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The Home of Dark Butterflies
(Tummien perhosten koti)


Script:

Marko Leino

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Cinematography:

Pini Hellstedt

Set design:

Pirjo Rossi

Costumes:

Elina Kolehmainen

Make-up:

Mari Vaalasranta

Sound:

Jyrki Rahkonen

Music:

Panu Aaltio

Editing :

Harri Ylönen

Production:

Markus Selin, Jukka Helle

Shooting:

02/2007 - 08/2007

Budget:

1 600 000 € (SES 500 000 €)

Lenght:

105 min

Release:

11.1.2008

Actors:

Tommi Korpela, Niilo Syväoja, Eero Milonoff, Kristiina Halttu, Marjut Maristo, Kati Outinen, Pertti Sveholm Matleena Kuusniemi

Synopsis:

The principal character of the movie is Juhani, haunted and oppressed by a traumatic childhood experience. After being bounced between foster homes and temporary families for six years, Juhani ends up in a Boys´ Home, The Island. The place is run under the laws and regulations of the superintendent, Olavi Harjula, who is ruthless in his administration. Besides the seven boys and Harjula, the only other inhabitants of the Island are the superintendent´s wife and their two daughters, along with Tyyne, who´s in charge of the livestock and the catering. The isolated community is a world of its own.

The movie forces the spectators to ask themselves; how long do you have to keep paying for past mistakes and deeds? When can you forgive yourself and be set free? Or can you? And are you responsible for other people´s actions?

International sales:
TrustNordisk


Festivals:

Nordic Film Market Göteborg, Sweden, 31.1.–4.2.2008

Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä, Finland, 11.–15.6.2008

Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 20.–27.6.2008

Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Finland, 19.–24.8.2008

Montreal World Film Festival, Canada, 21.8.–1.9.2008

Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Finland, 18.–28.9.2008

Mill Valley Film Festival, USA, 2.–12.10.2008

Ghent Film Festival, Belgium, 7.–18.10.2008

Rome Film Festival, Italy, 22.–31.10.2008

Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany, 29.10.–2.11.2008

AFI EU Film Festival, USA, 6.–25.11.2008

Scanorama, Vilnius, Lithuania, 13.–30.11.2008

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, 13.11.–7.12.2008

Finnish Film Week in St. Petersburg, Russia, 28.11.–3.12.2008

Plus Camerimage, Lodz, Poland, 29.11.–6.12.2008

Finnish Film Week in Petroskoi, Russia, 3.–7.12.2008

Finnish Film Week, Kinop Muranow, Poland, 15.–17.12.2008

Scandinavia House, New York, USA, 5.–9.1.2009

Scandinavian Film Festival L.A., USA, 10.–18.1.2009

20th Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA, 10.–18.1.2009

35th Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany, 22.–25.1.2009

32nd Portland International Film Festival, USA, 5.–22.2.2009

Hong Kong International Film Festival, 22.3.–13.4.2009

Finnish contemporary films at Reflet Médicis, Paris, France, 26.–29.3.2009

10th Leeds Young People´s Film Festival, UK, 2.–10.4.2009

Minneapolis Film Festival, USA, 20.–27.4.2009

Northern Lights - Nordic Film Days, Sofia Bulgaria, 23.–30.4.2009

Skandinavische Filmtage Bonn, Germany, 23.–30.4.2009

Fest – IFF Silver Castle Competition, Portugal, 21.–28.6.2009

European Film Festival Palic, Serbia, 18.–24.7.2009

Cine Nordico, Mexico, 1.–13.9.2009

Festroia International Film Festival, Portugal, 4.–13.9.2009

CineFest Miskolc, Int. Film Festival of Young Filmmakers, Hungary, 11.–20.9.2009

Festival do Rio 2009 – Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil, 24.9.–8.10.2009

Nordic Film Festival 2009, Australia
16.10.–

Finnish Film Week, Murmansk, Russia, 2.–7.11.2009

Finnish Film Week, Tallinn & Tartu, Estonia, 2.–8.11.2009

Nordic Film Days, Tromso, Norway, 5.–8.11.2009

Finnish Film Festival, Florence, Italy, 13.–15.11.2009

FICI International Children and Youth Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, 17.–22.11.2009
NICE Festival, Liverpool, UK, 19.11.–3.12.2009

La Habana International Film Festival, Cuba, 3.–10.12.2009

Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs, Paris, France, 5.–12.12.2009

Finnish Film Week in Moscow, Russia, 5.–20.1.2010

Third Nordic Film Festival, Kaliningrad, 26.2.–5.3.2010

Finnish Film Week in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Israel, 10.–20.3.2010

Arkangel Finnish Film Week, Russia, 15.3.–3.4.2010


Awards & Prizes:

35th Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany, 22.–25.1.2009
Second Prize of the Audience Award

10th Leeds Young People´s Film Festival, UK, 2.–10.4.2009
Winner of Best Film for Older Jury (15-19 years)

Fest – IFF Silver Castle Competition, Portugal, 21.–28.6.2009
Silver Castle

Festroia International Film Festival, Portugal, 4.–13.9.2009
Second prize in the Man and His Environment section

FICI International Children and Youth Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, 17.–22.11.2009
International Youth Jury Award


Production

Solar Films Oy
Veneentekijäntie 20
00210 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 417 44 700
Fax. +358 9 417 44 744
Email. markus.selin@solarfilms.com
Internet  www.solarfilms.com

Distribution in Finland

Nordisk Film Oy
John Stenbergin ranta 2
00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 476 4460
Fax. +358 9 476 44640
Internet  www.nordiskfilm.fi



 

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