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Edith Elma & Liisa – Pamela Tola & Pihla Viitala Edith Edith lives in a dream world that consists of memories and fragments of reality. She is sinking deeper and deeper into dementia, but is she suffering Edith is a film that attempts to portray the mental landscape of an old woman. Animation | 2010 | DigiBeta PAL | 16:9 | Stereo | 5’30’’ Director, script, editing: Taru Varpumaa Sound design: Salla Hämäläinen Music: Anna Huuskonen Musicians: Jenni Harra (cello) Essi Hänninen (percussions) Johanna Kröger (flute) Minna Lehtinen (clarinet) Esko Mäkinen (contrabass) Animation: Taru Varpumaa, Sara Wahl, Pinja Partanen, Samppa Kukkonen, Ami Lindholm Compositing: Samppa Kukkonen, Lauri Järvenpää Voice actors: Kerttu Jankeri, Tiina Kaartinen Producer: Jyrki Kaipainen Production company: Camera Cagliostro Financing TV company: YLE co-productions Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, West Finland Film Commission, The Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged Taru Varpumaa Selected filmography 2008 The Royal Family | 2005 The Great Hunter | 2004 Minä olen murhaaja Elma & Liisa Taru Varpumaa Elma and Liisa are reunited after many years of separation. They decide to take a road trip to get away from their torturous lives of ennui.. Though left behind, their past continues to haunt them. What starts out as mere fun becomes a trip of self-discovery with the girls contemplating what they really want out of life. Elma and Liisa is a tragicomedy about friendship, choices and separation. How well can one know ones best friend How well can we even know ourselves Fiction | 2010 | Digital Cinema Package, DVD | 1:2,39 | 5.1 | 38’ Directors, script, set design, costumes: Pamela Tola and Pihla Viitala Cinematography: Jean-Noël Mustonen Editing: Antti Reikko Sound design: Pietu Korhonen Music: Mikael Kivelä Cast: Pamela Tola, Pihla Viitala, Kasimir Balzar, Anita Salonen Producers: Pauli Waroma and Artturi Mutanen Production company: Mutanen Enterprises Production support: Johanna Tarvainen, Kaisla Viitala, Iina Keskinen Financing TV companies: YLE Two young, talented Finnish actresses, Pamela Tola and Pihla Viitala, make their debute as directors. Faruza Faruza is a medieval story of an isolated island kingdom in the Red Sea, where the rulers abide by a strict law: the women must wear a copper mask from the day they turn twelve until the day they die. The law makes the lives of the island’s fishing families difficult in many ways: The families can afford the mask only after several years of saving, and because they are weighed down by the heavy copper, the women can’t take part in fishing on the stormy sea. As her birthday approaches, Faruza, the daughter of a poor fisherman decides to rebel. In secret, she befriends the island’s hated and lonely blacksmith, who has longed for a change in his life. Together the rebels escape to the joyous court of the pearl fishers on the neighbouring island. But Faruza’s fate is to return to her home island where the women await her. But as it happens, the island’s queen has also had her fill of the mask... Animation | 2010 | Digi Beta | 16:9 | Stereo | ~13’ Director, script, editing: Katariina Lillqvist Cinematography: Miloslav Spala Music: Rezgar Fatahi Set design: Veronika Doutlikova Animation: Alfons Mensdorf Pouilly Producer: Jyrki Kaipainen Production company: Camera Cagliostro Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Financing TV company: YLE TV1 Co- Productions International sales: Camera Cagliostro Katariina Lillqvist Selected Filmography 2008 Far away from Ural | 2008 This Land was not My Land | 2001–2003 Mire Bala Kale Hin | 1996 The Country Doctor | 1995 The Maiden and the Soldier Faruza Katariina Lillqvist 10 Finnish Short Films 2011
