Info

original name
I Was Born

duration
15′

age limit
K7

written and directed by
Elina Oikari

Director of photography
Pietari Peltola

film editor and line producer
Elina Oikari

sound design and music by
Jyri Pirinen

sound recording
Jyri Pirinen, Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen, Támara Aalto

assistant director and set designer
Moona Pennanen

dramaturg
Mikko Myllylahti

Animation by
Gabriel de la Cruz

Graphic design and poster by
Barbara Siemaszko

Costume design by
Elina Oikari

make up artists
Elina Oikari, Yassine Khaled

COLORIST
Hannu Käki

Drone pilot
Anttu Koistinen

DCP Mastering
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen

ARCHive material
Haslund Film

producer
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen / Zone2 Pictures

actors

Yassine Khaled
Raine Siiriä
Petra Lakhdar

Elina Oikari
Jyri Pirinen
Luka
Filip
Sofia
Adam
Musa
Eino
Helmi
Maide

 

the short film supported by

Finnish Cultural Foundation

AVEK – The Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture

Arts Promotion Centre Finland

Finnish Film Foundation

 

Production year
2024

 

SCREENINGS

Not premiered yet

A man borns on the river. He travels in contrasting landscapes and seasons. The protagonist yearns for nature’s peace, but is continuously surrounded by the artificial while a mysterious figure seems to follow him on his journey.

By merging existential gaze into surreal landscapes, I Was Born examines the paradoxical relationship between human and the nature.