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F I N N I S H S H O R T F I L M S 2 0 0 8<br />
F I N N I S H S H O R T F I L M S 2 0 0 8
Contents<br />
=X 4<br />
Butterfly from Ural 6<br />
Curse of the Remote Island 8<br />
Eestaas (working title) 10<br />
Firewood 12<br />
Girls’ Night 14<br />
Glenn 16<br />
Harvest Time 18<br />
Hietsu (working title) 20<br />
Jungle of Dreams 22<br />
Keidas 24<br />
Lapua 26<br />
Least One Can Hope for, The 28<br />
Little Traveller 30<br />
Luonnotar 32<br />
Mate, A 34<br />
Mongolian Afternoon 36<br />
Monte Rosso 38<br />
Muybridge 40<br />
My Crazyness Is My Love –<br />
Impressions of Vaclav Nijisnky 42<br />
My Portrait 44<br />
Naughty John 46<br />
PrePost 48<br />
Where is Where? 50<br />
World of Light 52<br />
Yksinen 54<br />
Film Festivals in Finland 20<strong>08</strong> 56<br />
Contacts 57
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Experimental sci-fi animation | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 18’<br />
Director, script, animation: Eila Hutri<br />
Cinematography: Lasse Naukkarinen<br />
Editing, sound design, music,<br />
visual effects: Dile Kolanen<br />
Graphics: Ilkka Rosma<br />
Producer: Lasse Naukkarinen<br />
Production company:<br />
Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & Co<br />
Production support:<br />
AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company: YLE<br />
=X<br />
=X is a sci-fi film about recycling and a futuristic research centre<br />
It is the year 2038. The world came to an end of sorts in 2012. All political, economical, and<br />
social structures have collapsed due to a catastrophic natural disaster. Power has been redistributed<br />
in the cruellest way possible.<br />
There is a secret space research centre on a far-away upland area behind the Himalayas. It<br />
has now gained a surprising position that can benefit the whole of the remaining world.<br />
The difficult task of saving the remaining world falls on this re-arranged complex. Nuclear<br />
disasters, physical and psychological damage to people, and increasingly stranger natural phenomena<br />
are now commonplace challenges for the venerable institution.<br />
An experimental film, =X offers random glimpses of life at this institution. It tells a story<br />
about hope, conflicts, and disobedience. It portrays people whose tenacity and thirst for life help<br />
them heal in the midst of all the horrors.<br />
Eila Hutri<br />
Eila Hutri is one of the oldest and most experienced animators<br />
in Finland. She was the first director from a non-socialist<br />
country to produce a film at the animation department of<br />
Tallinnfilm in Estonia at the turn of the 1990s, Cod Liver Oil<br />
(Kalanmaksaöljyä, 1990). Hutri is also known for her experimental<br />
animated <strong>films</strong>, including the rock animation Man’s Life<br />
(Miehen elämää, 1987) and the jazz film Made in Burbot (Made in<br />
Made, 1988). Since the 1990s, Hutri has also made animations<br />
for various TV series, short <strong>films</strong>, and documentary <strong>films</strong>.<br />
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Animation | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
35mm | 1:1,85 | Stereo | 27’<br />
Director, editing: Katariina Lillqvist<br />
Script: Katariina Lillqvist,<br />
Hannu Salama<br />
Cinematography: Miloslav Spala<br />
Sound design: Jouko Lumme<br />
Music: Alec Kopyt, trad.<br />
Set design: Matteus Marttila<br />
Puppets: Erja Mikkola,<br />
Marie Mastna, Ondrej Zika<br />
Animation: Alfons Mensdorf-Poyilly<br />
Producer: Jyrki Kaipainen<br />
Production company:<br />
Elokuvaosuuskunta<br />
Camera Cagliostro<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE TV1 Co-productions<br />
Butterfly from Ural<br />
[ U r a l i n p e r h o n e n ]<br />
On his expedition in Kirghizia, a mythical uhlan meets a beautiful young man. The master and<br />
servant make a lovely journey together until their ways part at the bonfires of the Finnish civil<br />
war. A drama triangle in which no one seems to come out a winner.<br />
Katariina Lillqvist<br />
Katariina Lillqvist is one of the most internationally wellknown<br />
Finnish animation film makers, though she has also<br />
made several documentaries. Her recent works include<br />
Thunderdrum (Ukkosrumpu, 2000) about archaic architecture<br />
in Finland and Romanytheater (Romaniteatteri, 2004)<br />
about Czech Romani refugees.<br />
Her animation series Mire Bala Kale Hin – Tales from the<br />
Endless Roads (Mire Bala Kale Hin – Tarinoita matkan takaa,<br />
2003) is based on Gypsy fairytales and myths.<br />
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Animation | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
BetaSP / Digibeta / DVD | 16:9 |<br />
Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 | 16’<br />
Director, script: Chrzu<br />
Cinematography: Ville Muurinen<br />
Editing: Ykä Järvinen, Chrzu<br />
Sound design: Mikko Paju<br />
Music: Lauri Hannu,<br />
Vauhtihirmu & Chrzu<br />
Set design: Chrzu, Taru Anttila,<br />
Sara Wahl, Minja Tuomisalo<br />
Animation: Jan Andersson,<br />
Antti Laakso, Chrzu, Risto Jankkila,<br />
Samppa Kukkonen<br />
Cast: Chrzu, Vauhtihirmu<br />
Producer: Tomi Riionheimo<br />
Production company:<br />
Indie Films Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,<br />
West Finland Film Commission,<br />
Svenska kulturfonden,<br />
Arts Academy at Turku University<br />
of Applied Sciences<br />
Financing TV companies:<br />
YLE TV1, FST5<br />
Curse of the Remote Island<br />
[ K a u k o s a a r e n k i r o u s ]<br />
A curse falls upon Sir Void who is hunting his runaway moustache in the jungles of the tropical<br />
isle. Sir Void switches the channel and travels through time with dire consequences.<br />
Chrzu<br />
Chrzu (Christer Lindström, born 1977)<br />
graduated from the Arts Academy<br />
of Turku Polytechnic in 2004.<br />
His <strong>films</strong> include Treevil (2002, with<br />
Aino Ovaskainen and Aiju Salminen),<br />
Silencer (2003), Cinemare (2004)<br />
and Velcra: Memory Loss (2005,<br />
music video). He has won several<br />
international awards.<br />
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Experimental | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digital betacam | 4:3 |<br />
Dolby stereo | 53’<br />
Director, script, cinematography:<br />
Seppo Renvall<br />
Editing: Alli Savolainen<br />
Sound design: Aslak Christiansson<br />
Music: Samuli Majamäki<br />
Producer: Janina Kokkonen<br />
Production company:<br />
Ex Professo Arts and Management<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company: YLE TV1<br />
Eestaas (working title)<br />
Eestaas (working title) is an expressive film portrait of the director’s mother, painter Pirkko Lantto,<br />
but it also portrays the director himself, or some other person. The film is like a poem that<br />
uses aspects of life to tell something that may reflect reality as it was experienced.<br />
Lantto’s painting style has been called expressive colourism. She does not overwork her paintings;<br />
there may be white areas left in the finished works. The choice of material in the film was<br />
influenced by the painting style and the stories of the director’s mother. As a little boy, the director<br />
