Lex Julia, Fruitcakes and Pikkuli to premiere in Tallinn
PÖFF aka Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival starts tomorrow on Friday.
Image: Lex Julia / Greenlit Productions
Lex Julia, a feature drama written and directed by Laura Hyppönen, will have its World Premiere in Tallinn. The film deals with buried truths that surface over a summer weekend on an island. Finnish-Polish-Estonian-Swedish co-production is also screening in Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina in November. The film is produced by Greenlit Productions.
Fruitcakes: Dawn of Drag / Polygraf
Fruitcakes: Dawn of Drag, a documentary feature by Vesa Kuosmanen, was selected to Doc@PÖFF International Competition. The film, produced by Polygraf, recounts the story of the first drag artists in Finland.
Pikkuli and Starlight Reindeer, an animated feature by Metsämarja Aittokoski, is in the Children’s Competition Programme. The film is written by Aittokoski and Katri Myllyniemi and produced by AittoFlow. The domestic premiere was in late October.
Finnish films and minority co-productions at PÖFF
Feature films
- Drifting Clouds (1996), dir. Aki Kaurismäki, production: Sputnik
- Lex Julia, dir. Laura Hyppönen, production: Greenlit Productions
- Red Snow, dir. Ilja Rautsi, production: Bufo
Documentary films
- The Beauty of Errors, dir. Jukka Kärkkäinen, production: Mouka Filmi
- Fruitcakes: Dawn of Drag, ohj. Vesa Kuosmanen, production: Polygraf
- In Cod We Trust, dir. Guro Saniola Bjerk, Finnish co-producer: Wacky Tie Films
- Let Our Mountains Live, dir. Håvard Bustnes, Finnish co-producer:: Home River Media
Short films
- Interspace, dir. Jesse Lähilehto
- Gap, dir. Malin Nyqvist, tuotanto: Tekele Productions
- Famileech, dir. Vilja Autiokyrö
- Mixed Sauna, dir. Juuso Timonen
- Swimming Hall, dir. Anni Suikkanen, Toni Kristian Tikkanen
- Please, dir. Anna Mantzaris, Finnish co-producer:: Böhle Studios