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Contents
=X
Butterfly from Ural
Curse of the Remote Island
Eestaas (working title)
Firewood
Girls’ Night
Glenn
Harvest Time
Hietsu (working title)
Jungle of Dreams
Keidas
Lapua
Least One Can Hope for, The
Little Traveller
Luonnotar
Mate, A
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Mongolian Afternoon
Monte Rosso
Muybridge
My Crazyness Is My Love –
Impressions of Vaclav Nijisnky
My Portrait
Naughty John
PrePost
Where is Where?
World of Light
Yksinen
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Film Festivals in Finland 2008
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Contacts
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Experimental sci-fi animation | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 18’
=X is a sci-fi film about recycling and a futuristic research centre
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It is the year 2038. The world came to an end of sorts in 2012. All political, economical, and
social structures have collapsed due to a catastrophic natural disaster. Power has been redistributed in the cruellest way possible.
There is a secret space research centre on a far-away upland area behind the Himalayas. It
has now gained a surprising position that can benefit the whole of the remaining world.
The difficult task of saving the remaining world falls on this re-arranged complex. Nuclear
disasters, physical and psychological damage to people, and increasingly stranger natural phenomena are now commonplace challenges for the venerable institution.
An experimental film, =X offers random glimpses of life at this institution. It tells a story
about hope, conflicts, and disobedience. It portrays people whose tenacity and thirst for life help
them heal in the midst of all the horrors.
Director, script, animation: Eila Hutri
Cinematography: Lasse Naukkarinen
Eila Hutri
Editing, sound design, music,
Eila Hutri is one of the oldest and most experienced animators in Finland. She was the first director from a non-socialist country to produce a film at the animation department of
Tallinnfilm in Estonia at the turn of the 1990s, Cod Liver Oil
(Kalanmaksaöljyä, 1990). Hutri is also known for her experimental animated films, including the rock animation Man’s Life
(Miehen elämää, 1987) and the jazz film Made in Burbot (Made in
Made, 1988). Since the 1990s, Hutri has also made animations
for various TV series, short films, and documentary films.
visual effects: Dile Kolanen
Graphics: Ilkka Rosma
Producer: Lasse Naukkarinen
Production company:
Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & Co
Production support:
AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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Animation | 2008 |
35mm | 1:1,85 | Stereo | 27’
[
U r a l i n
p e r h o n e n
]
On his expedition in Kirghizia, a mythical uhlan meets a beautiful young man. The master and
servant make a lovely journey together until their ways part at the bonfires of the Finnish civil
war. A drama triangle in which no one seems to come out a winner.
Director, editing: Katariina Lillqvist
Script: Katariina Lillqvist,
Hannu Salama
Cinematography: Miloslav Spala
Sound design: Jouko Lumme
Music: Alec Kopyt, trad.
Set design: Matteus Marttila
Puppets: Erja Mikkola,
Marie Mastna, Ondrej Zika
Animation: Alfons Mensdorf-Poyilly
Producer: Jyrki Kaipainen
Production company:
Elokuvaosuuskunta
Camera Cagliostro
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE TV1 Co-productions
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Butterfly from Ural
Katariina Lillqvist
Katariina Lillqvist is one of the most internationally wellknown Finnish animation film makers, though she has also
made several documentaries. Her recent works include
Thunderdrum (Ukkosrumpu , 2000) about archaic architecture in Finland and Romanytheater (Romaniteatteri, 2004)
about Czech Romani refugees.
Her animation series Mire Bala Kale Hin – Tales from the
Endless Roads (Mire Bala Kale Hin – Tarinoita matkan takaa ,
2003) is based on Gypsy fairytales and myths.
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Director, script: Chrzu
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Animation | 2008 |
BetaSP / Digibeta / DVD | 16:9 |
Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 | 16’
Cinematography: Ville Muurinen
[
K a u k o s a a r e n
k i r o u s
Sound design: Mikko Paju
Music: Lauri Hannu,
Vauhtihirmu & Chrzu
Set design: Chrzu, Taru Anttila,
Sara Wahl, Minja Tuomisalo
Animation: Jan Andersson,
Antti Laakso, Chrzu, Risto Jankkila,
Samppa Kukkonen
Cast: Chrzu, Vauhtihirmu
Producer: Tomi Riionheimo
Production company:
Chrzu
Indie Films Oy
Chrzu (Christer Lindström, born 1977)
graduated from the Arts Academy
of Turku Polytechnic in 2004.
His films include Treevil (2002, with
Aino Ovaskainen and Aiju Salminen),
Silencer (2003), Cinemare (2004)
and Velcra: Memory Loss (2005,
music video). He has won several
international awards.
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
West Finland Film Commission,
Svenska kulturfonden,
Arts Academy at Turku University
of Applied Sciences
Financing TV companies:
YLE TV1, FST5
]
A curse falls upon Sir Void who is hunting his runaway moustache in the jungles of the tropical
isle. Sir Void switches the channel and travels through time with dire consequences.
Editing: Ykä Järvinen, Chrzu
Production support:
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Curse of the Remote Island
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Experimental | 2008 |
Digital betacam | 4:3 |
Dolby stereo | 53’
is an expressive film portrait of the director’s mother, painter Pirkko Lantto, but it also portrays the director himself, or some other person. The film is like a poem that
uses aspects of life to tell something that may reflect reality as it was experienced.
