2 Finnish Short Films 2011
2 Finnish Short Films 2011
2 Finnish Short Films 2011
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Meal with a Deal<br />
Documentary | 2010 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Digibeta 2.0 Stereo, DVD 5.1. Dolby | 3 x 1’ trilogy<br />
Director, script: Maarit Suomi-Väänänen Cinematography: Maarit Suomi-Väänänen, Sari<br />
Aaltonen Editing: Maarit Suomi-Väänänen, Heikki Kotsalo Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen,<br />
Pirkko Tiitinen Music: Pirkko Tiitinen Special effects: Konsta Mannerheimo Colours: Parastus,<br />
Toast Post Translator: David Mitchell Producer: Maarit Suomi-Väänänen Production<br />
support: Arts Council of Finland, AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture International<br />
sales: AV-arkki (The Distribution Centre for <strong>Finnish</strong> Media Art)<br />
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen<br />
M.A. Maarit Suomi-Väänänen works as a filmmaker and media artist. Her work also encompasses<br />
photography and installations. Praised as fascinating and open to a multitude<br />
of interpretations, Suomi-Väänänen’s awarded works are touring from San Francisco to<br />
Hanti-Mansisjk, appearing in exhibitions, at festivals and on TV.<br />
Meal with a Deal<br />
Tsägäateria<br />
A film about customers and customer service.<br />
Risto, working on the tills at a burger restaurant, is fed up with his job. Hungry<br />
and in a hurry, the famous actress Outi Mäenpää arrives at the restaurant and orders<br />
the special price “Meal with a Deal”. A quarrel ensues between them about<br />
the correct price of the meal. Risto blows his top and realises his dream. The<br />
horrified restaurant manager tries to pacify the famous actress and offers her the<br />
chance to exact revenge.<br />
Fiction | <strong>2011</strong> | DCP, DigiBeta, 35mm | 1:1, 85 | Stereo | 7’<br />
Director: Antti Heikki Pesonen Script: Paula Mononen Cinematography:<br />
Harri Räty Editing: Kimmo Taavila Sound design: Svante<br />
Colerus Music: Antti Pouta Set design: Sarah Bowen-Walsh<br />
Costumes: Jenni Rousu Cast: Outi Mäenpää, Max Ovaska, Jarkko Lahti<br />
Producer: Kai Nordberg & Kaarle Aho Production company: Making<br />
Movies Oy Production support: The <strong>Finnish</strong> Film Foundation, AVEK<br />
International sales: Making Movies Oy<br />
Antti Heikki Pesonen<br />
Selected filmography<br />
2010 Radio Millennium (II season) | 2008 Mentally Fat |<br />
2007 Sugar Butt | 2007 Konela | 2006 Harve<br />
Minispectacles 1–3: touché, douche and souche<br />
Minispektaakkelit 1–3: koskee, korpee ja sorsii<br />
Antti Heikki Pesonen<br />
Minispectacles is a series of one-minute works, cinematic haikus. Mini spectacles<br />
depict big emotions briefly. They have tongue in cheek and heart in throat. The<br />
feelings are familiar – there is something pitiful about them, something amusing,<br />
horrifying and strange, too. The parts of the Mini spectacles trilogy are touché,<br />
douche and souche. To be continued.<br />
In the Minispectacles the landscape is at one with the emotion both conceptually<br />
and contextually. The name of the multi-layered work stitches together the<br />
inner feeling and the nature, the landscape, the animal, the human being. The action<br />
seems simple, but the work can be interpreted in many ways.<br />
Selected filmography:<br />
2009 Up And About Again | 2007 Salty Snow |<br />
2005 A Bit Scary Really... | 2004 Swan Song |<br />
1996 Changing: Masuzyo And Tasintha<br />
Old Man and the Lady<br />
Ukko ja akka<br />
ln a small red hut in northern Finland 73 year old Seppo finds time each day to<br />
tell 102 year old Linda to shut up. Yet, they are able to find joy in their lives from<br />
the little things. Centering on life in the remote villages of Kainuu, Old man and<br />
the lady is a short film about a way of life that is about to vanish.<br />
Documentary | 2010 | HDCAM, Digibeta, Blu-Ray, DVD | 16:9 | 15’<br />
Director, script: Markku Heikkinen Cinematographer: Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen, Markku<br />
Heikkinen Editor: Joona Louhivuori Sound designer: Anne Tolkkinen Composer: Pekka Lehti<br />
Production sound: Anne Tolkkinen, Pirkko Tiitinen Foley-artist: Vesa Meriläinen Grip:<br />
Eero Lämsä Musicians: Markku Lepistö, Jouko Kyhälä, Samuli Kosminen, Marko Timonen,<br />
Pekka Lehti Producer: Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen Production company: Zone2 Pictures Oy<br />
Production support: The <strong>Finnish</strong> Film Foundation International sales: Zone2 Pictures Oy<br />
Markku Heikkinen<br />
Selected filmography<br />
2009 Due Date | 2008 All Boys |<br />
2004 Summit | 1998 The Secret We Share |<br />
1996 The Gentle Anarchist<br />
Markku Heikkinen<br />
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen<br />
touché: Bottle bobbing<br />
douche: Bomb bombing<br />
souche: Blueberry picking<br />
Old Man and the Lady<br />
Minispectacles 1–3: touché, douche and souche<br />
<strong>Finnish</strong> <strong>Short</strong> <strong>Films</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 13
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