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Summer in Helsinki Director, script: Tuija Halttunen Cinematography: Marita Hällfors Editing: Riitta Poikselkä Sound design: Jukka Nurmela Music: Antti Hirsiaho Producer: Laura Oinas Production company: Elokas Cooperative Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Co-productions International sales: Elokas Cooperative Tuija Halttunen Tuija Halttunen has directed more than ten documentaries during the past fifteen years and has also written and directed television drama. Displaying a humane and warm approach to the characters and subjects in her films, the focus of her documentary work has been on different aspects of human life with projects ranging from a bear hunt to a study of evil: a film about forensic psychiatric examination. Summer in Helsinki Helsingin kesä Summer in Helsinki is an experimental portrait of the city in summer – of its people, animals, events, weather, and moods. The director has documented life in Helsinki’s parks, market places, and beaches for one entire summer, and assembled the footage into this film. Documentary, Animation, Experimental | 2011 | Beta, DVD | 16:9 | Stereo | 8’21’’ Director Tuija Halttunen: Tabula Rasa is a film trying to make visible the invisible – the pursuit of happiness and self-confidence – through observing human faces. As a director it taught me that short film is by no means any easier or less of an effort as an art form than a full length documentary. Some may consider it only as a rehearsal method for young filmmakers, a device to practise their craft. That way of thinking is to belittle a great art form – the short film. Tuija Halttunen Director, script, animation: Maria Björklund Editing: Maria Palavamäki Sound design: Salla Hämäläinen Music: Black Motor Producer: Maria Björklund Production company: Osuuskunta Animaatiokopla Production support: AVEK, Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region Financing TV company: YLE TV1 International sales: Osuuskunta Animaatiokopla / Maria Björklund Maria Björklund Filmography 2010 Avara jääkaappi – Itkuepidemia (with Leena Jääskeläinen and Aiju Salminen) | 2007 Talven jälkeen tulee kevät | 2000 Zoo & Zorkka | 1998 Kalavale | 1997 Tribal Tabula rasa Tabula Rasa is a poetic study of dreams. As a group of women – and a few men – gather together for a make-up demonstration, the experienced saleswoman infuses enthusiasm into her listeners by offering them the possibility of a new, more beautiful face. A wrinkle free complexion with the help of Magic Gel. Longer lashes courtesy of the Blaster. And flawless skin for the regular user of Queen Cream. Whilst the saleswoman works, a spectrum of emotions is reflected in the participants’ faces as they see themselves and other members of the group more or less transformed. Tabula Rasa is a study of faces. A celebration of individuality told with gentle humour and even absurdity as it reveals our abiding belief that happiness can be found through beauty. Documentary | 2011 | HD/DigiBeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 15’33” Maria Björklund A Tall Man Pitkä mies Väinö Myllyrinne was one of the first internationally known Finnish celebrities, thanks to his height of nearly 2,5 meters. After his death, Väinö, or rather his figure, became immortal. His journey continues in our collective memory, best reprised by a life-size puppet, which tours the World much like Väinö did when he was still alive. A Tall Man pictures Väinö’s endless journey from the glittering European metropolises of the 1930’s to the local supermarkets and museums of today, which hold and preserve his belongings. It is a lyric, yet melancholy story about civilization’s obsession to organize and categorize the World. ”I was still in high school when I saw the real-size puppet of Väinö Myllyrinne in a local supermarket. I remember that I was thinking why this puppet existed and what it tells about us”, director Jani Peltonen says. Documentary | 2010 | Digital Beta | 16:9 | Stereo | 19’ Director, script: Jani Peltonen Cinematography: Heikki Färm F.S.C Editing: Okku Nuutilainen Sound design:Tazu Ovaska Music: Pietu Korhonen Producer: Sami Jahnukainen Production company: Mouka Filmi Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Financing TV company: YLE Co-productions International sales: Mouka Filmi Jani Peltonen Jani Peltonen (born 1981) graduated from Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Design, Film and Television Department in 2008. His thesis film was documentary The Great Mill. Since then he had been working in the Finnish film industry in several duties. A Tall Man is his professional debut as a director. Jani Peltonen Tabula Rasa A Tall Man 16 Finnish Short Films 2011
The Tongueling The Variation The Tongueling Kielitiettyni Wooden knocks are echoing in a frozen landscape when a lonesome man is searching for a tongueling of his own. Animation | 2010 | Digibeta, BetaSp, digitalfiles | 16:9 | Stereo | 4’15’’ Director, script, cinematography, editing, set design, costumes, animation: Elli Vuorinen Sound Design: Elli Vuorinen, Jani Leh to Music: Jani Lehto Cast: Elli Vuorinen, JP Saari (voice acting) Producer: Elli Vuorinen Production company and international sales: Turku Arts Academy / Eija Saarinen Elli Vuorinen Filmography 2009 Benigni (with Pinja Partanen and Jasmiini Ottelin) The Variation Variationen A young man, down on his luck, decides to break into a jewelry museum. He tricks his eccentric inventor brother into helping but ends up getting him killed during the heist. Fueled by the loss, he continues with his late brother’s research and devotes his life to the invention of a time machine in order to change the past. Fiction | 2011 | Digibeta, 2K | 2.35 | Stereo, 5.1 | 14’ Elli Vuorinen International Co-production: Arcada Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Swedish Cultural Doundation in Finland, Föreningen Konstsamfundet Financing TV company: YLE FST5 International sales: Talvi International Sebastian Barner-Rasmussen Selected filmography 2009 Cleaner 2 | 2007 D.Ark | 2006 The Last Gunshot Ö A creature discovers a little island in the middle of the endless sea and inhabits it. He fights to keep intruders from entering his empire but one finally makes it past his heavily guarded walls. The creature is surprised to learn that the intruder does not want his kingdom, and after the intruder has left, the reef begins to feel like a prison. Animation | 2010 | DigiBeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 12’30’’ Sebastian Barner-Rasmussen Director, set design, animation: Kari Juusonen Script: Kari Juusonen & Leo Viirret Cinematography: Kari Juusonen (Cinematography consult: Jussi Eerola) Editing: Kimmo Kohtamäki Sound design: Kirka Sainio Music: Maka Lahtinen Producer: Juha Vanhanen Production company: Vanilla Production Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Nordisk Film & TV Fond Financing TV companies: YLE Co-Productions, SVT Sveriges Television International sales: Vanilla Production Oy Director, script: Sebastian Barner-Rasmussen Cinematography: Markus von Knorring Editing: Tuuli Alanärä Sound design: Daniel Vainio Music: Joakim Kosk, Sebastian Barner- Rasmussen Set design: Sasu Joutsi Costumes: Juulia Jokinen Cast: Gogo Idman, Pelle Heikkilä, Dick Idman Producer: Peter Hortling, Rea Pihlasviita Production company: Talvi Kari Juusonen Selected filmography 2008 Niko – The Way to the Stars | 2004 The Birthday | 2001 Pizza Passionata Kari Juusonen Ö Finnish Short Films 2011 17
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