05.03. 12.00 Hällä T19

Language: Finnish

KATUSOITTAJA

THE BUSKER

Finland 2009

Fiction // 3 min

Director: Joonas Selin
Script: Joonas Selin, Mikko Salo
Photography: Kristiina Lehto
Sound: Ilkka Lahti
Editing: Terhi Mehtola
Music: Ilkka Lahti, Veikko Korhonen
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Nora Khelif

"If you try to get everything you want, you may lose whatever is available." A busker tries to make a living playing in the streets of a magical industrial town. By twist of fate he is given what he desires, but his greed makes him lose everything. The film is a fantastic work of fiction about a busker played by Dave Lindholm.

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

Finland 2008

Experimental // 3 min

Director: Henna Inkinen
Script: Henna Inkinen
Photography: Ossi Käki
Sound: Jarno Muhonen
Editing: Arttu Salmi
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Henna Inkinen

Suicidal Tendencies depicts feelings of anger and frustration that manifest themselves as suicidal behaviour. The film is set in a Finnish mindset: a sunlit birch forest that serves as a backdrop for springtime depression. We are encountered with foolhardy Finnish lunacy, the renowned northern perseverance or the "sisu".

THE ELECTRICIAN

Finland 2008

Fiction // 14 min

Director: Miina Alajärvi
Script: Jussi Jokihaara
Photography: Juho Kepanen
Sound: Jarno Muhonen
Editing: Arttu Salmi
Music: Jarkko Hietanen
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Tiia-Tuulia Tiensuu, Petra Välimäki

A fictive story about an executioner who faces unemployment when the government abolises the death penalty. Does the society have any use for his peculiar professional skills any longer? Are the only options for an unemployed person to change or give up?

LÖYTÖTAVARAA

LOST AND FOUND

Finland 2009

Fiction // 4 min

Director: Kaisa Tomperi
Script: Kaisa Tomperi
Photography: Johanna Tarvainen
Sound: Jussi lehtivuori, Pauliina Saarman
Editing: Tommi Hietaniemi
Music: Jussi Lehtivuori
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Marie Nieminen

Two neighbours who never pay attention to one another land in a fictitious world while searching for the things they have lost and end up finding each other.

KOKONAINEN

WHOLE

Finland 2007

Experimental // 3 min

Director: Sanni Rajapolvi
Script: Sanni Rajapolvi
Photography: Jan-Niclas Jansson
Sound: Hanna-Mari Suutari, Pauliina Saarman
Editing: Arttu Salmi
Music: Iivu Saarinen
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Anna-Maija Salmi, Mari Aalto

"What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice, and everything nice. That's what little girls are made of." A filmic portrayal of a wrestling match between two girls in tutus. The film deals with children's gender roles in recreational activities and the way we are used to seeing girls – in their tutus.

ENNUSTUS

RAIN MUST FALL

Finland 2009

Fiction // 19 min

Director: Anna-Kaisa ”Niisku” Haapala
Script: Anna-Kaisa ”Niisku” Haapala
Photography: Ville Salminen
Sound: Eero Niemi, Timo Björksten
Editing: Jussi Autio
Music: Michael Law
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Pauli Kopu, Pekka Ollula

It's 1948. Antti is building a house for his family. His wife Maija is pregnant with their second child. Their firstborn, Lauri, gives his father a prophecy. The prophecy starts coming true even though Antti doesn’t want to accept his destiny. A time comes when the prophecy seems to become completely fulfilled. Antti must choose his future path.

SPEAKEASY! ELOKUVAMUSIKAALI

SPEAKEASY! -MUSICAL

Finland 2009

Fiction // 19 min

Director: Juha Kuoppala
Script: Arttu Salmi
Photography: Anu Kopra
Sound: Pauliina Sahrman, Matti Suur-Hamari
Editing: Arttu Salmi
Music: Eveliina Vilpakka
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Emmi-Sofia Markkanen

The era of prohibition and gangsters. To much dismay of her father, a young and beautiful Susku dreams of being a famous singer and actress. Oscar is determined to persuade her daughter to seek a more honourable life. This becomes increasingly difficult when Susku finds out that her father runs a popular speakeasy in the back room of his flower shop. The determined girl spots her chance to fulfill her dreams when the star of the bar is suddenly unable to perform.

ODOTUS

WAITING

Finland 2009

Fiction // 6 min

Director: Outi Ylä-Outinen
Script: Kristiina Lehto
Photography: Anton Verho
Sound: Veikko Korhonen, Elias Nieminen, Hanna Suutari
Editing: Sadri Cetinkaya
Music: Veikko Korhonen
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Maiju Virkkunen

Pasi is something of a hermit whose life has become all about playing. One day a foreign element appears on his doorstep predicting a change in his life – a mailwoman called Maria.

PÄÄTÖS

DECISION

Finland 2009

Fiction // 5 min

Director: Emmi-Sofia Markkanen
Script: Emmi-Sofia Markkanen, Maria Huttunen
Photography: Outi Ylä-Outinen
Sound: Hanna-Mari Suutari
Editing: Tommi Hietaniemi
Music: Jussi Lehtivuori
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Minna Raitapuro

A story about listening to yourself and making a decision.

ROTSI

FAT RAT JACKET

Finland 2008

Fiction // 14 min

Director: Hanna Hurri
Script: Arttu Luukkonen
Photography: Jouko Piipponen
Sound: Heidi Hokkanen
Editing: Essi Rakkolainen
Music: Michael Law
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Essi Silvennoinen

Fat Rat Jacket is a short film about a 17-year-old Raimo who lives with his father Reijo and his over-protective mother Raija. The mother wants her son to grow up an upright, decent man, while the father is willing to let the boy learn about life's realities on his own.

MANSIKOITA JA KERMAVAAHTOA

WHIPPED CREAM WITH STRAWBERRIES

Finland 2009

Fiction // 3 min

Director: Aleksi Närvä
Script: Aleksi Närvä, Mikko Salo, Tuomas Jaakkola, Noora Haatainen, Essi Silvennoinen
Photography: Tuomas Jaakkola
Sound: Mikko Salo
Editing: Sakari Suuronen
Music: Veikko Korhonen
Production: TAMK University of Applied Sciences / The School of Art and Media, Noora Haatainen

A comedy about Jaakko and Tiina, a married couple who have grown tired of each other but end up finding love again after fooling around with other people.