Short films from ELO at Helsinki International Film Festival
Student works from Department of Film, Television and Scenography are showcased at the 30th Helsinki International Film Festival.
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Screened films:
Please Hold
Dir. Anna Äärelä
2017 / 19 min / ELO Film School
A teenage girl desperately waits for her mother to come home. But just how much longer can she wait?
Bring Your Child to Work
Dir. Riku Savikko, Vilma Väisänen, Jenni Nylander, Christina Lassheikki, Pauliina Parjanen, Jade Woods
2017 / 7 min
A child comes home from school with a message to their parents about the Bring Your Child to Work day. After a long wait with the family dog, the parent finally arrives home – and takes the child to a rather different workplace.
Atlas
Dir. Anna Äärelä
2016 / 18 min
A couple tries to awaken their faded love by feeding it earthly possessions. But regret and paranoia arise when their tenderness transforms into mental violence towards oneself and the other.
Letters Home
Dir. Anna-Karin Grönroos
2016 / 14 min
Six under-aged asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Irak write a letter to a relative back home. Finland is safe, but the journey is not over yet. It’s still uncertain whether this is the place where they can have a family of their own one day. The letters are filled with questions, longing, confusion and hope.
Nowhere / Now Here
Dir. Alvi Pakarinen
2017 / 22 min
Home isn’t a geographical term. Life doesn’t revolve around a nuclear family. What drives people is how, where and with whom they choose to spend their short and valuable time.
Stranger
Dir. Petra Lumioksa
2016 / 14 min
When love ends, fear and hate take over. Essi takes her sister Meri to get her belongings from her ex-husbands house while he isn’t around. This leads to a chain of events which have serious consequences.
More info and tickets:
https://hiff.fi/en/elokuvat/short-films-from-elo-film-school-at-aalto-university/