was puzzled by her utterance: “I was supposed to become a surfer.”<br />
The basic idea of the film is to present the material first forward, then backwards. Presenting it<br />
backwards lends the film a surreal and escapist feel that reflects how memory, feelings, and recollections<br />
work. In the film, an elderly woman lives and experiences memories, dreams, and joys.<br />
Seppo Renvall<br />
Seppo Renvall (born 1963) works with<br />
photography, visual arts, and experimental<br />
film. He makes use of intuition, atmosphere,<br />
and the power of everyday experience.<br />
Renvall’s interest in film came from his<br />
father’s home movies, which have influenced<br />
the content and technical realisation of his<br />
<strong>films</strong>. Renvall’s <strong>films</strong> manage to be<br />
interesting without sex and violence.<br />
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Fiction | 2007 |<br />
35mm / HDCam / Digibeta /<br />
DVCam / DVD | 16:9 Anamorphic |<br />
Dolby Stereo | 13’<br />
Director, script:<br />
Miikka Leskinen<br />
Cinematography:<br />
Kate Reid<br />
Editing:<br />
Miikka Leskinen& Maya Maffioli<br />
Sound design: Ayush Ahuja<br />
Music: Chris White<br />
Cast: Amy Tweed, Ashley George,<br />
Lynsey Beauchamp, Simon McLinden<br />
Producer: Meike Holsten<br />
Production:<br />
National Film + Television School, UK<br />
Firewood<br />
The last days of summer. Sam meets up with her best friend Billy for a lazy afternoon in the sun<br />
and what begins as a perfectly innocent trip to their usual hangout soon changes its nature.<br />
Firewood is a story about friendship, of unspoken words, and the inevitability of change. It is<br />
a moment in time which in its brevity and seeming insignificance marks the end of an era, a step<br />
towards adulthood.<br />
Miikka Leskinen<br />
Originally from Finland, Mikka Leskinen moved to London in<br />
1999 for a BA media degree at Goldsmiths College, University<br />
of London. After graduating in 2002, he worked for BBC for a<br />
few years before starting his MA Editing degree at the National<br />
Film + Television School. During the degree he also took the<br />
opportunity to direct and as a result he completed the short<br />
film Firewood on graduation in March 2007. He now works as<br />
a freelance director and film editor based in London, and he is<br />
currently in pre-production with his next short film.<br />
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Fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta | 16:9 Anamorphic |<br />
Stereo | 28’<br />
Director: Reetta Aalto<br />
Script: Kirsikka Saari<br />
Cinematography: Heikki Färm<br />
Editing: Helena Öst<br />
Sound design: Mika Niinimaa<br />
Set design: Sattva Hanna Toiviainen<br />
Costumes: Jenni Rousu<br />
Cast: Pirjo Lonka, Elina Knihtilä,<br />
Reena Immonen, Jaana Pöllänen<br />
Producers:<br />
Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg<br />
Production company:<br />
Making Movies Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company: YLE 1<br />
Girls’ Night<br />
[ T y t t ö j e n i l t a ]<br />
Saara, 39, and her daughter Inna, 14, are getting ready for a Friday night at a housing estate in<br />
Eastern Helsinki.<br />
While Saara is re-living her youth at a local bar, Inna is at home trying to be more grown-up<br />
than she really is. The mother and daughter are both forced to face a reality that inevitably contradicts<br />
their expectations.<br />
Reetta Aalto<br />
Reetta Aalto (born 1976) is a<br />
film-maker from Helsinki. She is<br />
studying for a Master’s Degree at the<br />
School of Motion Picture, Television<br />
and Production Design at the University<br />
of Art and Design Helsinki.<br />
Her previous <strong>films</strong> include Durochka<br />
(Durotshka, 2004) and To Live, to Exist<br />
(Elää, olla olemassa, 2007).<br />
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Fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 58’<br />
Director: Tapio Piirainen<br />
Script: Peter Snickars,<br />
Tapio Piirainen<br />
Cinematography: Jan Nyman<br />
Editing: Kauko Lindfors<br />
Sound design: Bengt Andersson<br />
Music: Pedro Hietanen<br />
Set design: Markus Packalén<br />
Costumes: Markus Packalén,<br />
Fia Derhogkasian<br />
Cast: Niklas Häggblom,<br />
Anders Ekborg, Lia Boysen,<br />
Leif Andrée, Gustav Wiklund<br />
Producer: Mats Långbacka<br />
Production company:<br />
Långfilm Productions Finland Oy<br />
Co-producers: Film i Västernorrland,<br />
Film i Västerbotten<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV companies: FST, NRK, SVT<br />
International sales: NRK, SVT<br />
Glenn<br />
Glenn Nygård, a 40 year old tomato-planter, has been falling in love with the local bar-keeper,<br />
Laila, for the past five years. His cruel father has raised Glenn locked-up in the basement of his<br />
house. There Glenn has learned to master the guitar but not how to handle women. When Glenn’s<br />
father dies suddenly, he finds a stack of letters which were signed by his mother. His mother<br />
might still be living somewhere in Sweden. Glenn locks the house up and leaves. Glenn is not able<br />
to find his mother. Instead he stumbles across two individuals: a Swedish law-officer, Bengt, and<br />
his step-brother’s wife, Annette. Nobody finds himself on the top of Kilimanjaro or in a hasty attempt<br />
to seek silence in a monastery. But sometimes the course of our lives changes, slowly, like<br />
a ship turning unnoticeably.<br />
Tapio Piirainen<br />
Tapio Piirainen is a screenwriter, film director, and<br />
Master of Arts (1996, School of Motion Picture,<br />
Television and Production Design). His directorial<br />
works include Siivoton juttu (1997), Poliisin poika<br />
(1998), TV series Raid (12 episodes, 1999), the movie<br />
Raid (2002), Nyrölä 3 (2003), and Bodomin legenda<br />
(2006). Awards: Anjalankoski Film Award 2001,<br />
Venla 2001 (best director, screenplay, drama series),<br />
Venla 2007 (best TV movie), one-year artist grant in<br />
2002 from the National Council for Cinema.<br />
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Fiction | 2007 |<br />
35mm | 1:1,85 | 15’<br />
Director:<br />
Sami Korjus<br />
Script:<br />
Sami Korjus, Jussi Syrjä<br />
(based on a short story<br />
by Rosa Liksom)<br />
Cinematography: Jussi Syrjä<br />
Editing: Timo Linnasalo<br />
Sound design: Jouko Lumme<br />
Set design: Katarina Lume<br />
Costumes: Outi Harjupatana<br />
Cast: Kaija Pakarinen,<br />
Juuso Hirvikangas, Elias Rautiainen,<br />
Julius Leinonen, Antti Litja,<br />
Jukka Peltola<br />
Producer: Ilkka Mertsola<br />
Production company: Sputnik Oy<br />
Harvest Time<br />
[ E l o n k o r j u u ]<br />
Harvest Time is a laconic tragi-comedy about a summer day on a farm in Kainuu, in the middle of<br />
Finland.<br />
It is a gentle-toned short film based on a short story by Rosa Liksom. A wordless battle between<br />
a man and a woman in a traditional Finnish landscape, both physical and mental, where silence<br />
is golden.<br />
Sami Korjus<br />
Sami Korjus has studied film-making in Farnham,<br />
England, at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design<br />
(Film & TV production) in 2000–2001.<br />
