TUOTANTONUMERO / W130
TYPE OF PRODUCTION / MA Graduation film
TYPE OF FILM / Animation
GENRE / Comedy, Fantasy
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2025
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION / Finland, Belgium, Portugal
DURATION OF THE FILM / 7:33
SHOOTING FORMAT / Digital 16:9
SCREENING FORMAT / DCP
ANIMATION TECHNIQUE / Digital 2D an 3D
COLOR / Color
SOUND / 5.1
RATIO VIDEO / 16:9
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE / English
SUBTITLED IN / English
PREMIERE STATUS / Finnish Premiere
DIRECTOR / Javier Fabregas, male
SCRIPT / Javier Fabregas
PRODUCER / Re: Anima, Javier Fabregas
CINEMATOGRAPHY / Mreethmandir Kumar Roy
SOUND / Petri Kärkkäinen
EDITING / Javier Fabregas
COMPOSER Bartosz Zaskórski, Joni Rajamäki
ANIMATION / Javier Fabregas, Anastasia Kraynyuk, Nestor Feijoo
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH *
An immigrant and his companion guide Wizard saying “Hello” to new unknown lands.
ONE LINER IN FINNISH *
Maahanmuuttaja ja hänen oppaansa, velho, sanovat "Hei" uusille, tuntemattomille maille.
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH *
In this experimental film that recreates old fantasy video games through irony, the characters face strange situations and places that allude to the absurd nature of the immigrant's journey: its ideas of achievement, monotony, and expectation.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH *
Tässä kokeellisessa elokuvassa, joka luo uudelleen vanhoja fantasiapelejä ironian keinoin, hahmot kohtaavat outoja tilanteita ja paikkoja, jotka viittaavat maahanmuuttajan matkan absurdiin luonteeseen: sen saavutuksiin, monotoniaan ja odotuksiin liittyviin ajatuksiin.
AA: A flight of fancy taking us into a position of absurdity and beyond: transcending into a higher perspective on the immigrant experience. A clash with a hot air balloon Saddam Hussein figure and the spirit of the classic Peruvian composition El cóndor pasa (trad. origin, comp. Daniel Alomía Robles 1913). Retro scifi fun with archaic video graphics and minimalist old analog computer animation. Dancing giant hot air balloon figures occupy Helsinki. The title is a wordplay on Paul Simon's English lyrics to El cóndor pasa ("I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail").
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM / Terra incognita
ENGLISH TITLE / Terra incognita
TUOTANTONUMERO / ELO-E1212
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2025
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION / Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM / 03:29 (min. & sec.)
SCREENING FORMAT / .mov / ProRes 422 / 3840 × 2160
SOUND / STEREO
PREMIERE STATUS / Spring screening is the “World Premiere”
CREDITS: / Philip Leierer, Sofia Pamilo, Milla Lähtevänoja, Matti Maalismaa, Noa Korhonen
MAIN CAST
1. Moritz Scherzer
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH * This is the final work from our MA. Lab (Virtual Production course) from last autumn.
AA: Minimalist, elliptic, mysterious. The wind in the desert. Blurry imagery. Low tech. A stunning awesome ambient soundscape. Aimless rambling. Red light. Pyramid.
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM / Hovin vuoksi
ENGLISH TITLE / Fool's Bargain
TUOTANTONUMERO / W118
TYPE OF PRODUCTION / Välityö, sivuaineen lopputyö
TYPE OF FILM / Animation
GENRE / Comedy / Fantasy
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2026
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION / Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM / 4 min 13 sec
ANIMATION TECHNIQUE / 2D
COLOR / Color
RATIO VIDEO / 16:9
FRAMES PER SECOND / 24
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE / No dialogue
SUBTITLED IN / No dialogue
DIRECTOR / Arttu Porkka, Leo Lindgren / male
SCRIPT / Arttu Porkka
PRODUCER / Arttu Porkka
CINEMATOGRAPHY / Arttu Porkka
SOUND / Leo Lindgren
COMPOSER / Arttu Porkka, Leo Lindgren
ANIMATION / Arttu Porkka, Leo Lindgren
MAIN CAST
1. Hovinarri
2. Trubaduuri
3. Ritarit
4. Vampyyrit
5. Kuningas
Taiteellisen työryhmän vastuuopettajat - Teachers: Heta Jäälinoja
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH *
Long live the king!
