• human rights/social issues ,
  • Documentary films, over 30 min
Expected 2027

Second Acts

Portti

Details

Second Acts is a poetic documentary about transformation through theatre. At Helsinki-based Portti Theatre, current and former prisoners step on stage not to play roles—but to strip them away. Behind tattoos and trauma, they ask: Who do I want to be?

DIRECTOR: Anu Kuivalainen
SCRIPT: Anu Kuivalainen
PRODUCER: Markku Tuurna
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Filmimaa

Director

Anu Kuivalainen

Anu Kuivalainenbegan working as documentary filmmaker in the early 1990s. Her films include Into to the Forest I Go (2017), Aranda (2011), and A Black Cat on the Snow (1991).

Contact

Suvi Railo

Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Documentary Films

• festival distribution strategy for documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for documentary films

+358 9 6220 3021