Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema / Mereneläviä / Finland 2024
Most people are convinced that fish spend their entire lives never making a single sound. But what about those whose journey has ended in a fishing net and who now lie in the refrigerated section of your local supermarket? Everybody deserves to speak at least once in their lives – to sing, even. An elegy to beings waiting for their customers just before closing time, Finnish director Veera Lamminpää’s charming stop-motion animation asks fundamental questions of life: Can an individual’s value be measured in price per kilogram? And do we truly have to swim against the stream?
Anna Kořínek
10 min / Color, DCP
Director Veera Lamminpää
/ Screenplay Veera Lamminpää
/ Dir. of Photography Arttu Liimatta
/ Music Liiti Yli-Harja
/ Sound Samuli Ala-Lahti
/ Editor Veera Lamminpää
/ Producer Janne Vanhanen
/ Production Aalto University, ELO Film School
/ Coproduction Seiza Films
/ Cast Mari Rantasila, Mika Rättö, Liiti Yli-Harja, Heikki Kujanpää, Elsi Sloan
/ Contact Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, The Finnish Film Foundation
Veera Lamminpää. Selected filmography: Rôtisseur (2017, short), Retouched (2019, short), An Unfortunate Occasion (Valitettava tilaisuus, 2021, short), Doggystyle (2023, short), Great Emotions (Suuret tunteet, 2024, short), Fish River Anthology (Mereneläviä, 2024, short).
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Otaniementie 14, 02150, Espoo
Finland
Phone: +358 503 317 754
E-mail: [email protected]
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12, 2nd floor, 00160, Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358 962 203 00
Fax: +358 962 203 050
E-mail: [email protected]
Veera Lamminpää
Film Director
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