Lantto’s painting style has been called expressive colourism. She does not overwork her paintings; there may be white areas left in the finished works. The choice of material in the film was
influenced by the painting style and the stories of the director’s mother. As a little boy, the director was puzzled by her utterance: “I was supposed to become a surfer.”
The basic idea of the film is to present the material first forward, then backwards. Presenting it
backwards lends the film a surreal and escapist feel that reflects how memory, feelings, and recollections work. In the film, an elderly woman lives and experiences memories, dreams, and joys.
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Eestaas (working title)
Director, script, cinematography:
Seppo Renvall
Editing: Alli Savolainen
Sound design: Aslak Christiansson
Music: Samuli Majamäki
Producer: Janina Kokkonen
Production company:
Ex Professo Arts and Management
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
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Eestaas (working title)
Seppo Renvall
Seppo Renvall (born 1963) works with
photography, visual arts, and experimental
film. He makes use of intuition, atmosphere,
and the power of everyday experience.
Renvall’s interest in film came from his
father’s home movies, which have influenced
the content and technical realisation of his
films. Renvall’s films manage to be
interesting without sex and violence.
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Director, script:
Miikka Leskinen
Cinematography:
Kate Reid
Miikka Leskinen
Editing:
Originally from Finland, Mikka Leskinen moved to London in
1999 for a BA media degree at Goldsmiths College, University
of London. After graduating in 2002, he worked for BBC for a
few years before starting his MA Editing degree at the National
Film + Television School. During the degree he also took the
opportunity to direct and as a result he completed the short
film Firewood on graduation in March 2007. He now works as
a freelance director and film editor based in London, and he is
currently in pre-production with his next short film.
Miikka Leskinen& Maya Maffioli
Sound design: Ayush Ahuja
Music: Chris White
Cast: Amy Tweed, Ashley George,
Lynsey Beauchamp, Simon McLinden
Producer: Meike Holsten
Production:
National Film + Television School, UK
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Firewood
The last days of summer. Sam meets up with her best friend Billy for a lazy afternoon in the sun
and what begins as a perfectly innocent trip to their usual hangout soon changes its nature.
Firewood is a story about friendship, of unspoken words, and the inevitability of change. It is
a moment in time which in its brevity and seeming insignificance marks the end of an era, a step
towards adulthood.
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Fiction | 2007 |
35mm / HDCam / Digibeta /
DVCam / DVD | 16:9 Anamorphic |
Dolby Stereo | 13’
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Fiction | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 Anamorphic |
Stereo | 28’
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[
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i l t a
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Saara, 39, and her daughter Inna, 14, are getting ready for a Friday night at a housing estate in
Eastern Helsinki.
While Saara is re-living her youth at a local bar, Inna is at home trying to be more grown-up
than she really is. The mother and daughter are both forced to face a reality that inevitably contradicts their expectations.
Director: Reetta Aalto
Script: Kirsikka Saari
Cinematography: Heikki Färm
Editing: Helena Öst
Sound design: Mika Niinimaa
Set design: Sattva Hanna Toiviainen
Costumes: Jenni Rousu
Reetta Aalto
Cast: Pirjo Lonka, Elina Knihtilä,
Reetta Aalto (born 1976) is a
film-maker from Helsinki. She is
studying for a Master’s Degree at the
School of Motion Picture, Television
and Production Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
Her previous films include Durochka
(Durotshka, 2004) and To Live, to Exist
(Elää, olla olemassa, 2007).
Reena Immonen, Jaana Pöllänen
Producers:
Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
Production company:
Making Movies Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE 1
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Girls’ Night
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Fiction | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 58’
Director: Tapio Piirainen
Script: Peter Snickars,
Tapio Piirainen
Cinematography: Jan Nyman
Editing: Kauko Lindfors
Sound design: Bengt Andersson
Music: Pedro Hietanen
Set design: Markus Packalén
Glenn Nygård, a 40 year old tomato-planter, has been falling in love with the local bar-keeper,
Laila, for the past five years. His cruel father has raised Glenn locked-up in the basement of his
house. There Glenn has learned to master the guitar but not how to handle women. When Glenn’s
father dies suddenly, he finds a stack of letters which were signed by his mother. His mother
might still be living somewhere in Sweden. Glenn locks the house up and leaves. Glenn is not able
to find his mother. Instead he stumbles across two individuals: a Swedish law-officer, Bengt, and
his step-brother’s wife, Annette. Nobody finds himself on the top of Kilimanjaro or in a hasty attempt to seek silence in a monastery. But sometimes the course of our lives changes, slowly, like
a ship turning unnoticeably.