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Documentary | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital | ~20’<br />
Director, script, editing: PV Lehtinen<br />
Cinematography: Matti Helariutta<br />
Sound design: Sakari Salli<br />
Music: Tapani Rinne, Verneri Lumi<br />
Producer: PV Lehtinen<br />
Production company: CineParadiso<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE Co-productions<br />
Hietsu (working title)<br />
A different view of life on the beach. The film is set on the popular beach that is situated under big<br />
power lines. On hot summer days, the beach is filled with hundreds of people who have come to<br />
enjoy the heat and the blazing sun.<br />
PV Lehtinen<br />
PV Lehtinen was born and lives in Helsinki. He graduated as a director from the School of<br />
Motion Picture, Television and Production Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.<br />
His previous water-themed <strong>films</strong> include The Diver (Hyppääjä, 2000) and The Crawl (Krooli, 2004),<br />
which have been awarded at several international festivals.<br />
Lehtinen is equally at home directing fiction, documentaries and<br />
experimental <strong>films</strong>. In his works he examines the language of <strong>films</strong>.<br />
Lehtinen feels that the final form of a film is dictated by its subject<br />
matter and filming process. He leaves the categorizing of his <strong>films</strong> to<br />
others. A recurrent theme in his <strong>films</strong>, water is an element that<br />
Lehtinen finds extremely interesting visually. “Nothing compares to<br />
the peaceful feeling when in or under water. Water is like another<br />
world, and <strong>films</strong> allow me to bring parts of the feeling it arouses on<br />
to the screen,” says PV Lehtinen.<br />
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Fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 60’<br />
Director, script: Esa Illi<br />
Cinematography: Pentti Keskimäki<br />
Editing: Annukka Lilja<br />
Sound design: Pietari Koskinen<br />
Music: Samuli Laiho; score:<br />
Jean W. & Esa Illi<br />
Set design: Marjaana Rantama<br />
Costumes: Siru Kosonen<br />
Animation: Kim Helminen<br />
Cast: Santeri Kinnunen,<br />
Mikko Kouki, Antti Reini,<br />
Tatu Siivonen, Pihla Viitala,<br />
Jani Volanen<br />
Producers:<br />
Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa<br />
Production company:<br />
Blind Spot Pictures Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE Co-productions<br />
Jungle of Dreams<br />
Jungle of Dreams is a comedic story about a rock band that consists of four men approaching<br />
thirty. Beginning to record their third album, they find themselves in a jungle of external and internal<br />
pressure, where their old dreams come to pieces. Each member has been reaching for his<br />
own special dream through the band. Now the men have to realise their dreams have gradually<br />
imprisoned them, and they should try to break free. The motto or premise of the film might be:<br />
dreams are important, but they need updating every once in a while.<br />
Esa Illi<br />
Esa Illi graduated as a director from the school of Motion Picture,<br />
Television and Production Design at the University of Art and Design.<br />
He was chosen as a Sparrausrinki-director in 1995, the result of<br />
which was Midsummer Stories (Juhannustarinoita, 1997). He has<br />
directed, for example, the short fictions which won awards at the<br />
Tampere film festival: Lazyman Death (Den lata döden, 1991), Break-In<br />
– The Anatomy of a Gig (Kili-Kali, 1994) and Monkey Business (Apinajuttu,<br />
2000) and the EBU-awarded short film, Kotiinpaluu (1998).<br />
His first full-length feature, Brothers (Broidit), was made in 2003.<br />
His latest short film was The Hedgehog Thing (Siilijuttu, 2006).<br />
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Documentary | 2007 |<br />
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 20’<br />
Director, script, editing: PV Lehtinen<br />
Cinematography:<br />
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen<br />
Sound design: Sakari Salli<br />
Music: Biosphere<br />
Producer: PV Lehtinen<br />
Production company: CineParadiso Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE TV1 Co-productions<br />
Keidas<br />
A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they<br />
return each summer. These people include a retired policeman, a musician, a professor and<br />
a worker. They and many others share the powerful experience of the swimming stadium as a<br />
source of vitality. Many have been going there since they were little children.<br />
Keidas continues the director’s visually impressive series of water <strong>films</strong>. It brings the beautiful,<br />
functionalistic swimming stadium, previously seen in many of his <strong>films</strong>, into the foreground. This<br />
film is like a layered portrait of Finland’s first outdoor swimming pool and its regular customers.<br />
About the swimming stadium: It took a long time for the Helsinki swimming stadium to be completed<br />
as a site for the Olympics and a popular bathing establishment. The designing work started<br />
in the early 1930’s and the building started in 1938 according to the plans by architect Jorma<br />
Järvi. The stadium was supposed to be finished for the 1940 Olympics, which had been awarded<br />
to Helsinki, but the work was suspended because of the Winter War. The swimming stadium was<br />
finally completed for the 1952 Olympics.<br />
PV Lehtinen<br />
PV Lehtinen was born and lives in Helsinki. He graduated<br />
as a director from the School of Motion Picture, Television<br />
and Production Design at the University of Art and Design<br />
Helsinki. His previous water-themed <strong>films</strong> include The Diver<br />
(Hyppääjä, 2000) and The Crawl (Krooli, 2004), which have<br />
been awarded at several international festivals.<br />
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Documentary | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Beta SP PAL / Digibeta PAL |<br />
16:9 | CH1&CH2 / Dolby Surround | ~28’<br />
Director, script: Katariina Järvi<br />
Cinematography: Arttu Peltomaa<br />
Editing: Katja Pällijeff<br />
Sound design, music: Antti Sipilä<br />
Producer: Markku Niska<br />
Production company:<br />
NBB Navy Blue Bird Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation,<br />
AVEK, Arts Council of Finland<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE Co-productions<br />
Lapua<br />
A documentary about the actions of the media and society seen through the tragedy of Lapua,<br />
where a cartridge factory exploded and killed 40 people in 1976. How far does the freedom of<br />
speech warrant the right to invade individuals’ private sorrow, and why does the state take such a<br />
big role afterwards, ritualizing everything and leaving little room for private grieving for the families<br />
involved? The documentary Lapua raises questions. It is an essay 30 years after a catastrophe.<br />
Katariina Järvi<br />
Katariina Järvi (born in 1962, Finland) graduated in<br />
2006 from The School of Motion Picture, Television and<br />
Production Design in Helsinki. She majored in Documentary<br />
Directing. She has also worked as a props-master for<br />
both the Finnish Broadcasting Company and a number of<br />
