto. He is living alone in a corrosion ruined house on the steep banks of a river in Lapland. The scraggy meeting between father and son takes a bizarre twist as a young female arrives at Antto’s hut. Since the men have insuperable problems when it comes to solving things by talking, many mis-understandings can stay unsorted.

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Timo KorhonenTimo Korhonen (b. 1954) is film director and producer. He has a special interest in social issues and cultures of resistance. His selected filmography includes Crucified Freedom (Ristiinnaulittu vapaus, 1998), Client Number Two (Asiakas numero kaksi, 2000) and Home Sweet Home (Välittäjä, 2002). Since 2002 Korhonen has worked as the producer for a large documentary project The Other Finland.

Woodsmen[ K a i n u u l a i s i a ]

Fiction | 2006 | DVD / Beta SP / Digibeta | 16:9 | Dolby Surround | 9’47’’

Director, script: Timo KorhonenCinematography: Pekka UotilaEditing: Jukka NykänenSound design: Pekka KarjalainenMusic: Timo PeltolaCast: Reijo Kela, Aimo Korhonen, Timo KorhonenProducer: Timo KorhonenProduction company: Road Movies OyProduction support: The Finnish Film Foundation (Make It Short Project by AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation and YLE Co-productions)Financing TV company: YLE TV1

Woodsmen is a film about the collision between man and nature. It is a tale about two woodsmen who encounter a wolf-like creature in a beautiful forest. The woodsmen are doing their everyday job, felling trees and piling up logs, but is there something more in the forest?

It looks like the woodsmen do not notice the existence of the wolf-like creature. Still it is there and interferes with events. Or does it?

The film plays with the clone-like similarity of the woodsmen; they are almost faceless. It also comments on how Finnish men communicate.

I wanted to make this film because a pine forest in spring is a quintessential childhood expe-rience for me. I remember how the sound of a tractor shatters the silence of the forest. How heavy wood is. The feeling of power when a huge tree falls. Sitting at a camp-fire, panning over the for-est in farewell. How alive and mysterious the forest is. The conflict between man and nature is irreconcilable. Still, even though nature loses at the end of the film, humour comes out on top.

The actors in the film are from the same remote district; they share the same experience of nature. Dancer Reijo Kela as the wolf-like character brings an animalistic nature experience to the film.

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[ T ä y d e l l i s e n p i m e n n y k s e n v y ö h y k e ]

Experimental | 2006 | 2 x 16mm or 2 x 35mm film print | approximately 4:3 | Mono | 6’6’’

Director, editing: Mika TaanilaSound design: Olli HuhtanenProducer: Cilla WerningExecutive producer: Lasse SaarinenProduction company: Kinotar OyProduction support: AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation, FRAMEFinancing TV company: YLE Co-productions

A double projection “science noir” short film by Mika Taanila.The film has two separate film reels – positive (“The Sun”) and negative (“The Moon”) –

which are projected simultaneously on a big screen, superimposed on each other.The Zone of Total Eclipse is based on scientific film footage shot by The Finnish Geodetic Insti-

tute in Poroluoto, near the town of Kokkola in Western Finland in July 1945. During a total eclipse of the Sun, the film medium was used for the first time in world history to measure the exact distance between two continents: Europe and North America.

The measurement was not successful due to mechanical running problems with recently in-troduced 35mm cameras and lenses. In the film you can see images and sounds from the Poro-luoto test site. It consists of the actual measurements – ghost-like surreal sights witnessed by the film camera. The film pays homage to the early pioneers of scientific film – a celebration of interplanetary shadows at work.

Mika TaanilaMika Taanila is an artist working fluently in the fields of documentary filmmaking, avant-garde filmmaking and visual arts. His films deal with the issues of artificial urban surroundings and futuristic utopias of contemporary science. His previous work includes Optical Sound (Optinen ääni, 2005) and Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (Futuro – tulevaisuuden olotila, 1998).

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Director: Peter LindholmScript: Reko LundánCinematography: Raimo UunilaSound design: Tero MalmbergSet design: Otso LinnalaaksoCostumes: Kristiina SahaProducer: Peter LindholmProduction company: Petfilms OyProduction support:


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åäöFiction | 2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 3’

We meet five people over the course of one day: Gunilla, a 25-year-old English teacher from Hel-sinki; Jan, who is 45 years old and unemployed; Olof, a 35-year-old farmer; Elisabeth, a 65-year-old society lady; and Anna, a 50-year-old drunkard. They are all Swedish-speaking Finns, but do they have anything in common apart from the language?