Costumes: Markus Packalén,
Fia Derhogkasian
Cast: Niklas Häggblom,
Anders Ekborg, Lia Boysen,
Leif Andrée, Gustav Wiklund
Producer: Mats Långbacka
Production company:
Långfilm Productions Finland Oy
Co-producers: Film i Västernorrland,
Film i Västerbotten
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies: FST, NRK, SVT
International sales: NRK, SVT
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Glenn
Tapio Piirainen
Tapio Piirainen is a screenwriter, film director, and
Master of Arts (1996, School of Motion Picture,
Television and Production Design). His directorial
works include Siivoton juttu (1997), Poliisin poika
(1998), TV series Raid (12 episodes, 1999), the movie
Raid (2002), Nyrölä 3 (2003), and Bodomin legenda
(2006). Awards: Anjalankoski Film Award 2001,
Venla 2001 (best director, screenplay, drama series),
Venla 2007 (best TV movie), one-year artist grant in
2002 from the National Council for Cinema.
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Fiction | 2007 |
35mm | 1:1,85 | 15’
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Harvest Time
[
E l o n k o r j u u
]
Harvest Time is a laconic tragi-comedy about a summer day on a farm in Kainuu, in the middle of
Finland.
It is a gentle-toned short film based on a short story by Rosa Liksom. A wordless battle between
a man and a woman in a traditional Finnish landscape, both physical and mental, where silence
is golden.
Director:
Sami Korjus
Script:
Sami Korjus, Jussi Syrjä
(based on a short story
by Rosa Liksom)
Cinematography: Jussi Syrjä
Editing: Timo Linnasalo
Sound design: Jouko Lumme
Set design: Katarina Lume
Costumes: Outi Harjupatana
Cast: Kaija Pakarinen,
Juuso Hirvikangas, Elias Rautiainen,
Julius Leinonen, Antti Litja,
Jukka Peltola
Producer: Ilkka Mertsola
Production company: Sputnik Oy
Sami Korjus
Sami Korjus has studied film-making in Farnham,
England, at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design
(Film & TV production) in 2000–2001.
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Documentary | 2008 |
35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital | ~20’
Hietsu (working title)
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A different view of life on the beach. The film is set on the popular beach that is situated under big
power lines. On hot summer days, the beach is filled with hundreds of people who have come to
enjoy the heat and the blazing sun.
PV Lehtinen
Director, script, editing: PV Lehtinen
Cinematography: Matti Helariutta
Sound design: Sakari Salli
Music: Tapani Rinne, Verneri Lumi
Producer: PV Lehtinen
Production company: CineParadiso
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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PV Lehtinen was born and lives in Helsinki. He graduated as a director from the School of
Motion Picture, Television and Production Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
His previous water-themed films include The Diver (Hyppääjä, 2000) and The Crawl (Krooli, 2004),
which have been awarded at several international festivals.
Lehtinen is equally at home directing fiction, documentaries and
experimental films. In his works he examines the language of films.
Lehtinen feels that the final form of a film is dictated by its subject
matter and filming process. He leaves the categorizing of his films to
others. A recurrent theme in his films, water is an element that
Lehtinen finds extremely interesting visually. “Nothing compares to
the peaceful feeling when in or under water. Water is like another
world, and films allow me to bring parts of the feeling it arouses on
to the screen,” says PV Lehtinen.
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Fiction | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 60’
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.
Jungle of Dreams
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
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Jungle of Dreams
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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Documentary | 2007 |
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 20’
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A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they
return each summer. These people include a retired policeman, a musician, a professor and
a worker. They and many others share the powerful experience of the swimming stadium as a
source of vitality. Many have been going there since they were little children.
Keidas continues the director’s visually impressive series of water films. It brings the beautiful,
functionalistic swimming stadium, previously seen in many of his films, into the foreground. This
film is like a layered portrait of Finland’s first outdoor swimming pool and its regular customers.
Director, script, editing: PV Lehtinen
Cinematography:
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Sound design: Sakari Salli
Music: Biosphere
Producer: PV Lehtinen
Production company: CineParadiso Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE TV1 Co-productions
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Keidas
About the swimming stadium: It took a long time for the Helsinki swimming stadium to be completed as a site for the Olympics and a popular bathing establishment. The designing work started
in the early 1930’s and the building started in 1938 according to the plans by architect Jorma
Järvi. The stadium was supposed to be finished for the 1940 Olympics, which had been awarded
to Helsinki, but the work was suspended because of the Winter War. The swimming stadium was
finally completed for the 1952 Olympics.
PV Lehtinen
PV Lehtinen was born and lives in Helsinki. He graduated
as a director from the School of Motion Picture, Television
and Production Design at the University of Art and Design
Helsinki. His previous water-themed films include The Diver
(Hyppääjä, 2000) and The Crawl (Krooli, 2004), which have
been awarded at several international festivals.
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A documentary about the actions of the media and society seen through the tragedy of Lapua,
where a cartridge factory exploded and killed 40 people in 1976. How far does the freedom of
speech warrant the right to invade individuals’ private sorrow, and why does the state take such a
big role afterwards, ritualizing everything and leaving little room for private grieving for the families involved? The documentary Lapua raises questions. It is an essay 30 years after a catastrophe.
Director, script: Katariina Järvi
Cinematography: Arttu Peltomaa
Editing: Katja Pällijeff
Katariina Järvi
Sound design, music: Antti Sipilä
Katariina Järvi (born in 1962, Finland) graduated in
2006 from The School of Motion Picture, Television and
Production Design in Helsinki. She majored in Documentary Directing. She has also worked as a props-master for
both the Finnish Broadcasting Company and a number of
Finnish independent production companies since 1994.
