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| Poster photo from: Viljami Penttilä: Major Bag Alert (FI 2026). |
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM * Villasukka
ENGLISH TITLE * Woollen Sock
TUOTANTONUMERO * W076
TYPE OF PRODUCTION *: MA-lopputyö
TYPE OF FILM * Animation
GENRE * Drama/Action/Comedy
YEAR OF PRODUCTION * 2026
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION * Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM * 3min 42sec
SHOOTING FORMAT Digital
SCREENING FORMAT * DCP
ANIMATION TECHNIQUE Stop Motion, animated objects
COLOR Color
SOUND * 5.1
RATIO VIDEO * 16:9
FRAMES PER SECOND 24
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE * No dialogue
SUBTITLED IN * No dialogue
PREMIERE STATUS * Not premiered yet
DIRECTOR Katariina Haukka FEMALE
SCRIPT Katariina Haukka
PRODUCER Saana Valasma & Elisa Syväoja
CINEMATOGRAPHY Iina Mesiniemi
SOUND Leo Lindgren
EDITING Jesse Lähilehto
PRODUCTION DESIGN Sonia Gran
COMPOSER Elias Nieminen
ANIMATION Katariina Haukka
VFX ARTIST Mathilda Elias ja Katariina Haukka
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH
Woollen sock joins in a loud concert with pots and pans, but can woollen sock ever be heard by others?
ONE LINER IN FINNISH
Villasukka liittyy kattiloiden kovaan konserttiin, mutta kuka voikaan kuulla pientä Villasukkaa?
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH (3-10 RIVIÄ)
Woollen sock wakes to a loud noise. Curiosity takes over the sock, and it finds a loud band of pots and pans. The little woollen sock is so captivated by the music and decides to join the chaotic band, not knowing yet what it will play.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH
Maassa lojuva villasukka havahtuu kovaan meluun. Uteliaisuus vie voiton ja villasukka löytää keittiön pöydältä kattiloiden kovan konsertin. Pieni villasukka jää musiikin pauloihin ja liittyy kaaoksen omaiseen bändiin, tietämättä, mitä soittaa.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Katariina Haukka studies animation at the Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Film (ELO).
Villasukka is Haukka’s Master Thesis film.
AA: A stylish, accomplished, imaginative animation with a charming score. I like the warm glow of the colour world and the effective contrast between the hard metal and the soft wool.
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM * Aikamme
ENGLISH TITLE * On our time
TUOTANTONUMERO * A80115-925143-W088
TYPE OF PRODUCTION *:BA-Lopputyö
TYPE OF FILM * Documentary
GENRE * Experimental
YEAR OF PRODUCTION * 2026
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION * Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM * 12:57
SHOOTING FORMAT: 16 mm and super 8 mm film
SCREENING FORMAT * DCP
COLOR Color
SOUND * Dolby 5.1
RATIO VIDEO * 2K Flat
Camera Facts: Camera, camera model Aaton XTR Prod
Lenses Zeiss Superspeed 16 mm + Zeiss/Arri zoom
FRAMES PER SECOND 24
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE * Finnish Finnish / No dialogue / OTHER:
SUBTITLED IN * English
PREMIERE STATUS * Ei ole ollut ensi iltaa
DIRECTOR* Male
SCRIPT *
PRODUCER * Solomon Luoma
CINEMATOGRAPHY * Veeti Hautanen
SOUND: Sandra Tervonen
EDITING : Noora Ranne
COMPOSER: Vilho Louhivuori
MAIN CAST
1. Eetu Alppi
2. Inti Mery
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH *
Our time is up
ONE LINER IN FINNISH *
Aikamme on lopussa
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH *
By presenting one ordinary day of an impersonal everyman character who is both everyone and no one in particular, the film explores our age as a mechanical and dehumanising reality of consperforming of banal tasks, work and numbing but unfulfilling leisure, without direction or waterproof rationale behind it. Flow of observing this everyman is interrupted by esseistic montages on themes of work, leisure and meaning. There is an voice-over narration that moves in the zones between childlike questioning, sardonic, deadpan humour and truist-poetic observations
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH *
Esittämällä yhden tavallisen päivän persoonattoman jokamieshahmon elämästä – hahmon, joka on yhtä aikaa kaikki ja ei kukaan erityinen – elokuva tarkastelee aikamme todellisuutta mekaanisena ja epäinhimillistävänä tilana, joka koostuu banaalien tehtävien suorittamisesta, työstä sekä turruttavasta mutta tyydyttämättömästä vapaa-ajasta, vailla suuntaa tai kestävää perustelua olemassaololleen.
