Shortly
Shortly is a short film matinee series we organize in our Kino K13 cinema. The screenings are free of charge and subtitled in English (unless mentioned otherwise).
The screenings are curated by Otto Suuronen, International Promotion Advisor for Short Films.
Finnish Film Foundation’s safer space guidelines apply in all our events.
Spring screenings:
Sunday, March 2, 2025, 15:00 Jussi Film Award Nominees
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 15:00 Directed by Pia Andell
SUnDAY March 2, 2025, 15:00
Shortly: Jussi Film Award Nominees
We will screen the three nominated short films and the awarded films from the past two years. Total duration 92 min. Rated for all ages.
Fish River Anthology
2024 | animation | 9 min
Director & scriptwriter: Veera Lamminpää
The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.
Fabulous Cow Ladies
2024 | documentary | 30 min
Director & scriptwriter: Mia Halme
Three cows – Joy, Crumb and Sweetie – live in the forest. Joy is grandma and Crumb is its child. Sweetie is Joy’s granddaughter, who was born as a surprise on the pasture. Three women take care of the cows, and the cows of the women as well. Fabulous Cow Ladies is an immersion in nature, a film about the cycle of life and importance of community. The matriarchal gang of the three women, doctors of Veterinary Medicine, and their cows is called FCL – Fabulous Cow Ladies.
Pantyhose
2024 | fiction | 15 min
Director: Fabien Munsterhjelm
Scriptwriters: Samppa Batal, Fabien Munsterhjelm
A couple are about to attend an important gala. They have their keys, phones and invitations, but there is a hole in their tights.
How to Please
2023 | documentary | 28 min
Director & scriptwriter: Elina Talvensaari
After escaping the Iraqi civil war, Wed requests asylum in Finland. It is denied even though his attorney is optimistic. It appears to be a mousetrap that drives Wed from pillar to post and into hopelessness.
Jussi Short Film Award 2024
All My Mom’s Phone Calls
2021 | documentary/animation | 10 min
Director & scriptwriter: Iiti Yli-Harja
A chaotic but warm-hearted puppet animation documentary about the filmmaker’s mother trying to cope with absurd demands coming from different phone calls.
Jussi Short Film Award 2023
Further information
Otto Suuronen
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Short Films
• festival distribution strategy for short films and short documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for short films and short documentary films
• monthly short film screenings at Kino K13
• curating short film programmes
+ 358 9 6220 3019
Reeta Onninen
Cinema Manager
• bookings and billing
• cinema projectionist
+358 9 6220 3027