Her two most recent documentary directions before
Lapua are My Momma and Father (Äitini ja isä , 2005) and
Stitches of Love (Rakkauslaulu , 2004).
Producer: Markku Niska
Production company:
NBB Navy Blue Bird Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, Arts Council of Finland
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Lapua
Photo: Kalle Kultala / The Finnish Museum of Photography
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Documentary | 2008 |
Beta SP PAL / Digibeta PAL |
16:9 | CH1&CH2 / Dolby Surround | ~28’
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Fiction | 2008 |
35mm / Digibeta | 16:9 |
Dolby stereo | 10’
Director:
Mikaela Westerlund
Script:
Mikaela Westerlund, Mimmo Hildén
Cinematography: Mimmo Hildén
Editing: Juho Karhunen
Set design: Okku Rahikainen
Costumes: Susse Roos
Cast: Sonja Ahlfors,
Mikael Strömberg
Producers:
Leila Lyytikäinen, Claes Olsson
Production company:
Kinoproduction Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
The Swedish Cultural Foundation
in Finland
Financing TV company: YLE FST5
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The Least One Can Hope for
[
D e t
m i n s t a
m a n
k a n
b e g ä r a
]
No one sells goods anymore – today they’re selling dreams.
Amanda, who is old enough to get married, wants a home – the complete package. She buys
herself what she thinks is her dream home, but it soon becomes obvious that the most important
thing of all is missing: A Man. Amanda refuses to accept that she is not getting the whole package. She tries to find the man she is missing, but along the way she realizes she is not the only
one left without a partner. With her drive and her conviction to find a man, Amanda makes the
whole neighborhood come to life. In the end, Amanda gets her dream fulfilled, but in an unexpected way.
This is the first Finnish film that looks at loneliness from a different perspective – no depression, no alcohol and no suicide!
Mikaela Westerlund
Mikaela Westerlund (born 1977 in Helsinki) has
studied directing at the Arcada University of Applied
Science and ESCAC, Escola Superior de Cinema i
Audiovisuals de Catalunya, during the years 1998–2004.
During her studies, Mikaela Westerlund has
directed two short fictional films, The Same Old Story
(Samma gamla visa, 2002) and en-Marie (2001).
They have been screened at several film festivals
and won awards.
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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
]
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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Little Traveller
Director, script: Marika Väisänen
Marika Väisänen
Cinematography: Daniel Lindholm
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.
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
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Director, script, editing:
F I N N I S H
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Music film, animation | 2008 |
HDCAM / DigiBeta / DVD | 16:9 |
Stereo / 5.1 Dolby Digital | 10’
Marikki Hakola
Cinematography: Raimo Uunila
Sound design: Epa Tamminen
Music: Jean Sibelius ”Luonnotar”
Animation and visual design:
Marikki Hakola, Katriina Ilmaranta
Costumes: Marikki Hakola,
Liisu Vartija-Rissanen
Soprano: Riikka Hakola
Choreographer, dancer: Nina Hyvärinen
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Orchestra: Slovak Radio
Symphony Orchestra
Producer: Marikki Hakola
Production company:
Kroma Productions Ltd.
Production support: The Finnish
Performing Music Promotion Centre
ESEK, The Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music LUSES,
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE Teema
www.luonnotar.fi
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Luonnotar
is a music fantasy and a new interpretation of the primeval Kalevala epic and the myth
of the creation of the world. The first song of the Kalevala, the Daughter of Ether, is visualized by
using a virtual set design and digital animation. The masterpiece of the music by composer Jean
Sibelius is interpreted by great Finnish performing artists, soprano Riikka Hakola, dancer Nina
Hyvärinen, and conductor Leif Segerstam, and the grand Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
“In primeval times, a Maiden,
Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,
Passed for ages her existence
In the great expanse of heaven,
O’er the prairies yet unfolded...”
Luonnotar
Marikki Hakola
Marikki Hakola (born 1960) is an internationally acclaimed media
artist, film director and executive producer. She is executive producer of the production company Kroma Productions Ltd. Beginning
in 1981, her works include dance and music films, video art pieces,
installations, multimedia works, internet projects and documentaries. Hakola’s important directions include, for example, Butterfly
Lovers (2005), a dance and music film based on the Chinese violin
concerto and The Bewitched Child (L’enfant et les sortileges, 2004),
a fantasy film based on the opera by Maurice Ravel.
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Fiction | 2007 |
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Surround | 7’
A Mate
[
K a v e r i
]
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Pera wants to try something kinky in the bathroom and he asks his mate to help him. Pera’s wife
comes home too soon...
Director, editing: Teemu Nikki
Teemu Nikki
Script: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö
32 years old. Pig farmer’s son.
Has directed plenty of commercials
and music videos. Has also made
some short films.
Cinematography: Jyrki Arnikari
Sound design: Sami Kiiski
Set design: Maria Ylätupa
Cast: Matti Onnismaa,
Jouko Puolanto, Elina Knihtilä
Producer: Teemu Nikki
Production company:
It’s Alive Productions
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Documentary | 2007 |
Digibeta / Beta sp / DVCAM / DV |
16:9 | Stereo | 24’
S H O R T
F I N N I S H
[
M o n g o l i a l a i n e n
i l t a p ä i v ä
]
They are going to slaughter a sheep before dark. Nomads do the slaughtering themselves. But
before its death, the sheep was able to live and graze in the wild.
