Short films
Expectancy
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Juho Fossi
- Screenwriters
- Avi Heikkinen, Juho Fossi
- Producers
- Juho Fossi, Antti Fossi
- Release year
- 2020
- SES grant
- 57 000 €
- Budget
- 35 000 €
- Production companies
- Fossi Films Ltd
Alex, a father-to-be, gets lost in the sounds of a baby monitor and his own fears of becoming a parent.
Bunny
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Jani Ilomäki
- Screenwriters
- Reeta Ruotsalainen
- Producers
- Julia Elomäki
- Release year
- 2020
- SES grant
- 35 600 €
- Budget
- 65 000 €
- Production companies
- Tekele Productions Oy
Bunny is a short film about the 15-year-old Tuukka and his 10-year-old sister Lili. One night Tuukka breaks into Lili’s foster family home. He wants to take Lili to their summer cabin to live there with him. Tuukka realizes that his plan isn’t flawless and he needs to make a big decision: should he leave her sister to her new family even though that would mean that they couldn’t be together?
I’m Listening
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Katja Korhonen
- Screenwriters
- Katja Korhonen
- Producers
- Ville Sivonen
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 32 000 €
- Budget
- 68 000 €
- Production companies
- Takauma osk
In the last hours of the night, Mirja, a Night Radio host, gets a call on the air from Aija, who tells of a possible end of the world. Eventually this unexpected call sets the wheels in motion, starting to break Mirja’s cramped bubble in a way she never would have expected.
Limbo
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Nalle Sjöblad
- Screenwriters
- Antero Jokinen
- Producers
- Jani Pösö, Teemu Nikki
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 32 000 €
- Budget
- 73 000 €
- Production companies
- It's Alive Films
A quiet staircase of an ordinary office building. Two colleagues, Markku, an older accountant, and Eeva, younger HR manager are heading down the stairs, one after another. It turns out that earlier that day, Eeva has had to tell Markku that he has been fired from the company after many years. Markku is bitter and full of rage. Then something unordinary happens.
Are You Hungry?
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Teemu Niukkanen
- Screenwriters
- Antti Toivonen, Teemu Niukkanen
- Producers
- Daniel Kuitunen
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 32 000 €
- Budget
- 72 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta Oy
A single mother struggles to connect with her adopted teenage son, who she believes is gay. Worried that the vulnerable boy will fall victim to older men preying on young boys online, she takes it upon herself to guide him safely through this period of self-exploration by setting him up on a date.
Ashes
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Ville Tanttu
- Screenwriters
- Kristofer Möller
- Producers
- Ville Tanttu
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 31 000 €
- Budget
- 111 000 €
- Production companies
- Studio Lumo
Laura, 52, is wheelchair-bound. She has just lost her 20 years younger brother who was very dear to her. She quarrels with her family regarding her brother’s funeral. To honour his wish, she decides to arrange a different kind of a funeral: to scatter his ashes at sea. This triggers a series of events. With her assistant Anna, she steals the ashes from the urn at the crematorium.
Close to Me
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Joonas Rutanen
- Screenwriters
- Joonas Rutanen
- Producers
- Kaarle Aho
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 70 000 €
- Budget
- 128 000 €
- Production companies
- Making Movies Oy
A road movie taking place in Eastern Helsinki. A story about two lonely hearts and a relationship that is about to stop before it has even started.
Silent as Murderers
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Lauri-Matti Parppei
- Screenwriters
- Lauri-Matti Parppei
- Producers
- Ilona Tolmunen
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 69 000 €
- Budget
- 101 000 €
- Production companies
- Made
20-year-old Minna and Ina are spending their summer vacations in a wealthy residental area. At nights they are secretly visiting others homes while people are sleeping. They are invisible to people whose lifestyle they admire and despise at the same time. They are offered to feed a cat of a family and they get the keys to an empty house. Escaping from reality becomes more realistic than real life. When girls become more like each others, Minna wants run away from the symbiosis.
Two Bodies on a Beach
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Anna Paavilainen
- Screenwriters
- Anna Paavilainen, Laura Birn
- Producers
- Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 80 000 €
- Budget
- 160 000 €
- Production companies
- Bufo Oy
A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not again”, she sighs and decides to track down the enemy and strike back. She gets a companion from an older woman who has been pushed to the borders of society. During their journey through classical cinematic landscapes these nameless women from different generations struggle to connect and understand each other’s perspectives while their passion for men and male attention gets in away.
Super Comfort
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Kirsikka Saari
- Screenwriters
- Kirsikka Saari
- Producers
- Sanna Kultanen, Elli Toivoniemi
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 35 000 €
- Budget
- 67 000 €
- Production companies
- Tuffi Films Oy
Taina, in her fifties, is expecting her son for a visit, but the family is no longer what it used to be.