ELO: New Student Films

A varied array of new shorts by film students at Aalto University.

Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 94 min Age Limit: 12+

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    It Takes Years to Reach Us
    Director: Mikael Rutkiewicz,
    Country: Finnish
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 20 min

    A shared moment by a fire in the remains of an Eastern Finnish rural community. The lines between light and dark, past and present start to waver. It Takes Years to Reach Us is a meditation on remembering while we drift on.

  • Headrest

    Director: Heta Okkonen
    Country: Finnish
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 3 min

    A girl tries to escape the noise of the mind, and the thoughts and memories that fill the spaces. Is there peace to be found from yourself?

  • Peijaiset

    Bear with Me
    Director: Jasmin Gummerus
    Country: Finnish
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 18 min

    It was supposed to be the perfect day for the 25-year-old birthday girl Donna, but everything is about to be ruined because her friends don’t follow her plans. The carefully organized activities turn into a game of “who is who’s favorite.” When even her best friend betrays her, the beast inside Donna awakens.

  • Pieniä ajatuksia naapuruudesta

    Small Notes About My Neighbours
    Director: Anna Törrönen
    Country: Finnish
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 19 min

    Small Notes About My Neighbours is a multi-vocal essay film about a yellow house, its neighbours, its surroundings, and growing up. Combining fragmented footage from one location, it approaches a shared place from unexpected points of view with the curiosity of a child. Worms, snails, rats and birds all go about their cycles just like spring, summer, fall and winter do.

  • Tape

    Director: Hui Wing Ki Candace
    Country: Finnish
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 6 min

    Plastic tape unleashed a deeply emotional journey that delves into the old home of a young lady. The house she once left stirred up haunting memories that stuck somewhere in her mind.

  • Illan vika

    Meanwhile
    Director: Ysmin Najjar
    Country: Finnish
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 18 min

    27-year-old Mona works alone at a remote grill, is once again studying for her upcoming entrance exams, and endlessly misses her spouse Helga, who is away on a business trip. A new employee starts at the grill: 19-year-old lively and unbalanced Leo, who in all his likability makes Mona miss her past.

  • Mereneläviä

    Fish River Anthology
    Director: Veera Lamminpää
    Country: Finnish
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 10 min

    The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.