The film is tranquil in rhythm and very powerful esthetically as the setting sun paints the
Mongolian steppe red. The film climaxes as a young girl washes the sheep’s blood off her hands.
Rostislav Aalto
Director, script, cinematography,
editing, sound design: Rostislav Aalto
Sound mixing: Eero Koivunen
Music: Mongolian khuumi
Producer: Rostislav Aalto
Production company:
Zen Media / Zen and Trading Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Mongolian Afternoon
Rostislav Aalto was born in Moscow, 1971, and moved to Finland eight years later. After studying at the University of the Industrial Art and Design in Helsinki in the Film department, he has
worked as a photographer, editor and director in numerous productions. Since 1997, he has led
a private enterprise, Zen Media, which produces documentaries and
offers services for other film companies.
Aalto has, for example, directed the films Gunshots in Orimattila
(Orimattilan laukaukset, 2000), Cleaning Up! (2002), Rush (Kiire, 2004),
Take Me in Your Arms (Ota minut syliin , 2006), Just Little Respect
(Vähän kunnioitusta, 2006), and a serial of seven films: Mongo – Moments
from the Far East (Mongo – hetkiä kaukoidästä , 2007)
Aalto is a member of the Guild of Documentarists and member of
the board of The Association of Finnish Film Directors.
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Tuomas Milonoff, Jon Sundell
Script, editing: Jon Sundell
Cinematography: Hena Blomberg
Sound design:
Mikko Mäkelä, Tuomas Klaavo
Music: Mikko Viljakainen,
Timo Kaukolampi
Set design:
Ville Tervonen, Markus Friskberg
Costumes: Anna Komonen
Cast: Manne Tainio,
Laura Sipiläinen, Jani Tolin,
Jussi Piiroinen, Aku Kihlberg
Executive producer:
Aleksi Bardy / Helsinki -filmi
Producer: Riku Rantala
Production company:
Gimmeyawallet Productions Oy
Co-producer: Matias Putus
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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After an exhausting workweek, a stressed-out gourmet chef is determined to do nothing all weekend except get high and sit around in his underwear. But as he and his best friend are ensnared
in a confounding love triangle, his plans of relaxation quickly unravel. Fighting over the same
woman, the men engage in an epic battle of wits and dirty tricks that leads them to stolen bikes,
bags of potting soil and an army of bodybuilders with a bad case of ‘roid rage. But the question is,
who is really playing whom?
Set in the legendary Helsinki neighborhood of Punavuori (Monte Rosso in Italian), the film attempts to capture some genuine sights and sounds of contemporary Helsinki, albeit in a comedic
form. In its quest for authenticity, the film relied exclusively on an amateur cast who grew up
speaking a specific brand of Helsinki slang. Shot in widescreen on a black & white negative, the
Finnish capital has never looked better.
Tuomas Milonoff & Jon Sundell
Before Monte Rosso Tuomas Milonoff
has directed two seasons of
Madventures, an award-winning
travel show with a big cult following.
Milonoff works as an independent
director and producer in Helsinki.
Born and bred in Helsinki,
Jon Sundell is a writer/director
based in Los Angeles.
Matti Pyykkö
Directors:
Monte Rosso
Jani Häkli
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S H O R T
F I N N I S H
Fiction | 2008 |
HDCAM SR / Beta SP |
1:2,35 (Cinemascope) |
Dolby Digital | 28’
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[
Muybridge – mies, joka teki liikkuvia kuvia
]
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
A “light” but factual documentary, with scenes from Muybridge’s life re-enacted in a way reminiscent of old, turn-of the century movies.
Other sequences will feature Muybridge’s work, his nature photography in the Americas, such
as Yosemite, San Francisco, and the North and South American Indians.
A sequence about his photographing horses in motion, naturally including the first proof of
all four hoofs in the air, and later the sequences of moving images of other animals, as well as
humans.
The dramatic aspects of Muybridge’s life, such as his murder case, will also be re-enacted in
short scenes.
The method Muybridge used for his motion photography will be presented in an animation,
explaining the sequential tripping of the camera shutters.
Director, editing: Juho Gartz
Juho Gartz
Script: Juho Gartz & Jan-Eric Nyström
Filmmaker Juho Gartz (b. 1934) has worked as an editor on
over thirty feature films, and as a scriptwriter on two of them.
In addition, he has edited a hundred or so short films.
He has produced, written, directed and edited several documentaries for his own company (Muutama Metri Ky). Mostly seen on
television, the documentaries were often about visual arts or sports.
Gartz has written articles on cinema and other subjects to
various magazines and compilations, and published four books
on cinema.
