Catalogue of Films 2009-2014
Ode (Hyvästi, Nikolai – Ode)
Ria Bäckström (8’00 min, 2014)
Musical film about the magic of the summer night and an interrupted journey. (fiction)
Early Snow (Ensilumi)
Ria Bäckström (4’25 min, 2014)
A muslim girl sees her first snow and decides to apply for the job she wants. (fiction) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s-57zKidUk&list=PLEjmSdkTnYQtM3MPfGGmzRElcaMj6HGsp&feature=player_detailpage
Cleaven
Iile Lempiäinen (17’44 min, 2014)
What if heaven isn’t the paradise it’s made out to be? (fiction) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfyg6WXzhVo https://www.facebook.com/cleavenshortfilm
Little Blue Tapir (Pieni sininen tapiiri)
Salla Kallio (15’30 min, 2014)
Should you let strange tapirs into your house just like that? (fiction) https://www.facebook.com/events/1480425335502392/?ref=22
The Silence of Our Friends (Hiljaiset ystävät)
Iile Lempiäinen (9’43 min, 2014)
Teacher finds an unusual way to convey the children’s situation to parents. (fiction) https://www.facebook.com/silenceofourfriends?fref=ts
Watching Over You (Vierellä käy)
Iina Hänninen (13’05 min, 2014)
Katariina seeks balance between her family and the world around her. (fiction) https://vimeo.com/141464379
Weep Not for Me, O Mother (Älä itke minua, äitini)
Joel Autio (6’33 min, 2014)
Leena’s daughter is no longer at home. Suddenly she feels her life is meaningless. What remains is either petrifying loneliness or eternal bliss of the icons. (fiction)
Juha
Lasse Välkkilä (8’59 min, 2014)
A downtrodden man reacts. (fiction)
Freedom – Fish Without Wine Is Poison (Vapaus eli Kala ilman viiniä on myrkkyä)
Antero Sälpäkivi (19’53 min, 2014)
In the near future the only legal norm is selfishness. (fiction) https://www.facebook.com/vapauselikalailmanviiniaonmyrkkya?fref=ts
Who Has the Bigger Dick? (Kummalla on isompi muna?)
Perttu Hangaslahti (1’42 min, 2013)
A manly man should be well endowed. (fiction) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfV9PhneSr0
Picnic
Anna Vepsäläinen (8’29 min, 2013)
Two young ladies go camping in the woods. (fiction)
Miss Eleonoora and The Bottle Bottom (Neiti Eleonoora ja pullonpohja)
Pauliina Talikka (6’00 min, 2013)
To see clearly, you must go through the bottom. (fiction)
Tea Party (Teekutsut)
Pauliina Talikka (10’00 min, 2013)
Love continues, if you accept it. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/69888047 http://t-kutsut.blogspot.fi/
Your Mom Doesn’t Get It (Mutsis ei tajuu)
Pauliina Talikka (2’52 min, 2013)
Two boys connect among the city graffiti. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/84317953
Origami
Hannes Renvall (6’28 min, 2013)
A girl finds a bird. (fiction)
Among Others (Yksi muista)
Anna Törrönen (7’09 min, 2013)
Youth moving on the borderline between good and anxious. (fiction)
Dropping Oranges (Appelsiinitarina)
Salla Kallio (4’37 min, 2013)
A girl tries to find love in her own way. (fiction)
Maelstrom (Kurimus)
Petri Erkkilä (23’25 min, 2013)
A small-time con man falls deeper into the underworld and into his own mind during his search for his ex-girlfriend. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/61107092
Smoke (Savu)
Iina Lempiäinen (10’00 min, 2013)
Pyry goes out to have smoke. (fiction)
Maria
Iina Hänninen (10’00 min, 2013)
Maria and her son go to have a picnic. Little Nikolas is never seen again. (fiction)
Rendezvous
Antero Sälpäkivi (10’00 min, 2013)
Eventually she must come. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/59831909
Us – Two Rascals (Me ystävät hulivilit)
Salla Kallio (12’33 min, 2013)
A friendship unswayed by absent-mindedness and societal norms. (documentary)
The Last Drop (Viimeinen pisara)
Lasse Välkkilä (6’10 min, 2013)
A working man’s life is hard. (fiction)
Watching Paint Dry (Muotokuva)
Mies Mikkonen (11’32 min, 2013)
A young artist paints a very special portrait of an army leader. (fiction)
Pizza Friday (Pitsaperjantai)
Tiina Louhula (5’15 min, 2013)
Jouni takes care of his manic depressive mother. (fiction)
Dark End Of The Rainbow
Erkki Jakobsson (16’00 min, 2012)
After the zombie-apocalypse, a lesbian couple continues to survive in an abandoned industrial complex. (fiction)
The Shell (Kilpi)
Pauliina Talikka (3’03 min, 2012)
When dad dies, a young woman turns into a turtle. (documentary)
Rorschach
Mies Mikkonen (6’00 min, 2012)
Certain responses to inkblots. (fiction)
Angel in the Snow (Lumienkeli)
Kasimir Högnäs (19’21 min, 2012)
Marko wants to follow Kaisa until the very end. (fiction)
She Has Your Eyes (Hankikanto)
Katja Niemi (19’41 min, 2012)
An abortion. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/52079959
Lighthouse Island Lights (Majakkasaaren valot)
Mindele Baran (9’49 min, 2012)
The school on the wintery island of Utö. (documentary)
Turnaround (Kääntyminen)
Antero Sälpäkivi (7’16 min, 2012)
Granny’s wild afternoon gets to an expected turn when a man stops his walk in the streets of neglectful city. (fiction)
No Shame Family (Häpy selän alla: Paljon onnea, Jesse (muttei Jonne)!)
