SCREENINGS
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2023
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Vignola, Italy:
Limina Competition
2022
Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival, México City: New Horizon - Shorts Competition
Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom: International Competition
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival:
National Competition - National Premiere
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen:
The European Competition
2021
Nordic Film Days Lübeck: Short Section - World Premiere
FLYING POTATO AND OTHER MISUNDERSTANDINGS
short film, hybrid: 14 min, 2021
The filmmaker relates her vision for directing a neo-western in grainy, transitory images. She imagines that the greatest hurdle her protagonists, Yassine and Hami, will have to face will be the friendly but firm rejection of Finnish society. When violence on the imaginary frontier escalates in the form of a flying potato, the ‘fictitious’ figures begin to speak about their real experiences.
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The short film begins as a stylized fiction and in the middle it turns into a documentary reflecting the real experiences of its fictional protagonists.
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The short film is supported by:
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Screenshot Filmscanning Berlin
La Cité internationale des arts
AVEK - The Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture (Support for International Promotion)
Finnish Film Foundation (Travel support)
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WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Elina Oikari
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PRODUCED BY
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen, Zone2 Pictures
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CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDITING BY
Elina Oikari
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SOUND DESIGN BY
Pekka Aikio
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MUSIC BY
Pekka Kumpulainen
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ADDITIONAL SOUND BY
Jyri Pirinen
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ANIMATION BY
Gabriel de la Cruz
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GRAPHICS & POSTER DESIGN BY
Barbara Siemaszko
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COLORIST & DRAMATURG
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
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ACTORS & OTHER PERFORMERS
Sophie-Catherine Gallet
Christelle Ighniades
Hami Bahadori
Yassine Khaled
Saila Ikonen
AK Alve
Slim Lakhdar
Elina Oikari
Sakari Suuronen
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Stella
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THANKS TO
Sari Aaltonen
Maija Aikio
Louise Bodineau
Anna Pöppönen
Niilo Rinne
Anna Shemshura
Elokuvateatteri Aslak
IPI Kulmakuppila
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte
Ravintola Iltakoulu
Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos
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All performers of the film!
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
Maira Dobele
Moona Pennanen
Jaana Puhakka