Cinematography: Jan-Eric Nyström
Sound design: Antero Honkanen &
Pekka Karjalainen
Producer: Juho Gartz
Production company: Muutama Metri Ky
Co-producer: Sari Volanen / YLE TV1
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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Muybridge
20 vuotta ennen elokuvan keksimistä
F I L M S
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Digibeta | 3:4 | Mono | 17’10’’
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S H O R T
F I N N I S H
H u l l u u t e n i
e p i s o d e j a
Director, script, editing, music:
Joe Davidow
Cinematography: Tahvo Hirvonen
Choreography: Jorma Elo
Sound design: Markus Kahelin
Set design: Tanja Bastamow (3 D)
Costumes: Anne Jämsä
Actor: Kari Heiskanen
(Director of Dance)
Dancers : Jorma Elo,
Nancy Euverink, Vaslav Kunes
Producer: Claes Olsson
Production company:
Kinoproduction Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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My Crazyness is my Love –
Impressions of Vaclav Nijinsky
[
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Dance fiction | 2007 |
35mm / DCI / Digibeta | 16:9 |
Stereo | 58’
o n
r a k k a u t e n i
Va c l a v
N i j i n s k i n
–
e l ä m ä s t ä
]
The film tells of a Director of Dance, who is attracted to and obsessed with Vaclav Nijinsky, the
legendary Russian choreographer and dancer (1890–1950). While reading the Diary of Nijinsky,
the Director of Dance is rehearsing with his Dance Company his edition of Nijinsky’s famous
work, “The Faune”. Nijinsky wrote his Diary by hand during the 6 weeks he spent locked up in the
study of his house in Switzerland. The Diary ends when Nijinsky was forcibly taken to the Insane
Asylum, where he remained for over 20 years. Through Nijinsky’s Diary, the Director of Dance
is experiencing that sensation where all of the revelations he is reading about are brought to life
in his mind. Now he is learning about the deepest inner thoughts and feelings that Nijinsky has.
The Director of Dance has always been infatuated with Nijinsky, first through his admiration of
Nijinsky’s choreography’s and dance, and then through his realisation of the extraordinary similarities between Nijinsky and Himself.
Joe Davidow
Joe Davidow (b. 1949) is an American director and composer,
who lives in Finland. As a director, he specialises in dance films.
In 1987–91 he directed dance programmes for TV, including
Obsessions (Pakkomielteitä), and for the Helsinki Festival a dance
film Moments (1991). He has also directed for Kinoproduction Oy
two dance films The Man Who Never Was (1997) and Hidden Passion
(2000). He has also composed the scores to these films.
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Animation | 2007 |
16:9 | 5’
My Portrait
[
O m a k u v a
]
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
The main character in the film, a lonely painter, sits in his studio before a blank canvas, wondering what to paint. He decides to paint a self-portrait. The film follows the artist working, this exciting and ever-escalating process, up until the painting is finished... but something goes wrong.
The self-portrait may have become a little too realistic, it almost breathes...
Christian Lindblad
Director, script, cinematography,
editing: Christian Lindblad
Producer: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi
Production company:
LR Film Productions Oy
Production support: AVEK
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Christian Lindblad graduated as an actor from
the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1985, but
moved on to film soon after in 1988. His debut
film Love Tank (Kärlekens bandvagn) was finished the same year. A series of live action films
culminated in the feature film Ripa Hits the Skids
(Ripa ruostuu, 1993). Since then, he has mainly
made animated films, but has also written opera
librettos and directed for theatre.
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Fiction | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 29’
S H O R T
F I N N I S H
[
Tu h m a
J u s s i
]
is a tale about a group of people having to face and solve a sudden crisis in their
small-town community.
Jussi is a mentally challenged 40-year-old man. He gets along very well with the small children
in the neighbourhood kindergarten, which has such a small playground that the kids usually play
either in the adjoining public park, or in Jussi and his sister Marja’s garden.
Now one of the kid’s parents has become aware that there is an invalid hanging out with the
kids, and she has demanded that the community forbid this “retard” from getting into the park.
She has a lot of political clout in the community, and steps must be taken. Veera, the headmistress of the kindergarten and elementary school, must sort this matter out with Marja and
Sami, who is Jussi’s nurse. But who can guarantee what Jussi will come up with? Is he good, or
is he naughty?
Naughty John
Director, script: Juha Mustanoja
Cinematography: Jyri Hakala
Editing: Maarit Nissilä
Sound design: Micke Nyström
Music: Miika Snåre
Costumes: Tuomas Lampinen
Cast: Sanna Hietala,
Juha Mustanoja
Sari Viitasalo-Flander, Miko Kivinen,
Jussi Rantamäki, Mira Donner-Spitz
Juha Mustanoja is a Finnish director-playwright who works in
several media. He has written and directed several stage plays
for the theatre group Aurinkoteatteri; he has also written and
directed several radio plays, and is currently working on an opera
production that premieres in 2008. He has also worked as a
graphic artist for over two decades, specializing in poster design.
Juha Mustanoja majors in Screenwriting and Directing at
the Helsinki University of Art and Design. Naughty John is his
graduation film.
Producers:
Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti
Production company:
Silva Mysterium Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
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Naughty John
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Experimental animation | 2007 |
35mm | Stereo | 15’
PrePost
F I N N I S H
S H O R T
From frenology to aesthetic surgery. Viewpoints on the Western ideal of beauty in the dim light of
history. An experimental short film / animation about the standards of human form.
