National Competition 7: Shorts

A varied selection of short films from our national competition. The screening explores phenomena related to Finnish history as well as everyday moments in our modern lives.

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

  • Henkilö meikkaamassa itselleen partaa.

    Parta

    Beard
    Director: Kristiina Karsten, Otso Reunanen, Silja Salmi
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 16 min

    Late Mäntylä, a middle-aged priest, is finally ready to match their
    appearance with who they are on the inside. It takes a beard, and makeup artist Kata Launonen has offered to show Late how to create one.

  • Hämyisä toimisto, jossa mies huutaa mikrofoni kädessään televisiolle kun viisi miestä hänen takanaan elehtivät eloisasti.

    Lasse kaatuu, voi ei!

    Oh No, Lasse Falls
    Director: Risto-Pekka Blom
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 19 min

    The München Olympic Games, 1972. Lasse Virén is promised a gold medal and a new world record in the 10,000-meter run. But first he must fall.

  • Lenin-patsas, jonka ympärille on sidottu kuljetusköyttä.

    Hyvästit Leninille

    Forgetting Lenin
    Director: Inka Achte, Einari Paakkanen
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 6 min

    For many Finns, Lenin is to thank for Finland’s independence from Russia in 1917. But with Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, citizens of the town of Kotka have to re-evaluate their views about Finland’s last remaining Lenin statue.

  • Lähikuva pitkätukkaisen henkilön profiilista, joka katsoo vakavasti eteensä.

    Vain toinen meistä

    One of Us
    Director: Niina Panda Vuorisara
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Experimental, Animation, Documentary,
    Duration: 20 min

    A story about siblings, violence and a monster of aggression.

  • Pitkähiuksinen stop motion -hahmo katsoo kameraa pimeässä huoneessa muuttolaatikkojen keskellä.

    Täällä haisee hiiri

    I Smell a Mouse
    Director: Iiti Yli-Harja
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Animation, Documentary
    Duration: 18 min

    It’s moving day for Iiti. Like a sign from the universe for her poor life choices, there seems to be a nightmarish mouse lurking in the shadows of her new home. Iiti has to get rid of the mouse by whatever means necessary. But the nasty mouse problem just escalates and ultimately leads Iiti to a strange coincidence.

  • Mummolamaisen olohuoneen sohvalla istuu vanha mies, joka katsoo ikkunaa kohti.

    Se on niin kuin se on

    It Is What It Is
    Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2023
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 15 min

    A serious man heads into the woods as a moose.