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Kalak

Kalak

Jan, a nurse who is also a father, was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex.

Feature fiction
120 min

Premiere:
San Sebastián Film Festival

Director: Isabella Eklöf

Jan, a nurse who is also a father, was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex. When someone calls him a Kalak, a Greenlandic word with a double meaning of both a "true" and "dirty" Greenlander, he wears the epithet as a badge of honor. But ultimately he has to confront his father.

 

 

A Strange Summer – Outo kesä

A Strange Summer - Outo kesä

A psychological thriller of twenty-something friends Minna and Aino who are planning to spend one more summer in their childhood surroundings before heading off to study.

TV -series
8 x 15 min

Premiere:
Yle Areena 19.8.2022
DR digital TV 2.9.2022

Director: Lauri-Matti Parppei

A psychological thriller of twenty-something friends Minna and Aino who are planning to spend one more summer in their childhood surroundings before heading off to study. However, things do not go quite as planned. To alleviate their disappointment and frustration, the two friends come up with a rather questionable hobby: they start breaking into houses in their neighbourhood at night. The thrilling game soon becomes dangerous, and the trust between the two friends is put to the test.

CREW

Director, screenwriter, composer: Lauri-Matti Parppei
Producer: Ilona Tolmunen
Yle producer: Riikka Takila
DOP: Mikko Parttimaa
Editor: Nina Ijäs
Sound designer: Juuso Oksala
Main cast: Elsi Sloan, Katja Lukkarinen

 

 

 

Heartbeast – Sydänpeto

Heartbeast

Elina, an aspiring young rapper, moves to the South of France along with her mother and falls for her new step-sister, mesmerizing ballerina, Sofia. But when Elina realizes Sofia just plays with her, Elina’s love turns into obsession - with toxic consequences. 

Feature fiction
102 min

Premiere:
Göteborg Film Festival 2022

Director: Aino Suni

Elina, an aspiring young rapper, moves to the South of France along with her mother and falls for her new step-sister, mesmerizing ballerina, Sofia. But when Elina realizes Sofia just plays with her, Elina’s love turns into obsession - with toxic consequences.

CREW

Director: Aino Suni
Screenwriter: Aino Suni
Producers: Sébastien Aubert, Ilona Tolmunen, Frauke Kolbmüller, Leslie Jacob
DOP: Kerttu Hakkarainen
Editors: Ville Hakonen, Thibault Hague
Sound designer:  Nico Berthold
Music: JB Dunckel, Chilla

With the support of the Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA of the European Union