Director, script,
set design, costumes, animation:
Milla Moilanen
Cinematography: Raimo Uunila
Editing: Raimo Uunila
Sound design: Patrick Boullenger
Music: Päivi Takala
Milla Moilanen
Cast: Tomi Kuisma, Pirjo Moilanen,
Director, media artist Milla Moilanen (born 1964) began
working with moving images and multimedia at the end of
the 1980s. Since then, she has created short films, multimedia works, and audiovisual projects as an independent
artist, graphic designer, and photographer.
Moilanen’s award-winning pieces (Signals 1993,
Deep 1994, Scale 1996, Wanted 1998, Dual 1999,
Passage 2001, Vertebra 2003) have been presented at
numerous festivals and exhibitions around the world.
Mikko Lankinen, Marjo Peiponen,
Maria Talvitie
Producer: Milla Moilanen
Production company: Filmill Ky
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE TV1 Co-productions
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M i s s ä
o n
m i s s ä?
]
is an experimental film based on an incident which happened during the struggle for independence in Algeria. As a reaction to the acts of violence committed by the French,
two young Algerian boys murder their friend, a French boy of the same age. The film starts from
the present day when the Death enters the house of a poet. She starts to investigate the incident
and the past events gradually become interwoven with the present moment. A mist clears from the
back garden of the house to reveal a bright coloured boat which has appeared in the swimming
pool. In it sit Adel and Ismael.
S H O R T
F I N N I S H
[
Where is Where?
Director, script: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Cinematography: Arto Kaivanto
Editing: Heikki Kotsalo
Sound design: Peter Nordström
Set design: Kaisa Niva
Costumes: Mari Savio
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Cast: Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela,
Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959) experiments
with narrative storytelling in her films and
cinematic installations, creating extraordinary tales out of ordinary human experiences. Her masterfully crafted narratives
and touching portrayal of characters have
captured the public’s interest worldwide.
Ahtila’s work has won her numerous film
festival awards and visual art prizes.
Leea Klemola, Alaeddin Alaeddine,
Taha Muhammad Rguibi
Producer: Ilppo Pohjola
Production company:
Crystal Eye Ltd.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
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Where is Where?
Photo: Nauska, Copyright Crystal Eye Ltd, Helsinki
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Experimental fiction | 2008 |
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital 5.1 | 60’
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F I N N I S H
S H O R T
F I L M S
Documentary | 2008 |
Digibeta / DVD | 16:9 |
5.1 Stereo | 30’
Director, script, cinematography,
World of Light
[
M a a i l m a n
v a l o
]
A video montage by Jari Haanperä, where the lights of different metropoles intertwine into a network of lights that covers the whole planet. On the northern fringe of this network, in the light of
an electric bulb, a group of Finns contemplate the concept of “world of light” and their individual
relationships to it.
”If you have the power, the might and the money, the simplest way of showing it all is to use
enormous amounts of light.”
“Lights make up a system which is similar to a neural network in the way they interconnect. It
will probably grow a lot denser and then starts to seek its optimum form. We are possibly still in
a state of growth.”
“The amount of light in the world is equal to the ability of a man to generate it. There will be
more light tomorrow than there is today, whether I want it or not. Then the only possibility that is
left will be to get out of the light.”
“Fear is one of the central issues associated with darkness. Man needs a lot of artificial light
to keep the fear at bay.”
Sound design: Jari Haanperä,
Jari Haanperä
Epa Tamminen
Producer: Mirka Flander
Jari Haanperä makes short films, videos and
light and sound installations. He uses the whole
range of the moving image, from precinematic
methods to videos and 35mm fiction films.
His works have been shown in art museums and
galleries as well as at film and art festivals all
over the world.
Production company:
Lumenia Productions
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Photo: Sakari Viika
editing, music: Jari Haanperä
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S H O R T
F I L M S
Fiction | 2008 |
Digibeta | 16:9 anamorphic |
Dolby stereo | 55’
Director: Auli Mantila
An architect and an ophthalmologist – who has commissioned a house from the architect – begin
a heated argument on an uninhabited islet, right where the fancy new house is supposed to be
built. The honourable, sharp-tongued, and heavily smoking ophthalmologist scolds the young,
self-conscious, and ambitious architect, who consequently wants to go home right away. And then
the outboard motor breaks down. Yksinen is an intelligent situation comedy about how a modern
man survives when all the technology he depends on suddenly fails. It examines big choices in
life hilariously, practically, and cruelly. Yksinen is a story about the impossibility of togetherness,
but also about how close another human being, a fellow creature, really is – right now.
Script: Laura Ruohonen
Cinematography: Jussi Eerola
Editing: Harri Ylönen
Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen
Music: Antti Lehtinen
Costumes: Sari Suominen
Auli Mantila
Cast: Seela Sella, Leea Klemola,
Auli Mantila (born 1964) graduated as
a film director and screenwriter in 1995.
Since then, she has worked in her field of
training. Now, in 2008, having directed three
feature films and some TV series, and having
worked as a producer and teacher of
directing, she finally dares to say that filmmaking and solving questions related to it
is the thing she knows best.
