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
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).
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