Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage
Details
For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatush, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the spectrum of autism, is there to ferociously support him through the voyage.
DIRECTOR: Iiti Yli-Harja
SCRIPT: Iiti Yli-Harja
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Iiti Yli-Harja
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: Pekka Härkönen, Iiti Yli-Harja, Alli Sillanpää
EDITING: Anniina Kauttonen
SOUND DESIGNER: Ville-Matti Koskiniemi
MUSIC: Iiti Yli-Harja, Ville-Matti Koskiniemi
PRODUCERS: Valtteri Munkki, Mikko Heino
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Side Stories
Director
Iiti Yli-Harja
Iiti Yli-Harja (b. 1987) is a stop-motion animation artist, a documentarist and a musician. She graduated from Aalto University as Master of Arts in 2021. Her films combine documentary material with fictional elements of stop-motion animation. She often explores and celebrates human imperfection in her films: what is good enough? Her documentary puppet animation Real Men (2020) was awarded as the best short film at Helsinki International Film Festival in 2020.
Contact
Otto Suuronen
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Short Films
• festival distribution strategy for short films and short documentary films
• travel support and material support for international promotion: short films and short documentary films
• monthly short film screenings at Kino K13
• curating short film programmes
+ 358 9 6220 3019