Finnish independent production companies since 1994.<br />
Her two most recent documentary directions before<br />
Lapua are My Momma and Father (Äitini ja isä, 2005) and<br />
Stitches of Love (Rakkauslaulu, 2004).<br />
Photo: Kalle Kultala / The Finnish Museum of Photography<br />
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Fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
35mm / Digibeta | 16:9 |<br />
Dolby stereo | 10’<br />
Director:<br />
Mikaela Westerlund<br />
Script:<br />
Mikaela Westerlund, Mimmo Hildén<br />
Cinematography: Mimmo Hildén<br />
Editing: Juho Karhunen<br />
Set design: Okku Rahikainen<br />
Costumes: Susse Roos<br />
Cast: Sonja Ahlfors,<br />
Mikael Strömberg<br />
Producers:<br />
Leila Lyytikäinen, Claes Olsson<br />
Production company:<br />
Kinoproduction Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,<br />
The Swedish Cultural Foundation<br />
in Finland<br />
Financing TV company: YLE FST5<br />
The Least One Can Hope for<br />
[ D e t m i n s t a m a n k a n b e g ä r a ]<br />
No one sells goods anymore – today they’re selling dreams.<br />
Amanda, who is old enough to get married, wants a home – the complete package. She buys<br />
herself what she thinks is her dream home, but it soon becomes obvious that the most important<br />
thing of all is missing: A Man. Amanda refuses to accept that she is not getting the whole package.<br />
She tries to find the man she is missing, but along the way she realizes she is not the only<br />
one left without a partner. With her drive and her conviction to find a man, Amanda makes the<br />
whole neighborhood come to life. In the end, Amanda gets her dream fulfilled, but in an unexpected<br />
way.<br />
This is the first Finnish film that looks at loneliness from a different perspective – no depression,<br />
no alcohol and no suicide!<br />
Mikaela Westerlund<br />
Mikaela Westerlund (born 1977 in Helsinki) has<br />
studied directing at the Arcada University of Applied<br />
Science and ESCAC, Escola Superior de Cinema i<br />
Audiovisuals de Catalunya, during the years 1998–2004.<br />
During her studies, Mikaela Westerlund has<br />
directed two short fictional <strong>films</strong>, The Same Old Story<br />
(Samma gamla visa, 2002) and en-Marie (2001).<br />
They have been screened at several film festivals<br />
and won awards.<br />
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Documentary | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 20’<br />
Little Traveller<br />
[ S y l i s t ä s y l i i n ]<br />
Little Traveller is a partially animated children’s documentary film about nine-year-old Oona<br />
whose parents are divorced. Since her father’s move to another town, Oona has travelled alone to<br />
see him every other weekend.<br />
During the train ride Oona ponders what it is like to be raised in two homes and why grownups<br />
don’t want to be together. The hundreds of kilometers long, sometimes boring and exhausting<br />
train ride is necessary so Oona can see both of her parents.<br />
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Director, script: Marika Väisänen<br />
Cinematography: Daniel Lindholm<br />
Editing: Joona Louhivuori<br />
Sound design: Olli Huhtanen<br />
Music: Otto Eskelinen<br />
Producer: Liisa Juntunen<br />
Production company: Kinotar Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company: YLE<br />
Marika Väisänen<br />
Marika Väisänen studied culture at the Kemi-Tornio University of<br />
Applied Sciences and graduated in 2004. Her previous documentary<br />
film, Whole Woman (Koko nainen), was released in 2005. It has been<br />
shown at the following festivals: Wij Zijn 17, a documentary festival<br />
for young people in Holland; DocPoint 2007; NUFF Nordic Youth<br />
Film Festival (Best Film in the 21–25 Age Category); up-and-coming<br />
Festival 2005 in Germany; Kettupäivät – Finnish <strong>Short</strong> and Documentary<br />
Film Festival 2005 (Best Documentary in Student Category);<br />
Tampere Film Festival 2005.
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Music film, animation | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
HDCAM / DigiBeta / DVD | 16:9 |<br />
Stereo / 5.1 Dolby Digital | 10’<br />
Director, script, editing:<br />
Marikki Hakola<br />
Cinematography: Raimo Uunila<br />
Sound design: Epa Tamminen<br />
Music: Jean Sibelius ”Luonnotar”<br />
Animation and visual design:<br />
Marikki Hakola, Katriina Ilmaranta<br />
Costumes: Marikki Hakola,<br />
Liisu Vartija-Rissanen<br />
Soprano: Riikka Hakola<br />
Choreographer, dancer: Nina Hyvärinen<br />
Conductor: Leif Segerstam<br />
Orchestra: Slovak Radio<br />
Symphony Orchestra<br />
Producer: Marikki Hakola<br />
Production company:<br />
Kroma Productions Ltd.<br />
Production support: The Finnish<br />
Performing Music Promotion Centre<br />
ESEK, The Foundation for the Promotion<br />
of Finnish Music LUSES,<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK<br />
Financing TV company: YLE Teema<br />
www.luonnotar.fi<br />
Luonnotar<br />
Luonnotar is a music fantasy and a new interpretation of the primeval Kalevala epic and the myth<br />
of the creation of the world. The first song of the Kalevala, the Daughter of Ether, is visualized by<br />
using a virtual set design and digital animation. The masterpiece of the music by composer Jean<br />
Sibelius is interpreted by great Finnish performing artists, soprano Riikka Hakola, dancer Nina<br />
Hyvärinen, and conductor Leif Segerstam, and the grand Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.<br />
“In primeval times, a Maiden,<br />
Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,<br />
Passed for ages her existence<br />
In the great expanse of heaven,<br />
O’er the prairies yet unfolded...”<br />
Marikki Hakola<br />
Marikki Hakola (born 1960) is an internationally acclaimed media<br />
artist, film director and executive producer. She is executive producer<br />
of the production company Kroma Productions Ltd. Beginning<br />
in 1981, her works include dance and music <strong>films</strong>, video art pieces,<br />
installations, multimedia works, internet projects and documentaries.<br />
Hakola’s important directions include, for example, Butterfly<br />
Lovers (2005), a dance and music film based on the Chinese violin<br />
concerto and The Bewitched Child (L’enfant et les sortileges, 2004),<br />
a fantasy film based on the opera by Maurice Ravel.<br />
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Fiction | 2007 |<br />
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Surround | 7’<br />
A Mate<br />
[ K a v e r i ]<br />
Pera wants to try something kinky in the bathroom and he asks his mate to help him. Pera’s wife<br />
comes home too soon...<br />
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Director, editing: Teemu Nikki<br />
Script: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö<br />
Cinematography: Jyrki Arnikari<br />
Sound design: Sami Kiiski<br />
Set design: Maria Ylätupa<br />
Cast: Matti Onnismaa,<br />
Jouko Puolanto, Elina Knihtilä<br />
Producer: Teemu Nikki<br />
Production company:<br />
It’s Alive Productions<br />
Teemu Nikki<br />
32 years old. Pig farmer’s son.<br />
Has directed plenty of commercials<br />
and music videos. Has also made<br />
some short <strong>films</strong>.
