the trap
Joni Männistö, Janne Kukkonen, JP Saari & Mikko Korhonen
Snow and ice. A father, his daughter, and: Fish.
City and countryside, urban landscapes and natural landscapes: Our surroundings leave an impression on us and form the basis for all kinds of life plans, for our understanding of the world – they constitute our identity. These films exemplify the contrasts that can result from our surroundings.
Snow and ice. A father, his daughter, and: Fish.
Anja lives in the countryside together with her husband and her two sons. While she works on the field, he is slacking off, drinking and nagging. Until one day, she’s had enough and snaps.
Strange impressions of the everyday life of an apartment block’s residents.
A man in a grey city. A film about a world disenfranchised from nature.
In the swamps of northern Finland, visitors from a distant place appear. They stir something up within the local residents. This film explores the Finnish mentality and exposes the absurdities of globalised capitalism.
A policewoman gets a lecture in fascism, when all she was going to do was issue a ticket.
In a remote village in the rural Kainuu region, close to the Russian border, 73-year-old Seppo takes care of 102-year-old Linda. An introduction into a life that is about to vanish forever.
A clerk lets his daily stress go to his head. Which is about to make him explode. Or is it?