Canadian Premiere
Perhaps he shouldn’t still be driving at his advanced age, but veteran truck driver Pena cannot help but get behind the wheel of his custom truck.
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Elsa Saisio, Eemeli Korpisaari, Martti Suosalo, Mika Nuojua, Pentti Heinonen
Finland
2024
In Finnish with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Anssi Kasitonni
Screenwriter
Anssi Kasitonni
Cinematography
Anssi Kasitonni
Editor
Anssi Kasitonni
Original Music
Anssi Kasitonni
Anssi Kasitonni
Anssi Kasitonni is a skateboarder and an award-winning artist from Sahalahti, Finland. He has worked in music, drawing and sculpture, but to many of his fans, the most beloved of his works are the short films he makes at his own farm. The films deal with age-old questions related to morality, love, death, generation gaps, sexuality and, of course, submarines. The ideas are epic, the films decidedly homespun. His movies create their own world that tells us something essential about ours. Kasitonni won the esteemed Ars Fennica Award in 2011.
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