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Documentary | 2007 |<br />
Digibeta / Beta sp / DVCAM / DV |<br />
16:9 | Stereo | 24’<br />
Director, script, cinematography,<br />
editing, sound design: Rostislav Aalto<br />
Sound mixing: Eero Koivunen<br />
Music: Mongolian khuumi<br />
Producer: Rostislav Aalto<br />
Production company:<br />
Zen Media / Zen and Trading Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE Co-productions<br />
Mongolian Afternoon<br />
[ M o n g o l i a l a i n e n i l t a p ä i v ä ]<br />
They are going to slaughter a sheep before dark. Nomads do the slaughtering themselves. But<br />
before its death, the sheep was able to live and graze in the wild.<br />
The film is tranquil in rhythm and very powerful esthetically as the setting sun paints the<br />
Mongolian steppe red. The film climaxes as a young girl washes the sheep’s blood off her hands.<br />
Rostislav Aalto<br />
Rostislav Aalto was born in Moscow, 1971, and moved to Finland eight years later. After studying<br />
at the University of the Industrial Art and Design in Helsinki in the Film department, he has<br />
worked as a photographer, editor and director in numerous productions. Since 1997, he has led<br />
a private enterprise, Zen Media, which produces documentaries and<br />
offers services for other film companies.<br />
Aalto has, for example, directed the <strong>films</strong> Gunshots in Orimattila<br />
(Orimattilan laukaukset, 2000), Cleaning Up! (2002), Rush (Kiire, 2004),<br />
Take Me in Your Arms (Ota minut syliin, 2006), Just Little Respect<br />
(Vähän kunnioitusta, 2006), and a serial of seven <strong>films</strong>: Mongo – Moments<br />
from the Far East (Mongo – hetkiä kaukoidästä, 2007)<br />
Aalto is a member of the Guild of Documentarists and member of<br />
the board of The Association of Finnish Film Directors.<br />
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Fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
HDCAM SR / Beta SP |<br />
1:2,35 (Cinemascope) |<br />
Dolby Digital | 28’<br />
Directors:<br />
Tuomas Milonoff, Jon Sundell<br />
Script, editing: Jon Sundell<br />
Cinematography: Hena Blomberg<br />
Sound design:<br />
Mikko Mäkelä, Tuomas Klaavo<br />
Music: Mikko Viljakainen,<br />
Timo Kaukolampi<br />
Set design:<br />
Ville Tervonen, Markus Friskberg<br />
Costumes: Anna Komonen<br />
Cast: Manne Tainio,<br />
Laura Sipiläinen, Jani Tolin,<br />
Jussi Piiroinen, Aku Kihlberg<br />
Executive producer:<br />
Aleksi Bardy / Helsinki -filmi<br />
Producer: Riku Rantala<br />
Production company:<br />
Gimmeyawallet Productions Oy<br />
Co-producer: Matias Putus<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company: YLE<br />
Monte Rosso<br />
After an exhausting workweek, a stressed-out gourmet chef is determined to do nothing all weekend<br />
except get high and sit around in his underwear. But as he and his best friend are ensnared<br />
in a confounding love triangle, his plans of relaxation quickly unravel. Fighting over the same<br />
woman, the men engage in an epic battle of wits and dirty tricks that leads them to stolen bikes,<br />
bags of potting soil and an army of bodybuilders with a bad case of ‘roid rage. But the question is,<br />
who is really playing whom?<br />
Set in the legendary Helsinki neighborhood of Punavuori (Monte Rosso in Italian), the film attempts<br />
to capture some genuine sights and sounds of contemporary Helsinki, albeit in a comedic<br />
form. In its quest for authenticity, the film relied exclusively on an amateur cast who grew up<br />
speaking a specific brand of Helsinki slang. Shot in widescreen on a black & white negative, the<br />
Finnish capital has never looked better.<br />
Tuomas Milonoff & Jon Sundell<br />
Before Monte Rosso Tuomas Milonoff<br />
has directed two seasons of<br />
Madventures, an award-winning<br />
travel show with a big cult following.<br />
Milonoff works as an independent<br />
director and producer in Helsinki.<br />
Born and bred in Helsinki,<br />
Jon Sundell is a writer/director<br />
based in Los Angeles.<br />
Jani Häkli<br />
Matti Pyykkö<br />
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Documentary | 2007 |<br />
Digibeta | 3:4 | Mono | 17’10’’<br />
Muybridge<br />
[ M u y b r i d g e – m i e s , j o k a t e k i l i i k k u v i a k u v i a<br />
2 0 v u o t t a e n n e n e l o k u v a n k e k s i m i s t ä ]<br />
A “light” but factual documentary, with scenes from Muybridge’s life re-enacted in a way reminiscent<br />
of old, turn-of the century movies.<br />
Other sequences will feature Muybridge’s work, his nature photography in the Americas, such<br />
as Yosemite, San Francisco, and the North and South American Indians.<br />
A sequence about his photographing horses in motion, naturally including the first proof of<br />
all four hoofs in the air, and later the sequences of moving images of other animals, as well as<br />
humans.<br />
The dramatic aspects of Muybridge’s life, such as his murder case, will also be re-enacted in<br />
short scenes.<br />
The method Muybridge used for his motion photography will be presented in an animation,<br />
explaining the sequential tripping of the camera shutters.<br />
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Director, editing: Juho Gartz<br />
Script: Juho Gartz & Jan-Eric Nyström<br />
Cinematography: Jan-Eric Nyström<br />
Sound design: Antero Honkanen &<br />
Pekka Karjalainen<br />
Producer: Juho Gartz<br />
Production company: Muutama Metri Ky<br />
Co-producer: Sari Volanen / YLE TV1<br />
Production support: AVEK<br />
Financing TV company: YLE<br />
Juho Gartz<br />
Filmmaker Juho Gartz (b. 1934) has worked as an editor on<br />
over thirty feature <strong>films</strong>, and as a scriptwriter on two of them.<br />
In addition, he has edited a hundred or so short <strong>films</strong>.<br />
He has produced, written, directed and edited several documentaries<br />
for his own company (Muutama Metri Ky). Mostly seen on<br />
television, the documentaries were often about visual arts or sports.<br />
Gartz has written articles on cinema and other subjects to<br />
various magazines and compilations, and published four books<br />
on cinema.