ONE LINER IN FINNISH *
Kauan eläköön kuningas!
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH *
In a castle, the court jester is entertaining the king, only to find out that the king is dead.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH *
Linnan hovinarri viihdyttää kuningasta, vain huomatakseen kuninkaan olevan kuollut.
AA: Gothic animation, bordering on the grotesque. Bold stylization. Twisted spaces with Caligariesque affinities. Smoke in the air. The King is dead, and the court seems to exist solely to serve the vampires.
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM / Laura
ENGLISH TITLE / Laura
TUOTANTONUMERO / W104
TYPE OF PRODUCTION / Etydi 2 -kurssityö
TYPE OF FILM / Fiction
GENRE / Drama
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2025
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION / Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM / 10:36
SHOOTING FORMAT / Digital 3.2K
SCREENING FORMAT / DCP 2K
COLOR / Color
SOUND / 24bit 5.1
RATIO VIDEO / 1.85:1
FRAMES PER SECOND / 25
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE / Finnish
SUBTITLED IN / English
PREMIERE STATUS / Non-premiered
DIRECTOR / Santra Juoperi / female
SCRIPT / Samatar Warfa Abdi
PRODUCER / Adja Wade, Valtti Hyvärinen
CINEMATOGRAPHY / Yasmin Kaakkurivaara
SOUND / Jaakko Huhta
EDITING / Ava Wollrab
SET DESIGN / Alma Kovanen / Joona Pitkänen
COSTUME DESIGN / Riikka Mäntymaa
MAIN CAST
1. Daniel Virtanen / Aleksi
2. Sofia Smeds / Laura
Taiteellisen työryhmän vastuuopettajat - Teachers / Nina Laurio, Patrick Boullenger, Aki Tarkka, Heini Mäntylä, Nina Laurio, Oskar Franzen, Oskari Sipola, Tomi Lauri
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH *
Deeply in love, Aleksi and Laura are preparing to spend the weekend of their lives at a countryside villa, but Aleksi quickly realizes that Laura hasn’t arrived alone.
ONE LINER IN FINNISH *
Umpirakastuneet Aleksi ja Laura valmistautuvat viettämään elämänsä viikonlopun maalaishuvilalla, mutta Aleksille selviää nopeasti, ettei Laura ole saapunut paikalle yksin.
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH *
A head-over-heels couple, Aleksi and Laura, escapes their everyday lives to a countryside villa, ready to spend the weekend of their lives wrapped in romance. But it quickly becomes clear to Aleksi that Laura hasn’t arrived alone – the bedroom is filled with stuffed animals, each with its own name and personality. Aleksi’s love is put to the test when Laura insists on bringing one of them along to their dinner date.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH *
Umpirakastunut pariskunta pakenee arkea maalaishuvilalle ja valmistautuu viettämään elämänsä viikonlopun kuhertelun keskellä. Pariskunnan toiselle osapuolelle, Aleksille, käy kuitenkin nopeasti selväksi, että hänen kumppaninsa Laura ei ole saapunut huvilalle yksin – makuuhuone on täynnä pehmoleluja, joista jokaisella on nimi ja persoonallisuus. Aleksi yrittää parhaansa mukaan sivuuttaa tämän romanttista tunnelmaa latistavan tosiasian, mutta rakkaus joutuu testiin viimeistään siinä vaiheessa, kun Laura haluaa ottaa yhden pehmoleluista mukaan ravintolaillalliselle.
AA: An unusual drama of a relationship. Aleksi and Laura are about to start their first weekend together at a countryside dacha when Aleksi discovers an unknown major presence in Laura's life - a company of furry toys including bears and lions. They form an army of dolls, each with a unique provenance and significance. They and Laura are inseparable, and Aleksi has to deal with one of them even on a visit to a restaurant. No, they are not a hobby. They occupy the bed. The terms of the relationship have to negotiated on their terms.
