Info

world Premiere
6.11.2021, Nordic Film Days Lübeck

original name
Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings

duration
14′

age limit
K7

written and directed by
Elina Oikari

cinematographer and film editor
Elina Oikari

sound recording
Elina Oikari, Pekka Aikio

sound designer and foley artist
Pekka Aikio

music by
Pekka Kumpulainen

additional sound
Jyri Pirinen

Animation by
Gabriel de la Cruz

Graphics and poster design by
Barbara Siemaszko

producer, colorist and dramaturg
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen / Zone2 Pictures

distribution
AV-arkki

programme(at)av-arkki.fi

+358 44 744 2060

actors and other performers
Sophie-Catherine Gallet
Christelle Ighniades
Hami Bahadori
Yassine Khaled
Saila Ikonen
AK Alve
Slim Lakhdar
Elina Oikari
Sakari Suuronen
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Stella-dog

the short film supported by
Finnish Cultural Foundation

Arts Promotion Centre Finland

Screenshot Filmscanning Berlin

La Cité internationale des arts

AVEK – The Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture (Support for International Promotion)

Finnish Film Foundation (Travel support)

 

Production year
2021

 

SCREENINGS

Ribalta Experimental Film Festival – 2023, Vignola, Italy – Limina Competition

Black Canvas Contemporary Film Festival 2022, México City, New Horizon Shorts Competition

Encounters Film Festival, Bristol 2022, United Kingdom, International Competition

Love & Anarchy – Helsinki International Film Festival 2022, National Competition

Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2022, The European Competition

Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2021, Short Section – World Premiere

 

Exhibitions

Culture House Laikku, Studio: 17.9.–9.10.2022

 

Kunsthalle Turku: 6.5.-4.6.2022

The filmmaker relates her vision for directing a neo-western in grainy, transitory images. She imagines that the greatest hurdle her protagonists, Yassine and Hami, will have to face will be the friendly but firm rejection of Finnish society. When violence on the imaginary frontier escalates in the form of a flying potato, the ‘fictitious’ figures begin to speak about their real experiences.

The short film begins as a stylized fiction and in the middle it turns into a documentary reflecting the real experiences of its fictional protagonists.