Strive
Details
In a world where everyone escapes reality, a teenage boy named Toni longs to experience something real, even if it becomes his undoing. You cannot find yourself without getting some scars.
DIRECTOR: Jussi Rautaniemi
SCRIPTWRITER: Jussi Rautaniemi
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Peter Flinckenberg F.S.C
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Ville Grönroos
COSTUME DESIGN: Riina Leea Nieminen
MAKE-UP DESIGN: Alice Corre
EDITING: Jussi Rautaniemi
VFX DESIGN: Olli Leppänen
MUSIC: Timo Kaukolampi
SOUND DESIGN: Karri Niinivaara
CAST: Vilho Rönkkönen, Kuura Rossi, Laura Birn, Roderick Kabanga, Pekka Strang
PRODUCERS: Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Bufo
Director
Jussi Rautaniemi
With over 15 years of experience in film editing, Jussi Rautaniemi has now written and directed his first science fiction action short film Strive, premiering 2025. Rautaniemi is an awarded film editor who has gained reputation working on several internationally awarded feature films and documentaries such as Compartment no. 6 and The Happiest day in the Life of Olli Mäki by Juho Kuosmanen, The Summer Book by Charlie Mcdowell, The Invisible Fight by Rainer Sarnet, Aalto – The Architect of Emotions by Virpi Suutari.
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
• monthly short film screenings at Kino K13
• curating short film programmes
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