A selection of awarded short films in the International Competition 2025.
Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 105 min Age Limit: 12+
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Sun 9.3. -
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Finnkino Cine Atlas 1 -
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Sun 9.3.
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Finnkino Cine Atlas 2
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Being John Smith
Director: John SmithCountry: United KingdomYear: 2024Genre: Experimental, DocumentaryDuration: 27 minAfter enduring many decades of embarrassment and discomfort, the artist finally admits to the negative impact that possessing the commonest name in the English-speaking world has had on his psyche. Peppered with disparate fragments of autobiography, ‘Being John Smith’ takes us on a confessional journey that reveals just how important a name can be.
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Zima
Director: Tomek Popakul, Kasumi OzekiCountry: PolandYear: 2023Genre: AnimationDuration: 26 minIt grows slowly as an icicle, but one day it drops and crashes. Anka loves cats. And Jesus. In the silence of winter, the lagoon freezes and the unspoken resurfaces like a crack on ice. A mosaic portrait of a small fishermen's village where human and human, human and animal, animal and animal depend on each other in a delicate balance of warm, tender care and cold, emotional cruelty. An eerie story of loneliness and community brought to life with magical realism.
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He Ma
HippopotamiDirector: JJ LinCountry: ChinaYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 13 minIn the suburbs of a northern Chinese city undergoing urbanization, a quirky girl who wants to see animals in the zoo is taken for a ride which will forever change her perspective on life.
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Dom strom
A Good Mind Grows in Thorny PlacesDirector: Katarína GramatováCountry: SlovakiaYear: 2024Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 20 min12-year-old Adam, a Romani kid with grown-up responsibilities, lives in the so-called Slovakian "hungry valley", trying to earn cash for energy drinks by chopping trees with his older brother. Adam looks up to his brother for his tree-sawing skills, despite his devotion to a Slovak extremist party.
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El canon
The CanonDirector: Martín SeegerCountry: ChileYear: 2024Genre: FictionDuration: 19 minJean, a Haitian migrant in Chile, is admired everywhere he goes. His body represents all the classical values of the academy. However, in the anonymity of his existence, he is also a canon of marginality.
