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

Second Acts

Portti

Details

Second Acts follows prisoners, former prisoners and recovering addicts at Helsinki-based Portti Theatre—and beyond its walls. On stage, they strip away their roles; outside, they struggle to build new lives. One crisis could mean a return to addiction or crime. But being seen, heard and applauded opens another possibility: Maybe I’m not who I used to be. Behind tattoos and trauma lies a question that reaches far beyond the stage: 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