Knock, Knock
Leila is a recently divorced woman, who’s husband’s gone and their apartment’s been sold. She looks around the empty rooms and finds it difficult to understand that this is her life.
I Love Anna
Rakastan Annaa
I Love Anna is a short film about a teenage friendship of Santeri, 13 and Anna, 13.
Santeri looks on older boys driving and tuning their motorbikes. He combs his hair and goes to see her friend Anna. At Anna’s home childhood’s anarchy meets puberty.
INFO
Movie title
I Love Anna
Original title
Rakastan Annaa
Production year
2016
Genre
Drama
Length
11 min
Languages
Finnish
Director
Joonas Rutanen
Screenplay
Joonas Rutanen
Cast
Santeri
Sebastian Ruotanen
Anna
Anna Kare
Anna's little sister
Hilla Pekkarinen
Crew
Cinematography
Harri Räty
Sound
Pietari Koskinen
Editor
Kimmo Kohtamäki
Music
Joel Melasniemi
Producers
Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
Festivals
Tampere International Film Festival, Finland 2016
Love & Anarchy – Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland 2016
Nordisk Panorama Mälmö, Sweden 2016
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada 2016
Hanoi International Film Festival, Vietnam 2016
Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany 2016
Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest, France 2016
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterhur, Switzerland 2016
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France 2017
Special Kinoraati Short Film Screening, Helsinki, Finland 2017
Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany Filmfest Dresden, Germany 2017
Cellu L’Art Kurzfilmfestival Jena, Germany 2017
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Hamburg, Germany 2017
International Short Film Festival, Germany 2017
Plein la Bobine, International Film Festival for Young Audiences, La Bourboule, France 2017
Finno-Ugric Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia 2017
Odense Film Festival, Denmark 2017
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland 2017
Curtocircuíto International Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2017
Festival international Signes de Nuit, Paris, France 2017
Cinekid Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2017
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival 2017
Manlleu Film Festival, Spain 2017
Kettupäivät, Helsinki, Finland 2017
Finnish Film Week, St. Petersburg, Russia 2017
Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium 2017
Educational Film Festival, Evreux, France 2017
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