Finnish Shorts
Henri Savolainen:
2B
2011, 14 min
Eavesdropping gives new push for a group of pensioners. A loner finds a new friend within. A married couple separates, and a woman upstairs thinks she has found a solution. Below all this, the porter yearns out of the basement.
Olli Koivula
14085
2010, 13 min
14085 represents the number of people killed by guns each year in the USA. The film follows a chain of consequences around one handgun.
Dome Karukoski ja Pamela Tola
Burungo
2010, 14 min
Burungo is a fictive story about two teenage girls trying to make money to buy a dress for their mom. Burungo means two different things: a merchandise, and a girl.
Antti Heikki Pesonen
Tsägäateria
2011
8 min
Conflict's brewing in a burger restaurant: a salesperson's assault against a famous customer receives a payback a touch more thorough.
Teemu Nikki
Hyvä päivä
2011
11 min
Arto's first day at work in a wheelchair. Nothing is as it used to be, and he should give up his duty weapon.
Anna Nykyri:
Viisi fragmenttia empatian luonteesta
2011
7 min
Human rights organisations have repeatedly criticised Finland for its superfluous measures taken against violence against women. This short documentary film explores the lack of empathy and the violence women face.
Marjo Viitala
Linturetki
2011
16 min
Autumn's here, school is about to begin, and friendships cannot be taken for granted no longer. How does it feel like when friends come to an end? Were the birds ever there? Were you?
Perttu Inkilä
Freakers
2010
9 min
Who cares about the scoreboard when the team spirit is flying high, and there are walruses on the jerseys? Rumours have it that the Helsinki-based ice hockey team Freakers have won only once, but play with rock 'n roll year in, year out.
Dialogue: Finnish
Age limit: K15
