Editor and Script
Director: Kaika Astikainen. Production: Toivola Filmi
Length: 30min. Released 2016.
Winner of the Jury Award for short film at the Hanoi International Film Festival, and at Tampere Film Festival.
Screened at HotDocs 2016.
A couple runs a small dairy farm somewhere in the heart of the Finnish countryside. The work of generations will soon come to its end, as their retirement is approaching and there’s no one left to continue the family tradition. But for one last year everything continues the same; the seasons change, and the days are filled with labor. A film about love for the land, the richness of everyday life, and the sadness of letting go.
crew
KAIKA ASIKAINEN director
MARKUS TYNSKÄ cinematography
NINA IJÄS editor and script
PAAVO MALMBERG music
TUUKKA NIKKILÄ sound
Docpoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 26.1.2016 (Finnish premiere)
Screened:
Hot Docs - Canadian International Film Festival, Canada, 27.4.-7.5.
American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs), Palm Springs, USA, 31.3.-5.4.
Tampere Film Festival, Finland. 11.3., 12.3.2016, national competition. WON award for Best Student Film.
Cannes Short Film Corner -participant, May 2016.
Savonlinna International Nature Film Festival, Finland. 20.8.2016
Espoo Ciné, Finland. 21.8., 24.8.2016
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark. 29.8., 30.8., 1.9.2016, in competition.
Nordisk Panorama, Sweden. 17.9., 19.9, in competition: Best Nordic Short Film
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, UK. 21.9., in competition
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany, 2.11., 3.11.2016.
Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), Vietnam, 2.11., 3.11.2016 in competition. WON Jury Award for short film.
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm -und Videofest, Germany. 19.11.2016.
UK Film Festival, UK. in competition: Best Documentary Short. 25.11.2016. WON award for Best Short Documentary.