HaNdBoOk 24.-26.9 20131 wElCoMe tO tHe CoNtEnT fInNiSh fIlM aFfAiR iNfO & cOntaCtS .................................................................... 3 fIlM lInEuP .............................................................................. 4 InTrOdUcTiOn GeNeRaL InFoRMATIoN FoR ATTeNdInG InDuStRy sElEcTiOn oF oThEr fEsTiVaL fIlMs ......................................11 The Finnish Film Affair is an initiative of the Helsinki Attending the events of the Finnish Film Affair requires a wOrKs iN pRoGrEsS: fInNiSh fIlMs iN dEvElOpMeNt ............ 12 International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy showcasing Finnish Film Affair badge. For more information on the the latest Finnish feature films to international industry Finnish Film Affair accreditation go to hiff.fi/en/industry. pRoGrAmMe sChEdUlE ...........................................................16 professionals and offering panels and networking Please note that there is a restricted amount of tickets opportunities for the local film industry. The second available per screening and that some of the events require iNdUsTrY pAnEl .....................................................................18 Finnish Film Affair takes place in Helsinki from signing up in advance. September 24 to 26. attEnDiNg fInNiSh pRoDuCeRs ............................................ 20 Tickets to festival screenings of the Russian, Estonian and Scandinavian selection cost 8 Euros and can be purchased attEnDiNg iNvItEd iNtErnatiOnAl gUeStS ..........................23 Additional information and materials at online or at the cinemas. wWw.fInNiShFiLmAfFaIr.fI All the films listed in this handbook are subtitled in fEsTiVaL cLuBs .................................................................... 28 English and spoken in their original language. mAp oF tHe vEnUeS .............................................................. 30 The Finnish Film Affair is organized with partners such as Favex – Finnish Film & Audiovisual Export, the Finnish Film Foundation, Media Desk Finland, the Central Organisation of Finnish Film Producers SEK, Finland Film Commission and with the support of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and AVEK. 2 3 FiNnIsH FiLm AfFaIr lInEuP FiNnIsH FiLm AfFaIr FiLm PrOjEcT LiBrArY FiNnIsH FiLm AfFaIr StAfF This year the Finnish Film Affair launches a new on- line platform. 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As a about Teemu Selänne— a neo-Nazi group in east- adoxes, is very dedicated contemporary art can the course of one night child in the 1970’s, his to science and logic. He August Fools is a roman- tiric novels about Finn- mer of 1939. 13-year-old neighborhood school. the best Finnish ice hock- ern Finland, meets and im- tic comedy set against the escape the suffocating in the concrete jungle of ish politicians and cul- The children fight for Finnish family lived in mediately falls in love with runs an experimental tendrils of globalisation Karl comes to the island ey player of all time. political backdrop of the Helsinki. The protagonist tural life Kari Mairisaari to work as lighthouse their own best and try Gothenburg, and he al- Sari. She introduces Teppo Research Institute inves- and Western influence. of the film, Simo, is still ways felt like he was a sec- People have followed the tigating evil with his col- Cold War. Elsa, a middle- starts writing a book master Hasselbond’s as- to challenge the some- to her son Rhamadhani. It portraits an elegantly searching for a sense of about Vlatko, a 36-year- what comically presented ond grade citizen. In the heroic tale of Selänne Teppo has dreamt about league and lover Iris, both aged milliner and a part- sistant. Karl and Has- for over two decades. time clairvoyant is appar- shot, drily amusing dual self and the ability to pro- old Croat, who one day greedy adults with their early 1980’s, Kai’s family parenthood, but Rhama- criminals and victims as character study of Wang selbond’s oppressed son, His exploits are famous, ently in total control of tect himself from his sur- is picked up to answer Gustaf, make friends but cunning. moved back to Finland, dhani is half-black. Tep- their clients. Umbra has Guanguyi, considered the roundings. Roaming the but Kai felt like he didn’t but now we get to know an obsessive theory: seen her life –until the man she war crime charges. Mair- their friendship changes po manages to overcome father of Chinese contem- city with his big brother, isaari is challenged into belong there either.