Tämän jokamiehen havainnointiin keskittyvä virta keskeytyy esseistisiin montaasijaksoihin, jotka käsittelevät työn, vapaa-ajan ja merkityksen teemoja. Elokuvassa kertojaääni liikkuu lapsenomaisen kyseenalaistamisen, sardonisen, lakonisen huumorin ja truistis-poeettisen havainnoinnin alueella.
AA: I like the ambition. The concept - "our time is up" - could not be greater. Solomon Luoma pursues the biggest perspective but has the wisdom to keep his vision grounded to the everyman protagonist. His visual range covers the experimental, abstract, realist, kitchen sink, surveillance camera and stone age painting. He offers a full montage of associations about our road to nowhere.
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM * Vuosipäivä
ENGLISH TITLE * Our Day
TUOTANTONUMERO * W090
TYPE OF PRODUCTION *: BA-lopputyö
TYPE OF FILM * Fiction
GENRE * Drama
YEAR OF PRODUCTION * 2026
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION * Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM * 16m 50s
SHOOTING FORMAT DCP
SCREENING FORMAT * DCP
ANIMATION TECHNIQUE (animations only)
COLOR Color
SOUND * 5.1
RATIO VIDEO * 1:1.85
FRAMES PER SECOND 25
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE * Finnish
SUBTITLED IN * English
PREMIERE STATUS * N/A
DIRECTOR* Jori Pirkkalainen
SCRIPT * Erika Rehmonen
PRODUCER * Kasper Lampela, Henrik Björklund
CINEMATOGRAPHY * Vitaly Petuhov
SOUND Ilmari Järvenpää
EDITING Myrsky Vederhorn
SET DESIGN Lotta Pirhonen, Josu Koivisto
COSTUME DESIGN Elina Ström
COMPOSER Ilmari Järvenpää
MAIN CAST:
1. Elina Hietala (Rebekka)
2. Akseli Lehtinen (Osku)
3. Milka Ahlroth (Armi)
4. Sara Melleri (Heli)
5. Timo Tuominen (Ilkka)
6. Rosa Honkonen (Lilli)
Taiteellisen työryhmän vastuuopettajat - Teachers:
Ohjaus: Marika Harjusaari & Hanna Maylett
Käsikirjoitus: Timo Lehti
Tuotanto: Anu Hukka & Anna Heiskanen
Kuvaus: Jonathan Harvey
Lavastus: Kaisa Mäkinen
Leikkaus: Oskar Franzen
Äänisuunnittelu: Pietari Koskinen
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH *
Pretending doesn’t change a thing.
ONE LINER IN FINNISH *
Ei se leikkimällä muuksi muutu.
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH *
After a litany of bad relationships Rebekka has finally found the one, Osku. Though a little younger and cornier than her, he makes Rebekka happy. At the graduation party of Rebekka’s goddaughter, Rebekka runs to an old colleague of hers, and possibly, her future mother-in-law. Things are revealed about Osku that Rebekka hasn’t wanted to see.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH *
Huonojen ihmissuhteiden litanian jälkeen Rebekka on viimein löytänyt sen oikean, Oskun. Vaikka Osku on hieman sokerisempi ja nuorempi, hän tekee Rebekan onnelliseksi. Rebekan kummityttären valmistujaisjuhlissa Rebekka törmää vanhaan kollegaansa – ja mahdollisesti tulevaan anoppiinsa. Oskusta selviää asioita, joita Rebekka ei ole tahtonut nähdä.
AA: An interesting drama of relationships. Three years after their first night together, Rebekka and Osku reconnect. Rebekka is shocked to learn by accident that Osku is much younger than she, and she cannot get over it. The world has changed. Traditionally, women were attracted to men who were older, even much older. That is no longer necessarily the case. Jori Pirkkalainen refuses to give a solution to the complex situation.
embargo MUNKKI (Killing Me Softly)
2026, documentary, dir. Viena Kytöjoki, BA film, 22'
AA: An affectionate documentary about the sotilaskoti (sotku) / soldathem / "soldier home", the traditional military café at garrisons, here at Santahamina (belonging to the Finnish Navy), especially valuable for the alokas (the military conscript), famous for its munkki (doughnut). The cafés are kept by women with a motherly touch bringing a feeling of home into tough military life. Viena Kytöjoki's approach is full of humoristic observations. Kaartin Soittokunta (the Guards Band) plays "Killing Me Softly With His Song".
embargo MAJOR BAG ALERT
2026, Fiction, dir. Viljami Penttilä, BA film, 15'
AA: A poignant tale of the friendship of four schoolgirls. A growing-up tale in a class society where status symbols such as expensive handbags mean very much. A crime story about a theft which both succeeds and fails. It feels very authentic. I am dismayed at the language permeated with bad English which reminds me of the parody dialogue of colonial era movies.
