Arctic Circle of Lust
Pohjoinen intohimoDetails
The couple's fresh relationship leans on openness and honesty. Fifty-year-old Petri has faced his bisexuality and is learning to be truthful to his partner and himself. For Anu, Petri's desire to fulfill his own passions raises new questions about her own desires and expectations in their relationship. Beneath the vast northern landscape is a hidden world of men, which they have tried to keep secret from their spouses, the surrounding community, and, to some extent, even themselves.
World premiere: CPH:DOX 2026 / Nordic Competition
DIRECTOR: Markku Heikkinen
SCRIPT: Markku Heikkinen
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tuukka Uusitalo
SOUND: Janis Grossmann-Alhambra
EDITING: Carl Javér, Rasmus Ohlander
MUSIC: Stefan Will
PRODUCER: Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Zone2 Pictures
Director
Markku Heikkinen
Markku Heikkinen (b. 1966, Kajaani, Finland) studied sociology and philosophy at the University of Tampere in 1987–1992, film directing at the University of Art and Design Helsinki since 1999 and graduated from documentary directing in 2006. Heikkinen has worked as a freelance TV and radio journalist for Yle since 1986 and as a freelancer documentarist since 1993. He was the president of the Finnish Documentary Guild in 2004–2005.
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