Toys and pets can be important transitional objects* in the éducation sentimentale. Santra Juoperi heightens her story to a fine point of balance betweeen seriousness and absurdity.
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM / Takeaway
ENGLISH TITLE / Takeaway
TUOTANTONUMERO / W105
TYPE OF PRODUCTION / Etydi 2 -kurssityö
TYPE OF FILM / Fiction
GENRE / Drama
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2025
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION / Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM / 8:18
SHOOTING FORMAT / Digital 3.2K
SCREENING FORMAT / DCP 2K
COLOR / Color
SOUND / 24bit 5.1
RATIO VIDEO / 2.39:1
FRAMES PER SECOND / 25
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE / Finnish
SUBTITLED IN / English
DIRECTOR / Matleena Hyttinen / female
SCRIPT / Katariina Kohi
PRODUCER / Pauli Hentilä, Valtti Hyvärinen
CINEMATOGRAPHY / Saana Lyly
SOUND / Lena Patta
EDITING / Jenni Syväkuru
SET DESIGN / Sirpa Hyväri, Karuna Vahteri
COSTUME DESIGN / Riikka Mäntymaa
MAIN CAST
1. Pablo Ounaskari / Fredi
2. Adeliina Arajuuri / Samira
Taiteellisen työryhmän vastuuopettajat / Teachers / Nina Laurio, Patrick Boullenger, Aki Tarkka, Heini Mäntylä, Nina Laurio, Oskar Franzen, Oskari Sipola, Tomi Lauri
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH *
Stuck in a rut, Fredi runs into his old love at work, but the moment is about to be cut short.
ONE LINER IN FINNISH * Elämässään paikalleen jämähtänyt Fredi kohtaa työpaikallaan pikaruokaravintolassa vanhan rakkautensa Samiran, mutta kohtaaminen uhkaa jäädä lyhyeksi.
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH *
Fredi, stuck in a rut in his life and grinding through shift work, is surprised when his former love Samira shows up as a customer at his restaurant. Hope for a better life is reignited – but threatens to fade when Samira wants her order to go. Desperate, Fredi is willing to do anything, and the kitchen’s hot stove offers a painful solution to his need.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH *
Elämässään paikalleen jämähtänyt, vuorotyössä ahertava Fredi saa ravintolassa asiakkaakseen vanhan rakkautensa, Samiran. Toivo paremmasta elämästä syttyy jälleen, mutta uhkaa jäädä lyhyeksi, kun Samira tahtookin annoksensa takeawayna. Fredi on valmis tekemään mitä tahansa saadakseen hetken
hyväksyntää ja sympatiaa, ja keittiön kuuma liesi tarjoaa kivuliaan ratkaisun tarpeeseen.
AA: A shock therapy mini drama about unrequited love.
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM / Tuu tuu tupakkarulla
ENGLISH TITLE / Mother of the Year
TUOTANTONUMERO / A80115- 925143-1-W079
TYPE OF PRODUCTION / Välityö
TYPE OF FILM / Fiction
GENRE / Psychological thriller
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2025
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION / Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM / 10 min
SHOOTING FORMAT / Sony A7S3 - DCI 4K (4096×2160 All-Intra, 10-bit 4:2:2, Atlas 1.5x Anamorphic, 2.84:1)
SCREENING FORMAT / 4K DCP
COLOR / Color
SOUND / 5.1
RATIO VIDEO / 16:9
FRAMES PER SECOND / 25
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE / Finnish
SUBTITLED IN / Finnish, English
DIRECTOR / Paula Dufva / female
SCRIPT / Paula Dufva
PRODUCER / Maija Hartikainen, Oula Hyle
CINEMATOGRAPHY / Moritz Geraldo (Moritz Scherzer)
SOUND / Petri Kärkkäinen
EDITING / Anniina Kauttonen
SET DESIGN / Aino Kaurismäki
COSTUME DESIGN / Lili Hillerich
COMPOSER / Josef He
ANIMATION / Alex Stöd
MAIN CAST
1. Anna Kopo / roolinimi: Anna
2. Suvi Laukkanen / roolinimi: Janni
3. Janne Juote / roolinimi: Ennin isä
4. Enni Ronkainen / roolinimi: Enni
ONE LINER IN ENGLISH * As a strange smell spreads through the apartment building, newly divorced Anna is forced to confront maternal imperfection — and its consequences.
