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DIRECTOR: Teemu Nikki
SCRIPTWRITER: Teemu Nikki
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sari Aaltonen
SOUND: Heikki Kossi
SET DESIGN: Annamaija Ruuttunen
COSTUME DESIGN: Annamaija Ruuttunen
EDITING: Jussi Sandhu
CAST: Olli Rahkonen, Pirjo Lonka, Minea Köngäs, Annika Aapalahti, Anssi Niemi, Tommi Eronen, Anna Victoria Eriksson
PRODUCER: Aino Suvanto
PRODUCTION COMPANY: It’s Alive Films
Director
Teemu Nikki
Teemu Nikki is a director and screenwriter whose stories dive into the deepest questions of humanity through good-natured but unapologetic satire. He usually directs, writes, and sometimes also edits his films. Nikki’s latest feature film, 100 Liters of Gold (2025), is the number one domestic box office hit of 2025 in Finland. His probably most unique feature film, The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (2021), has won numerous international awards, including the Audience Award at the 78th Venice Film Festival. Nikki has directed eight feature films, four series with multiple seasons, and over 18 short films which have also enjoyed great success around the world.
Contact
Otto Suuronen
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Short Films
• festival distribution strategy for short films and short documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for short films and short documentary films
• curating short film programmes
+ 358 9 6220 3019