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Dance fiction | 2007 |<br />
35mm / DCI / Digibeta | 16:9 |<br />
Stereo | 58’<br />
Director, script, editing, music:<br />
Joe Davidow<br />
Cinematography: Tahvo Hirvonen<br />
Choreography: Jorma Elo<br />
Sound design: Markus Kahelin<br />
Set design: Tanja Bastamow (3 D)<br />
Costumes: Anne Jämsä<br />
Actor: Kari Heiskanen<br />
(Director of Dance)<br />
Dancers: Jorma Elo,<br />
Nancy Euverink, Vaslav Kunes<br />
Producer: Claes Olsson<br />
Production company:<br />
Kinoproduction Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE Co-productions<br />
My Crazyness is my Love –<br />
Impressions of Vaclav Nijinsky<br />
[ H u l l u u t e n i o n r a k k a u t e n i –<br />
e p i s o d e j a V a c l a v N i j i n s k i n e l ä m ä s t ä ]<br />
The film tells of a Director of Dance, who is attracted to and obsessed with Vaclav Nijinsky, the<br />
legendary Russian choreographer and dancer (1890–1950). While reading the Diary of Nijinsky,<br />
the Director of Dance is rehearsing with his Dance Company his edition of Nijinsky’s famous<br />
work, “The Faune”. Nijinsky wrote his Diary by hand during the 6 weeks he spent locked up in the<br />
study of his house in Switzerland. The Diary ends when Nijinsky was forcibly taken to the Insane<br />
Asylum, where he remained for over 20 years. Through Nijinsky’s Diary, the Director of Dance<br />
is experiencing that sensation where all of the revelations he is reading about are brought to life<br />
in his mind. Now he is learning about the deepest inner thoughts and feelings that Nijinsky has.<br />
The Director of Dance has always been infatuated with Nijinsky, first through his admiration of<br />
Nijinsky’s choreography’s and dance, and then through his realisation of the extraordinary similarities<br />
between Nijinsky and Himself.<br />
Joe Davidow<br />
Joe Davidow (b. 1949) is an American director and composer,<br />
who lives in Finland. As a director, he specialises in dance <strong>films</strong>.<br />
In 1987–91 he directed dance programmes for TV, including<br />
Obsessions (Pakkomielteitä), and for the Helsinki Festival a dance<br />
film Moments (1991). He has also directed for Kinoproduction Oy<br />
two dance <strong>films</strong> The Man Who Never Was (1997) and Hidden Passion<br />
(2000). He has also composed the scores to these <strong>films</strong>.<br />
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Animation | 2007 |<br />
16:9 | 5’<br />
My Portrait<br />
[ O m a k u v a ]<br />
The main character in the film, a lonely painter, sits in his studio before a blank canvas, wondering<br />
what to paint. He decides to paint a self-portrait. The film follows the artist working, this exciting<br />
and ever-escalating process, up until the painting is finished... but something goes wrong.<br />
The self-portrait may have become a little too realistic, it almost breathes...<br />
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Director, script, cinematography,<br />
editing: Christian Lindblad<br />
Producer: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi<br />
Production company:<br />
LR Film Productions Oy<br />
Production support: AVEK<br />
Christian Lindblad<br />
Christian Lindblad graduated as an actor from<br />
the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1985, but<br />
moved on to film soon after in 1988. His debut<br />
film Love Tank (Kärlekens bandvagn) was finished<br />
the same year. A series of live action <strong>films</strong><br />
culminated in the feature film Ripa Hits the Skids<br />
(Ripa ruostuu, 1993). Since then, he has mainly<br />
made animated <strong>films</strong>, but has also written opera<br />
librettos and directed for theatre.
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Fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 29’<br />
Director, script: Juha Mustanoja<br />
Cinematography: Jyri Hakala<br />
Editing: Maarit Nissilä<br />
Sound design: Micke Nyström<br />
Music: Miika Snåre<br />
Costumes: Tuomas Lampinen<br />
Cast: Sanna Hietala,<br />
Sari Viitasalo-Flander, Miko Kivinen,<br />
Jussi Rantamäki, Mira Donner-Spitz<br />
Producers:<br />
Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti<br />
Production company:<br />
Silva Mysterium Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company: YLE TV1<br />
Naughty John<br />
[ T u h m a J u s s i ]<br />
Naughty John is a tale about a group of people having to face and solve a sudden crisis in their<br />
small-town community.<br />
Jussi is a mentally challenged 40-year-old man. He gets along very well with the small children<br />
in the neighbourhood kindergarten, which has such a small playground that the kids usually play<br />
either in the adjoining public park, or in Jussi and his sister Marja’s garden.<br />
Now one of the kid’s parents has become aware that there is an invalid hanging out with the<br />
kids, and she has demanded that the community forbid this “retard” from getting into the park.<br />
She has a lot of political clout in the community, and steps must be taken. Veera, the headmistress<br />
of the kindergarten and elementary school, must sort this matter out with Marja and<br />
Sami, who is Jussi’s nurse. But who can guarantee what Jussi will come up with? Is he good, or<br />
is he naughty?<br />
Juha Mustanoja<br />
Juha Mustanoja is a Finnish director-playwright who works in<br />
several media. He has written and directed several stage plays<br />
for the theatre group Aurinkoteatteri; he has also written and<br />
directed several radio plays, and is currently working on an opera<br />
production that premieres in 20<strong>08</strong>. He has also worked as a<br />
graphic artist for over two decades, specializing in poster design.<br />
Juha Mustanoja majors in Screenwriting and Directing at<br />
the Helsinki University of Art and Design. Naughty John is his<br />
graduation film.<br />
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Experimental animation | 2007 |<br />
35mm | Stereo | 15’<br />
Director, script,<br />
set design, costumes, animation:<br />
Milla Moilanen<br />
Cinematography: Raimo Uunila<br />
Editing: Raimo Uunila<br />
Sound design: Patrick Boullenger<br />
Music: Päivi Takala<br />
Cast: Tomi Kuisma, Pirjo Moilanen,<br />
Mikko Lankinen, Marjo Peiponen,<br />
Maria Talvitie<br />
Producer: Milla Moilanen<br />
Production company: Filmill Ky<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE TV1 Co-productions<br />
PrePost<br />
From frenology to aesthetic surgery. Viewpoints on the Western ideal of beauty in the dim light of<br />
history. An experimental short film / animation about the standards of human form.<br />
Milla Moilanen<br />
Director, media artist Milla Moilanen (born 1964) began<br />
working with moving images and multimedia at the end of<br />
the 1980s. Since then, she has created short <strong>films</strong>, multimedia<br />
