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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.

 

 

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