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Fiction | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 60’
Director, script: Esa Illi
Cinematography: Pentti Keskimäki
Editing: Annukka Lilja
Sound design: Pietari Koskinen
Music: Samuli Laiho; score:
Jean W. & Esa Illi
Set design: Marjaana Rantama
Costumes: Siru Kosonen
Animation: Kim Helminen
Cast: Santeri Kinnunen,
Mikko Kouki, Antti Reini,
Tatu Siivonen, Pihla Viitala,
Jani Volanen
Producers:
Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa
Production company:
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
Jungle of Dreams
Jungle of Dreams is a comedic story about a rock band that consists of four men approaching
thirty. Beginning to record their third album, they find themselves in a jungle of external and internal
pressure, where their old dreams come to pieces. Each member has been reaching for his
own special dream through the band. Now the men have to realise their dreams have gradually
imprisoned them, and they should try to break free. The motto or premise of the film might be:
dreams are important, but they need updating every once in a while.
Esa Illi
Esa Illi graduated as a director from the school of Motion Picture,
Television and Production Design at the University of Art and Design.
He was chosen as a Sparrausrinki-director in 1995, the result of
which was Midsummer Stories (Juhannustarinoita, 1997). He has
directed, for example, 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.
His latest short film was The Hedgehog Thing (Siilijuttu, 2006).
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