ONE LINER IN FINNISH * Oudon hajun levitessä taloyhtiössä, vastikään eronnut Anna joutuu kohtaamaan äitiyden rajallisuuden ja sen kohtalokkaat seuraukset.
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH * Mother of the Year is a short psychological thriller about ANNA (30) who has just moved to a new apartment that smells like dead rats. She is starting a new life, which includes joint custody with her ex and a mother who doubts Anna’s abilities to raise her 2-year-old. Anna is fed up with people intervening with her parenting but still finds herself judging another mother - her neighbor JANNI (35) who she sees smoking while pregnant. When Anna learns that Janni is actually not expecting a child, although she looks like it, she has to face her own hypocrisy. Meanwhile the rotten scent intensifies and leads Anna to its origins - Janni’s apartment. Anna has another lesson to learn as she finds a dead infant in the apartment and is forced to admit that sometimes intervening in other people’s business has its place.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH * Tuu tuu tupakkarulla on lyhyt psykologinen trilleri Annasta (30), joka on juuri muuttanut uuteen, toisinaan kuolleilta rotilta haisevaan asuntoon. Anna on aloittelemassa uutta elämää, johon kuuluu yhteishuoltajuus exän kanssa ja äiti, joka epäilee Annan kykyä selvitä äitiyden haasteista. Anna on kyllästynyt siihen, että muut puuttuvat hänen vanhemmuuteensa, mutta huomaa silti itse arvostelevansa toista äitiä – naapuriaan Jannia (35), jonka näkee polttavan tupakkaa raskaana ollessaan. Kun Anna saa tietää, ettei Janni odotakaan lasta, hänen on kohdattava oma tekopyhyytensä. Samaan aikaan mädän haju voimistuu ja johdattaa Annan Jannin asuntoon. Siellä Anna saa vielä yhden opetuksen: joskus toisten asioihin puuttuminen on perusteltua.
AA: A psychotic thriller about the horrors of motherhood. Elliptic, the viewer can figure out the full shock explanation to the puzzle during the end credits.
ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE FILM / Hienosäätöä
ENGLISH TITLE / Empath
TUOTANTONUMERO / W101
TYPE OF PRODUCTION / Välityö
TYPE OF FILM / Fiction
GENRE / Comedy
YEAR OF PRODUCTION / 2026
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION / Finland
DURATION OF THE FILM / 07.42
SHOOTING FORMAT / Digital
SCREENING FORMAT / DCP
COLOR / Color
SOUND / 5.1
RATIO VIDEO / 1.85:1
FRAMES PER SECOND / 25
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE / Finnish
SUBTITLED IN / English
DIRECTOR / Niilopekka Anturaniemi / male
SCRIPT / Niilopekka Anturaniemi
PRODUCER / Elmo Nikula & Iris Sid
CINEMATOGRAPHY / Valo Rinne
SOUND / Kaspian Gröndahl
EDITING / Erik Vartiainen
SET DESIGN / Vili Elviira Loikkanen
COSTUME DESIGN / Siiri Lillqvist & Taru Patjas
VFX / Olli Niskanen
MAIN CAST
1. Sebastian Lindström (Ossi)
2. Elli Melasniemi (Anne)
3. Juho Lehto (Tarjoilija)
SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH *
Ossi is on a date he has been looking forward to. He wants to be the best version of himself, and so he relies on technology to make that happen.
SYNOPSIS IN FINNISH *
Ossi on jo pitkään odottamillaan treffeillä ja haluaa olla paras versio itsestään. Hän turvautuu siksi teknologiaan huonoin lopputuloksin.
AA: A comedy of embarrassment about a long awaited date, evoking Jerry Lewis, bold in its handling of awkwardness. The use of a mobile phone app during a date only makes things worse. Like in Jerry Lewis classics, from comedy to horror is but one step. From these premises, a really far out performance could be imagined.