Georg and Lydia How to Pick Berries Georg and Lydia Georg och Lydia Georg and Lydia is a road movie with a most unlikely pair. Lydia (age 30) is a young and talented organist who crosses paths with Georg (age 70) who is in declining health, trying to come to terms with the end of his life. Lydia desperately tries to prepare her debut concert, but is suffering from a creative block. Georg is on his way from Stockholm to Finland to meet his son before the heart surgery that may cost him his life When they meet, Georg has just been pulled over by the police for driving without a license. Lydia needs a lift, and offers to drive his car. Before long, Georg suffers a seizure. Lydia realizes how important it is that Georg meets his son, Pavel, before the operation and she decides to take Georg to him rather than the hospital. Upon meeting, Georg can’t bring himself to tell Pavel that he believes his death is imminent. Elina Talvensaari Selected filmography 2008 Palm tree | 2008 Invisible Hand Director Elina Talvensaari: The twisted logic of global economy never fails to amaze me. For me it is the most sci-fi thing there is, but real. At the same time I’m very curious about the relationship between identity and landscape. Those two favourite themes of mine met in the subject of this film, which is also a tribute to my childhood memories. Inhale Syvä hengitys sisään Elina Talvensaari Fiction | 2010 | 1920 x 1080p, RED ONE | 16:9 | Dolby Stereo 2.0 24bit 48kHz | 59’ Director, script: Anna Maria Jòakimsdottir Hutri Cinematography: Mark Stubbs Editing: Helena Öst Sound Design: Micke Nyström Music: John Grönvall Set design: Kaisa Mäki nen Costumes: Sari Suominen Cast: Maria Salomaa, Sven Wollter Producers: Aleksi Bardy & Annika Sucksdorff Production company: Helsinki-filmi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Föreningen konstsamfundet, Helsinki-filmi Financing TV companies: YLE FST5, SVT Anna Maria Jòakimsdottir Hutri Selected filmography 2009 Apple Thieves | 2009 Blue Dolphin | 2005 Sam | 2001 All of this Feels like a Dream | 2001 Lilja How to Pick Berries Miten marjoja poimitaan Visitors from a distant place appear in the misty swamps of Northern Finland. As harmless as they are, their foreign presence unwittingly disrupts the pace of local habits. They have come to look for berries, an activity that all of a sudden seems to embody all the values of local culture. Who is to blame and where do the profits end up How to Pick Berries is an exploration of the Finnish mind and the absurdities of global economy. Documentary | 2010 | 35mm, Digibeta, Beta SP, Blu-Ray | 1:2,35 Anamorphic | Dolby Stereo 5.1 (35 mm + Bluray) | 19’ Anna Maria Jòakimsdottir Hutri “I cannot trust my body anymore. All that I have ever been is through my body” The dancer is at home in a large room full of light. In spite of continuous pain and uncertainty, she wants to have a ballet lesson by herself. The dancer dreams about dancing, about the way she moved before her illness. Images of childhood ballet lessons reaffirm that movement and dance are at the core of her identity. The dancer dances the movements in her mind, but the body is not yet ready. We all have to face our existential loneliness and the limitations of our bodies. Life brings surprises to all of us. The little dancer still jumps and dances; hope and freedom are not lost. Documentary | 2010 | DigiBeta, Blue ray, DVD | 16:9 | 5.1 / Stereo | 13’ Director, sound design, music: Päivi Takala Script: Hanna Brotherus, Janice Redman, Päivi Takala Choreography: Hanna Brotherus Cinematography: Päivi Kettunen Editing: Kimmo Kohtamäki Set design, costumes: Alisha Davidow Cast: Janice Redman, Elsa Brotherus Producer: Päivi Takala Production company: Soundsgood Productions Oy Production support: AVEK, Finnish Cultural Fund Financing TV companies:YLE Co-productions Päivä Takala Selected filmography 2007 Learned by Heart | 2002 Thousands of Jackets | 1993 Boys, Boys | 1991 Zulei | 1989 Mwe Bana Bandi Päivi Takala Director: Elina Talvensaari Script: Elina Talvensaari, Mauro Fariñas Cinematography: Joonas Pulkkanen Editing: Markus Leppälä Sound design, music: Pinja Mäki Producer: Elina Talvensaari Production company: Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design International sales: Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design Inhale Finnish Short Films 2011 11
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