Aaro Wichmann
Executive Producer: Auli Mantila
Line Producer: Anu Hukka
Production company: Do Films Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Yksinen
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S H O R T
F I N N I S H
Film Festivals in Finland 2008
DocPoint –
Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
23.–27.1.2008
Fredrikinkatu 23, FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 672 472, Fax +358 9 673 998
[email protected]
www.docpoint.info
Tampere International
Short Film Festival
5.–9.3.2008
Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 213 0034, Fax +358 3 223 0121
office@tamperefilmfestival.fi
www.tamperefilmfestival.fi
Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat –
Midnight Sun Film Festival
11.–15.6.2008
Jäämerentie 9, FI-99600 Sodankylä
Tel. +358 16 614 524, Fax +358 16 618 646
office@msfilmfestival.fi
www.msfilmfestival.fi
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Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
19.–24.8.2008
PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458
office@espoocine.fi, www.espoocine.fi
Animatricks Animated Film Festival
3.–7.9.2008
Vanha Talvitie 11 A, FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 322 2373, Fax +358 20 7749 819
[email protected], www.animatricks.net
Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
18.–28.9.2008
Mannerheimintie 21–24, Box 889, FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6843 5230, Fax +358 9 6843 5232
office@hiff.fi, www.hiff.fi
Oulu International Children’s Film Festival
17.–23.11.2008
Torikatu 8, FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290
oek@oufilmcenter.inet.fi, www.oukafi/lef
CineParadiso
Hermannin rantatie 20
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 582 8634
pvlehtinen@kolumbus.fi
www.kolumbus.fi/
cineparadiso
Elokuvaosuuskunta
Camera Cagliostro
Vellamonkatu 1
FI-33100 Tampere
Tel. +358 41 4344399
jyrki@cameracagliostro.fi
www.cameracagliostro.fi
Crystal Eye Ltd.
Tallberginkatu 1 / 44
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 694 2308
Fax +358 9 694 7224
mail@crystaleye.fi
www.crystaleye.fi
Ex Professo Arts and
Management
Iso-Roobertinkatu 20–22 A 9
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 519 4563
Fax +358 9 648 691
jkokkone@uiah.fi
S H O R T
Do Films Oy
Hiihtomäentie 34
FI-00800 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6873 4980
Fax +358 9 6874 4981
info@dofilms.fi
www.dofilms.fi
F I N N I S H
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Hämeentie 11
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 388 9479
Fax +358 9 710 061
spot@blindspot.fi
www.blindspot.fi
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Festival contacts
for all titles:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
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S H O R T
F I L M S
Filmill Ky
Sannaistentie 277
FI-07280 Ilola
Tel. +358 40 558 7966
www.filmill.fi
milla.moilanen@filmill.fi
[email protected]
F I N N I S H
Gimmeyawallet Productions Oy
Lönnrotinkatu 39 B 13
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel +358 50 593 5903
[email protected]
www.gimmeyawallet.fi
Festival contacts
for all titles:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
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Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & Co
Palotie 23
FI-02760 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 8554 860
Fax +358 9 8813 592
ilokuva@ilokuva.fi
www.ilokuva.fi
Indie Films Oy
Malminkatu 22 C 55
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 563 4603
tomi.riionheimo@indiefilms.fi
www.indiefilms.fi
It’s Alive Productions
Heinäsintie 79
FI-08700 Lohja
Kinoproduction Oy
Pasilan vanhat veturitallit
FI-00520 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6850 460
Fax +358 9 6850 4610
kino@kinoproduction.fi
www.kinoproduction.fi
Kinotar Oy
Vuorikatu 16 A 9
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1351 864
Fax +358 9 1357 863
[email protected]
www.kinotar.com
Kroma Productions Ltd.
Magnusborg studios
FI-06100 Porvoo
Tel. +358 19 534 8015
Fax +358 19 534 8016
kroma@magnusborg.fi
www.kromaproductions.net
Making Movies Oy
Linnankatu 7
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 621 3828
Fax +358 9 6842 7870
mamo@mamo.fi
www.mamo.fi
LR Film Productions Oy
Caloniuksenkatu 9 d 63
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 490 696
Muutama Metri Ky
Pudasrinne 4 H 102
FI-01600 Vantaa
Tel. +358 9 532 744
Lumenia Productions
PL 719
FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 552 3410
flander@mbnet.fi
NBB Navy Blue Bird Oy
Hämeentie 153 B
FI-00560 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 566 0374
[email protected]
www.navybluebird.com
Skype: navybluebird
Långfilm Productions
Finland Oy
Pietarinkatu 9
FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 10 440 4800
Fax +358 10 440 4809
info@langfilm.fi
www.langfilm.fi
Sputnik Oy
Museokatu 13 A
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 100
Fax +358 9 6877 1010
sputnik@sputnik.fi
Zen Media /
Zen and Trading Oy
Liusketie 6 D 19
FI-00710 Helsinki
Mob. +358 41 530 5252
raalto@zenmedia.fi
[email protected]
www.zenmedia.fi
Silva Mysterium Oy
Pulttitie 16
FI-00880 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7594 720
Fax +358 9 7594 7240
mika.ritalahti@silvamysterium.fi
www.silvamysterium.fi
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F I N N I S H
S H O R T
Back cover: Eestaas (working title) by Seppo Renvall, Where is Where? by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Girls’ Night by Reetta Aalto,
Firewood by Miikka Leskinen, Glenn by Tapio Piirainen, PrePost by Milla Moilanen, Yksinen by Auli Mantila
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