works, and audiovisual projects as an independent<br />
artist, graphic designer, and photographer.<br />
Moilanen’s award-winning pieces (Signals 1993,<br />
Deep 1994, Scale 1996, Wanted 1998, Dual 1999,<br />
Passage 2001, Vertebra 2003) have been presented at<br />
numerous festivals and exhibitions around the world.<br />
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Experimental fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital 5.1 | 60’<br />
Director, script: Eija-Liisa Ahtila<br />
Cinematography: Arto Kaivanto<br />
Editing: Heikki Kotsalo<br />
Sound design: Peter Nordström<br />
Set design: Kaisa Niva<br />
Costumes: Mari Savio<br />
Cast: Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela,<br />
Leea Klemola, Alaeddin Alaeddine,<br />
Taha Muhammad Rguibi<br />
Producer: Ilppo Pohjola<br />
Production company:<br />
Crystal Eye Ltd.<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company: YLE TV1<br />
Where is Where?<br />
[ M i s s ä o n m i s s ä ? ]<br />
Where is Where? is an experimental film based on an incident which happened during the struggle<br />
for independence in Algeria. As a reaction to the acts of violence committed by the French,<br />
two young Algerian boys murder their friend, a French boy of the same age. The film starts from<br />
the present day when the Death enters the house of a poet. She starts to investigate the incident<br />
and the past events gradually become interwoven with the present moment. A mist clears from the<br />
back garden of the house to reveal a bright coloured boat which has appeared in the swimming<br />
pool. In it sit Adel and Ismael.<br />
Eija-Liisa Ahtila<br />
Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959) experiments<br />
with narrative storytelling in her <strong>films</strong> and<br />
cinematic installations, creating extraordinary<br />
tales out of ordinary human experiences.<br />
Her masterfully crafted narratives<br />
and touching portrayal of characters have<br />
captured the public’s interest worldwide.<br />
Ahtila’s work has won her numerous film<br />
festival awards and visual art prizes.<br />
Photo: Nauska, Copyright Crystal Eye Ltd, Helsinki<br />
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Documentary | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta / DVD | 16:9 |<br />
5.1 Stereo | 30’<br />
Director, script, cinematography,<br />
editing, music: Jari Haanperä<br />
Sound design: Jari Haanperä,<br />
Epa Tamminen<br />
Producer: Mirka Flander<br />
Production company:<br />
Lumenia Productions<br />
Production support: AVEK<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE Co-productions<br />
World of Light<br />
[ M a a i l m a n v a l o ]<br />
A video montage by Jari Haanperä, where the lights of different metropoles intertwine into a network<br />
of lights that covers the whole planet. On the northern fringe of this network, in the light of<br />
an electric bulb, a group of Finns contemplate the concept of “world of light” and their individual<br />
relationships to it.<br />
”If you have the power, the might and the money, the simplest way of showing it all is to use<br />
enormous amounts of light.”<br />
“Lights make up a system which is similar to a neural network in the way they interconnect. It<br />
will probably grow a lot denser and then starts to seek its optimum form. We are possibly still in<br />
a state of growth.”<br />
“The amount of light in the world is equal to the ability of a man to generate it. There will be<br />
more light tomorrow than there is today, whether I want it or not. Then the only possibility that is<br />
left will be to get out of the light.”<br />
“Fear is one of the central issues associated with darkness. Man needs a lot of artificial light<br />
to keep the fear at bay.”<br />
Jari Haanperä<br />
Jari Haanperä makes short <strong>films</strong>, videos and<br />
light and sound installations. He uses the whole<br />
range of the moving image, from precinematic<br />
methods to videos and 35mm fiction <strong>films</strong>.<br />
His works have been shown in art museums and<br />
galleries as well as at film and art festivals all<br />
over the world.<br />
Photo: Sakari Viika<br />
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Fiction | 20<strong>08</strong> |<br />
Digibeta | 16:9 anamorphic |<br />
Dolby stereo | 55’<br />
Director: Auli Mantila<br />
Script: Laura Ruohonen<br />
Cinematography: Jussi Eerola<br />
Editing: Harri Ylönen<br />
Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen<br />
Music: Antti Lehtinen<br />
Costumes: Sari Suominen<br />
Cast: Seela Sella, Leea Klemola,<br />
Aaro Wichmann<br />
Executive Producer: Auli Mantila<br />
Line Producer: Anu Hukka<br />
Production company: Do Films Oy<br />
Production support:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Financing TV company:<br />
YLE Co-productions<br />
Yksinen<br />
An architect and an ophthalmologist – who has commissioned a house from the architect – begin<br />
a heated argument on an uninhabited islet, right where the fancy new house is supposed to be<br />
built. The honourable, sharp-tongued, and heavily smoking ophthalmologist scolds the young,<br />
self-conscious, and ambitious architect, who consequently wants to go home right away. And then<br />
the outboard motor breaks down. Yksinen is an intelligent situation comedy about how a modern<br />
man survives when all the technology he depends on suddenly fails. It examines big choices in<br />
life hilariously, practically, and cruelly. Yksinen is a story about the impossibility of togetherness,<br />
but also about how close another human being, a fellow creature, really is – right now.<br />
Auli Mantila<br />
Auli Mantila (born 1964) graduated as<br />
a film director and screenwriter in 1995.<br />
Since then, she has worked in her field of<br />
training. Now, in 20<strong>08</strong>, having directed three<br />
feature <strong>films</strong> and some TV series, and having<br />
worked as a producer and teacher of<br />
directing, she finally dares to say that filmmaking<br />
and solving questions related to it<br />
is the thing she knows best.<br />
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Film Festivals in Finland 20<strong>08</strong><br />
DocPoint –<br />
Helsinki Documentary Film Festival<br />
23.–27.1.20<strong>08</strong><br />
Fredrikinkatu 23, FI-00120 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 672 472, Fax +358 9 673 998<br />
info@docpoint.info<br />
www.docpoint.info<br />
Tampere International<br />
<strong>Short</strong> Film Festival<br />
5.–9.3.20<strong>08</strong><br />
Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI-33101 Tampere<br />
Tel. +358 3 213 0034, Fax +358 3 223 0121<br />
office@tamperefilmfestival.fi<br />
www.tamperefilmfestival.fi<br />
Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat –<br />
