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Documentary | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 20’
Little Traveller
[ S y l i s t ä s y l i i n ]
Little Traveller is a partially animated children’s documentary film about nine-year-old Oona
whose parents are divorced. Since her father’s move to another town, Oona has travelled alone to
see him every other weekend.
During the train ride Oona ponders what it is like to be raised in two homes and why grownups
don’t want to be together. The hundreds of kilometers long, sometimes boring and exhausting
train ride is necessary so Oona can see both of her parents.
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Director, script: Marika Väisänen
Cinematography: Daniel Lindholm
Editing: Joona Louhivuori
Sound design: Olli Huhtanen
Music: Otto Eskelinen
Producer: Liisa Juntunen
Production company: Kinotar Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
Marika Väisänen
Marika Väisänen studied culture at the Kemi-Tornio University of
Applied Sciences and graduated in 2004. Her previous documentary
film, Whole Woman (Koko nainen), was released in 2005. It has been
shown at the following festivals: Wij Zijn 17, a documentary festival
for young people in Holland; DocPoint 2007; NUFF Nordic Youth
Film Festival (Best Film in the 21–25 Age Category); up-and-coming
Festival 2005 in Germany; Kettupäivät – Finnish Short and Documentary
Film Festival 2005 (Best Documentary in Student Category);
Tampere Film Festival 2005.