Peter LindholmPeter Lindholm (born 1960) is a film director and producer. His latest directions are a documentary film Borgå Year (Ett år i Borgå, 2002–2005), a feature film Kites Over Helsinki (Drakarna över Helsingfors, 2001) and a television series Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood (Kylmäverisesti sinun, 2000).

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07 Producers

Festival contacts for all titles:The Finnish Film FoundationKanavakatu 12FI-00160 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 6220 300Fax +358 9 6220 [email protected]

Angry-La Visual Design KyLaurantie 60FI-01400 VantaaTel. +358 400 419 [email protected]

Anima Vitae Ltd.Vanha Talvitie 11 AFI-00580 HelsinkiTel. +358 20 7749 810Fax +358 20 7749 [email protected]

Blind Spot Pictures OyKalliolanrinne 4FI-00510 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 7742 8360Fax +358 9 7742 [email protected]

CineParadisoHermannin rantatie 20FI-00580 HelsinkiTel. +358 50 582 [email protected]/cineparadiso

Edith film OyTehtaankatu 5 C 21FI-00140 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 612 49660Fax +358 9 622 [email protected]

Film co-operative Camera Cagliostro Vellamonkatu 1 FI-33100 Tampere Tel. +358 3 2226 790 Mobile +358 41 4344 399 [email protected] www.cameracagliostro.fi

Grape Production Ltd.MagnusborgFI-06100 PorvooTel. +358 40 540 [email protected]

Illume Ltd.Palkkatilankatu 7FI-00240 HelsinkiTel./Fax +358 9 1481 [email protected]

Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & CoPalotie 23FI-02760 EspooTel. +358 9 [email protected]

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Indie Films OyMalminkatu 22 C 55FI-00100 HelsinkiTel. +358 40 563 [email protected]

Juonifilmi OyUrho Kekkosen katu 4-6 EFI-00100 HelsinkiTel. +358 207 300 451Fax +358 207 300 [email protected]

JW Documentaries OyKapteeninkatu 8 F 12FI-00140 HelsinkiTel. +358 500 615 [email protected]

Katharsis Films OyPohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B 31FI-00260 HelsinkiTel. +358 40 725 7707Fax +358 9 342 [email protected]

Kinoproduction OyPasilan vanhat veturitallitFI-00520 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 6850 460Fax +358 9 6850 [email protected]

Kinotar OyVuorikatu 16 A 9FI-00100 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 1351 864Fax +358 9 1357 [email protected]

Lasihelmi Filmi OyKalliolanrinne 4FI-00510 HelsinkiFax +358 9 774 28350 [email protected]

Leino & Suvinen Production Oy Metsäpurontie 16FI-00630 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 777 2377Fax +358 9 777 [email protected]

LR Film Productions OyCaloniuksenkatu 9 d 63FI-00100 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 490 696

Making Movies OyLinnankatu 7FI-00160 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 6213 828Fax +358 9 6842 [email protected]

Mikkonen MarjaAleksis Kiven katu 58 A 21FI-00510 HelsinkiTel. +358 44 505 [email protected]

Oktober OySampsantie 40 I 34FI-00610 HelsinkiTel. +358 40 709 [email protected]

Petfilms OyPitäjänmäen AsemaFI-00370 [email protected]

Road Movies OyPoutamäentie 14 F 63FI-00360 HelsinkiTel. +358 40 830 [email protected]

Snapper Films OyWorld Trade Center HelsinkiAleksanterinkatu 17, PL 800FI-00101 HelsinkiTel. +358 9 6969 3560Fax +358 9 6969 [email protected]

Soundsgood Productions OyKauhavankuja 2FI-00560 HelsinkiTel. +358 40 550 8228+358 50 569 [email protected]

Virta Productions Tallberginkatu 1 D 152FI-00180 HelsinkiTel. +358 41 534 8603+358 400 595 286 [email protected], [email protected]

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Front cover: Heaven by Juha Lehtola | Inside cover, front: Pietà by Selma Vilhunen | Inside cover, back: The Next Move by Laura Neuvonen | Back cover: Legacy by Matti Ijäs, The Apple Drill by Paavo Westerberg, God’s Teeth by Pentti Kasurinen, On the Way by Saara Saarela, Woodsmen by Timo Korhonen, The Town Manager by Zaida Bergroth, Tango Finlandia by Hannu Lajunen & Tomi Riionheimo, The Next Move by Laura Neuvonen | Page 1: The Lake by Maarit Lalli

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