Midnight Sun Film Festival<br />
11.–15.6.20<strong>08</strong><br />
Jäämerentie 9, FI-99600 Sodankylä<br />
Tel. +358 16 614 524, Fax +358 16 618 646<br />
office@msfilmfestival.fi<br />
www.msfilmfestival.fi<br />
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival<br />
19.–24.8.20<strong>08</strong><br />
PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo<br />
Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458<br />
office@espoocine.fi, www.espoocine.fi<br />
Animatricks Animated Film Festival<br />
3.–7.9.20<strong>08</strong><br />
Vanha Talvitie 11 A, FI-00580 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 50 322 2373, Fax +358 20 7749 819<br />
palikkary@animatricks.net, www.animatricks.net<br />
Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy<br />
18.–28.9.20<strong>08</strong><br />
Mannerheimintie 21–24, Box 889, FI-00101 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 6843 5230, Fax +358 9 6843 5232<br />
office@hiff.fi, www.hiff.fi<br />
Oulu International Children’s Film Festival<br />
17.–23.11.20<strong>08</strong><br />
Torikatu 8, FI-90100 Oulu<br />
Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290<br />
oek@oufilmcenter.inet.fi, www.oukafi/lef<br />
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Contacts<br />
Blind Spot Pictures Oy<br />
Hämeentie 11<br />
FI-00530 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 50 388 9479<br />
Fax +358 9 710 061<br />
spot@blindspot.fi<br />
www.blindspot.fi<br />
CineParadiso<br />
Hermannin rantatie 20<br />
FI-00580 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 50 582 8634<br />
pvlehtinen@kolumbus.fi<br />
www.kolumbus.fi/<br />
cineparadiso<br />
Crystal Eye Ltd.<br />
Tallberginkatu 1 / 44<br />
FI-00180 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 694 23<strong>08</strong><br />
Fax +358 9 694 7224<br />
mail@crystaleye.fi<br />
www.crystaleye.fi<br />
Do Films Oy<br />
Hiihtomäentie 34<br />
FI-0<strong>08</strong>00 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 6873 4980<br />
Fax +358 9 6874 4981<br />
info@do<strong>films</strong>.fi<br />
www.do<strong>films</strong>.fi<br />
Elokuvaosuuskunta<br />
Camera Cagliostro<br />
Vellamonkatu 1<br />
FI-33100 Tampere<br />
Tel. +358 41 4344399<br />
jyrki@cameracagliostro.fi<br />
www.cameracagliostro.fi<br />
Ex Professo Arts and<br />
Management<br />
Iso-Roobertinkatu 20–22 A 9<br />
FI-00120 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 40 519 4563<br />
Fax +358 9 648 691<br />
jkokkone@uiah.fi<br />
Festival contacts<br />
for all titles:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Kanavakatu 12<br />
FI-00160 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 6220 300<br />
Fax +358 9 6220 3050<br />
ses@ses.fi<br />
www.ses.fi<br />
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Festival contacts<br />
for all titles:<br />
The Finnish Film Foundation<br />
Kanavakatu 12<br />
FI-00160 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 6220 300<br />
Fax +358 9 6220 3050<br />
ses@ses.fi<br />
www.ses.fi<br />
Filmill Ky<br />
Sannaistentie 277<br />
FI-07280 Ilola<br />
Tel. +358 40 558 7966<br />
www.filmill.fi<br />
milla.moilanen@filmill.fi<br />
moilanen.milla@gmail.com<br />
Gimmeyawallet Productions Oy<br />
Lönnrotinkatu 39 B 13<br />
FI-00180 Helsinki<br />
Tel +358 50 593 5903<br />
riku@madventures.tv<br />
www.gimmeyawallet.fi<br />
Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & Co<br />
Palotie 23<br />
FI-02760 Espoo<br />
Tel. +358 9 8554 860<br />
Fax +358 9 8813 592<br />
ilokuva@ilokuva.fi<br />
www.ilokuva.fi<br />
Indie Films Oy<br />
Malminkatu 22 C 55<br />
FI-00100 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 40 563 4603<br />
tomi.riionheimo@indie<strong>films</strong>.fi<br />
www.indie<strong>films</strong>.fi<br />
It’s Alive Productions<br />
Heinäsintie 79<br />
FI-<strong>08</strong>700 Lohja<br />
Kinoproduction Oy<br />
Pasilan vanhat veturitallit<br />
FI-00520 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 6850 460<br />
Fax +358 9 6850 4610<br />
kino@kinoproduction.fi<br />
www.kinoproduction.fi<br />
Kinotar Oy<br />
Vuorikatu 16 A 9<br />
FI-00100 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 1351 864<br />
Fax +358 9 1357 863<br />
kinotar@kinotar.com<br />
www.kinotar.com<br />
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Kroma Productions Ltd.<br />
Magnusborg studios<br />
FI-06100 Porvoo<br />
Tel. +358 19 534 8015<br />
Fax +358 19 534 8016<br />
kroma@magnusborg.fi<br />
www.kromaproductions.net<br />
LR Film Productions Oy<br />
Caloniuksenkatu 9 d 63<br />
FI-00100 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 490 696<br />
Lumenia Productions<br />
PL 719<br />
FI-00101 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 40 552 3410<br />
flander@mbnet.fi<br />
Långfilm Productions<br />
Finland Oy<br />
Pietarinkatu 9<br />
FI-00140 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 10 440 4800<br />
Fax +358 10 440 4809<br />
info@langfilm.fi<br />
www.langfilm.fi<br />
Making Movies Oy<br />
Linnankatu 7<br />
FI-00160 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 621 3828<br />
Fax +358 9 6842 7870<br />
mamo@mamo.fi<br />
www.mamo.fi<br />
Muutama Metri Ky<br />
Pudasrinne 4 H 102<br />
FI-01600 Vantaa<br />
Tel. +358 9 532 744<br />
NBB Navy Blue Bird Oy<br />
Hämeentie 153 B<br />
FI-00560 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 40 566 0374<br />
info@navybluebird.com<br />
www.navybluebird.com<br />
Skype: navybluebird<br />
Silva Mysterium Oy<br />
Pulttitie 16<br />
FI-0<strong>08</strong>80 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 7594 720<br />
Fax +358 9 7594 7240<br />
mika.ritalahti@silvamysterium.fi<br />
www.silvamysterium.fi<br />
Sputnik Oy<br />
Museokatu 13 A<br />
FI-00100 Helsinki<br />
Tel. +358 9 6877 100<br />
Fax +358 9 6877 1010<br />
sputnik@sputnik.fi<br />
Zen Media /<br />
Zen and Trading Oy<br />
Liusketie 6 D 19<br />
FI-00710 Helsinki<br />
Mob. +358 41 530 5252<br />
raalto@zenmedia.fi<br />
rostislav.aalto@mail.com<br />
www.zenmedia.fi<br />
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Front cover: Butterfly from Ural by Katariina Lillqvist<br />
Inside cover, front: Firewood by Miikka Leskinen | Inside cover, back: Girls’ Night by Reetta Aalto<br />
Back cover: Eestaas (working title) by Seppo Renvall, Where is Where? by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Girls’ Night by Reetta Aalto,<br />
Firewood by Miikka Leskinen, Glenn by Tapio Piirainen, PrePost by Milla Moilanen, Yksinen by Auli Mantila<br />
Page 1: Monte Rosso by Tuomas Milonoff & Jon Sundell<br />
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<br />
Editor: Satu Elo | Translations / Editing: Broadcast Text | Layout: Maikki Rantala, Praxis Oy | Printed by: Erikoispaino Oy, Helsinki, 20<strong>08</strong> | ISSN 1796-072X<br />
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