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2024

Failed Emptiness

January 1, 1970

Failed Emptiness describes a three-week vacation in the middle of a heatwave. The protagonist prepares reports that begin to bother her more. The deeper she sinks into the report, the deeper she gets into herself.

 

Selected screenings:

IFFR Rotterdam 2024

Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä, Finland

European Film Festival Palić, Serbia

Espoo Ciné, Finland

R&A Helsinki Film Festival

 

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Details

Failed Emptiness
2024 | Finland | b/w | DCP | 66 min | 1:1,33 | English
original title: Epäonnistunut tyhjyys   with Ariane Tretow
Director and editor: Mika Taanila   Screenplay: Harry Salmenniemi
Cinematography: Jussi Eerola
Sound : Nika Son
Music: Nika Son, Klara Lewis
Graphic design: Patrik Söderlund
Producers: Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola
Production company: Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy
Print/sales: Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy   info@testifilmi.fi
testifilmi #11

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