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Thomas

Script:	Miika Soini
Director:	Miika Soini
Cinematography:	Daniel Lindholm
Set design:	Antti Nikkinen
Costumes:	Emilia Eriksson
Make-up:	Jutta Kainulainen
Sound:	Kimmo Vämttinen
Music:	Lasse Enersen
Editing :	Jerem Tonteri
Production:	Janne Wrigstedt, Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti
Shooting:	09/2007 (Suun. ensi-ilta 02/2008)
Budget:	196 171 € (SES 115 000 €)
Lenght:	70 min
Release:	11.6.2008
Actors:	Lasse Pöysti, Pentti Siimes, Mauri Heikkilä, Aarre Karén, Marja-Leena Kouki, Eila Halonen
Internet:	www.thomasmovie.net
Synopsis:	In the autumn of his life, Thomas lives a simple and isolated life in his below-street-level apartment accompanied by a radio, a chess board and a photo of his wife. He does not venture outside very often, and when he does, the outside world reminds him of his old age, loneliness and his past which he would not like to remember. His life feels like a never-ending story, and to make it whole, Thomas has to face his past. ”I am old, and life is long.” International sales: Insomnia World Sales
Festivals:	Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä, Finland, 11.–15.6.2008 Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Finland, 19.–24.8.2008 New Nordic Films, Haugesund, Norway, 21.–24.8.2008 Nordic Talents, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4.–6.9.2008 San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi competition), Spain, 18.–27.9.2008 The Prague International Film Festival FEBIOFEST, Czech Republic, 25.10.2008 23º Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Argentina, 6.–16.11.2008 57th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany, 6.–16.11.2008 Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival, Turkey, 28.11.–4.12.2008 Tromso International Film Festival, Norway, 13.–18.1.2009 Festival International du Premier Film d’Annonay MJC, France, 30.1.–9.2.2009 Guadalajara Film Festival, Mexico, 19.–27.3.2009 14th Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania, 19.3.–2.4.2009 The Prague International Film Festival – FebioFest, Czech Republic, 26.3.–3.4.2009 27th Montevideo International Film Festival, Uruguay, 4.–18.4.2009 Northern Lights - Nordic Film Days, Sofia Bulgaria, 23.–30.4.2009 11º Festival de Cine Europeo, Santiago, Chile, 12.5.–6.6.2009 Cannes Film Festival, France, ACID section, 13.–24.5.2009 International Film Festival “Zerkalo”, Russia, 25.–31.5.2009 The Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 29.5.–7.6.2009 The American-Scandinavian Foundation Recent Film Series, NY, USA, 3.–20.6.2009 European Film Festival Palic, Serbia, 18.–24.7.2009 Motovun Film Festival, Croatia, 27.7.–1.8.2009 CineFest Miskolc, Int. Film Festival of Young Filmmakers, Hungary, 11.–20.9.2009 ACID screenings, Paris, France, 26.–27.9.2009 30th Int. Cinematographers Film Festival Manaki Brothers, Macedonia, 26.9.–3.10.2009 Festival de Cine de Bokotá, Colombia, 1.–9.10.2009 25th Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland, 9.–18.10.2009 Month of Finnish design, Madrid, Spain, November 2009 33rd Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 10.–20.11.2009 40th Film Festival of India "Cinema of the World", Goa, India, 23.11.–3.12.2009 La Habana International Film Festival, Cuba, 3.–10.12.2009 Chennai Int. Film Festival, India, 16.–24.12.2009 28th Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 1.–11.2.2010 28th Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy, 6.–14.3.2010 Finnish Film Week in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Israel, 10.–20.3.2010 Mosaico d´Europa Film Fest, Ravenna, Italy, 19.–24.4.2010 Finnish Film Week, Belgrade, Serbia, 22.–28.4.2010 Eurocine Event, 9.5.2010 Yksi Kaksi Filmi – Finnish Film Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 19.–22.8.2010
Awards & Prizes:	Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival, Turkey, 28.11.–4.12.2008 Golden Karagöz Award - Best Actor (Lasse Pöysti) Festival International du Premier Film d’Annonay MJC, France, 30.1.–9.2.2009 Special Jury Award Young Jury Award International Film Festival “Zerkalo”, Russia, 25.–31.5.2009 Prize for the best Director CineFest Miskolc, Int. Film Festival of Young Filmmakers, Hungary, 11.–20.9.2009 Main Award Federation International Cinema Clubs Award 28th Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 1.–11.2.2010 Crystal Simorgh Prize for the Best Script in the Competition of Quest for Truth & Justice 28th Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy, 6.–14.3.2010 Primo Premio
Production	Silva Mysterium Oy Pulttitie 16 00880 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 7594 720 Fax. +358 9 7594 7240 Email. etunimi.sukunimi@silvamysterium.fi Internet www.silvamysterium.fi
Distribution in Finland	YLE PL 64 00024 Yleisradio Tel. +358 9 14801 Internet www.yle.fi

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