Rami Airola (13’05 min, 2012)
Mom and dad are doing their best to lead their boy Jesse to get some long awaited sexual action. Jesse’s little brother Jonne gets jealous, frustrated and angry. (fiction) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oL5LJVxUvE
The Seed (Siemen)
Pauliina Talikka (4’55 min, 2012)
A woman finds a bottle from the shore, another a golden berry from the forest. How life originates? This is one version. (fiction)
Family Party
Kaarina Pönkkä (4’45 min, 2012)
This is a party. Finnish party. (fiction)
Plan IX
Petri Erkkilä & Erkki Jakobsson (13’00 min, 2011)
After she died, they came. (fiction)
Tom of Finland
Mies Mikkonen (9’43 min, 2011)
Tom of Finland’s former model contemplates the artist and the man. (documentary) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COfqW0prX-A
Just The Way I Am (Sellaisena kuin olen)
Iina Lempiäinen (8’54 min, 2011)
A sweet story of a young man who wants to be loved just the way he is. (fiction)
See Me (Näe minut)
Joonas Rutanen (15’22 min, 2011)
Saana wants to be found. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/25042580
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Mindele Baran (6’37 min, 2011)
Matti is a strange man. “3” is the story of his endeavors to lead a normal life during the course of one day. (fiction)
The Crow (Varis)
Katja Niemi (9’00 min, 2011)
The forest is dark and scary. Julia is left behind by her friends, who don`t want to play with her. Julia finds a dead crow, who’s telling her something. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/29793578 http://vimeo.com/93979384
deLIVERy
Pauliina Talikka (8’30 min, 2011)
Heartbleeding film about an abandoned husband, who launches an absurd revenge. (fiction)
Sounds From Under Ground (Ääniä maan alta)
Janne Leimola (31’00 min, 2011)
A legendary rock club from hardcore punk to jamsessions 1956-2010. (documentary) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwXEOFWEetQ
Hello Sexy! – Summer With Grandmother (Hello Sexy! – kesä mummin kanssa)
Piia Hirvensalo (26’00 min, 2010)
Grandmother and her granddaughter are living together for the summer. It isn’t easy. (documentary)
Big Bad Girls (Isot Pahat Tytöt)
Katja Niemi (5’33 min, 2010)
Who is afraid of the Big Bad Girls? (fiction)
Under The Ropes (Narujen alla)
Maria Oinonen (15’00 min, 2010)
A journey into the human mind and an attempt to get out of there. (fiction)
The Good End (Hyvä loppu)
Veera Lehtola (27’00 min, 2010)
Film about death and about living with mortality. (documentary) http://vimeo.com/25035953
Heart of Christmas (Joulun sydän)
Henrik Röman (13’53 min, 2010)
Father and son have to face Christmas and each other in a new situation. (fiction)
The Orchestra (Orkesteri)
Veera Lehtola & Joonas Rutanen (7’40 min, 2010)
A film about carrying heavy loads. It is a story of the musicians making their journey to the concert hall. The road is full of hurdles and they have to figure out a way of getting to their destination. Sooner or later, one of them must step into bigger boots. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/16919894
Matu!
Risto Honkasalmi (21 min, 2010)
A young man Matu is doing his non-military service in an institute for mentally disabled adults. Matu hates his work. Another young man lives at the institute, Jaakko. He is a mentally disabled patient who would give anything to be friends with Matu. (fiction)
The Step (Askel)
Essi Tarvonen (12 min, 2010)
The Step is a story about a young man who learns, that no matter how fast you run, you can not run away from your past. (fiction)
Stay-At-Home-Hippie (Kotihippi)
Jenni Samio (9’06 min, 2010)
The couch is occupied by a constant visitor. (fiction)
Fatherland (Isän valtakunta)
Miki Brunou (25’54 min, 2010)
Fatherland is a documentary about a family torn apart by the twisted ambitions of a father dwelling in the realms of extreme politics and occult mysticism. (documentary) http://vimeo.com/36546504
Homeless – Day And Night (Irtolainen – päivä ja yö)
Antti Polojärvi (14’00 min, 2010)
The daily routines of one homeless man. (documentary)
Chiefs
Jaakko Kaján (21’50 min, 2009)
Every hat trick has its price. (fiction)
Meeting Bernard
Joonas Rutanen & Otso Reunanen (7’40 min, 2009)
Sometimes when searching, you may find someone, whom you may once have found. (fiction)
The Goat of Christmas past (Pukin laulu)
Mikael Palsio & Lauri Löytökoski (10’51 min, 2009)
A young man gets possessed by the dark side of his subconsciousness on a Christmas night. (fiction)
Father’s Day (Isänpäivä)
Joonas Rutanen (11’00 min, 2009)
The long waited day together starts with great expectations but the distance on a map has also grown between people. (fiction) http://vimeo.com/25036246