Finnish short films at Nordic Nights

A selection of short films from Finland

29.3.2022

19.00

online

Honorary Consulate of Finland in Toronto, Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto,

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Short film has a strong following in Finland and although regularly part of film festival fare, the most prominent short film program and awards takes place at the Tampere Film Festival(Link to another website.) every March. 

Since 2013 Finns have also enthusiastically celebrated the International Short Film Day which takes place around the world on Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year.  

This Nordic Nights screening aims to provide a snapshot of the short film scene in Finland.

Screening over zoom, free admission, registration required(Link to another website.).

On the playbill:

They Go Gentle Into That Night Work(Link to another website.) (Yötyön Zen) by Soile Mottisenkangas (2020, 11m02s) 

A documentary tribute to the serenity of the night shift for a mail carrier, a plate rolling operator, and a train driver. 

Please Leave a Message After the Tone(Link to another website.)  (Voitte jättää viestin äänimerkin jälkeen)  by Risto-Pekka Blom(Link to another website.) (2021, 11m) 

An experimental look at human disconnection in today’s society. 

ICELAND (Nighttime) (Link to another website.)by Nastja Säde-Rönkkö  (Link to another website.)(2019, 6m18s) 

The unique Icelandic landscapes are a backdrop to a poem by the artist.

Evolution in standstill(Link to another website.) (Pysähdyksen muutos) by Petteri Cederberg (Link to another website.)(2021, 5m25s) 

An animated look at the effects of isolation and forced standstill.   Cederberg’s work Median Life and/or Death(Link to another website.) was seen at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) and in competition at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2020.

900 Footballs(Link to another website.) (900 Jalkapalloa)  by Sophia Ehrnrooth(Link to another website.) (2020, 16m)   

The universal language of soccer unites artist and children of illegal immigrants in Rome. 

The Bouncer(Link to another website.) (Poke) 2020, 11m by Aleksi Salmenperä(Link to another website.)

Winner of the Finnish national film award, the Jussi for best short film in 2021.  It had its international premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

A wish to do good is only the beginning in the making of a superhero…

Heinola by Aleksi Mäkelä(Link to another website.) (2021, 7m34s)  


 

A gentle tribute to a young boy’s endless summers on the lake with grandad.

My Whimsical Resonance(Link to another website.) 2021, 10m by Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen(Link to another website.) 

An artist with a stutter explains his worldview and his relationship to arts.

The Blanket(Link to another website.) (Lakana) by Teppo Airaksinen(Link to another website.), (2021, 14 m) 

Stick (Keppi), also by Airaksinen, was seen at last year’s Nordic Nights Finnish Shorts programme.  Multitalented Airaksinen is at home in almost any genre of moving image and his latest feature was a foray to Hollywood.  His teen comedy Supercool was filmed in Alabama and has just opened in theatres in Finland.

The Blanket is set in the late 1930’s in Helsinki.   Little Marja is tasked with skiing to the city from the archipelago to get milk for her baby brother.