STUPID YOUNG HEART
2018
Feature film
Kiira is pretty, popular, the lead on the high school dance team, and long-time crush of goofy, scrawny Lenni. When Kiira discovers she’s pregnant, she and Lenni decide to keep the baby, even though they are just kids themselves. In pursuit of manhood and fatherhood, Lenni finds himself drawn into a right-wing extremist group where he’s forced to confront contemporary connections between nationalism, race, and masculinity.
FESTIVALS
Toronto International Film Festival, 2018 Contemporary World Cinema
Berlin Film Festival, Generation 14plus, 2019
Portland International Film Festival, 2019
Febiofest Prague, 2019
Pula Film Festival, 2019
Sydney Film Festival, 2019
BIKY (Busan International Kids & Youth) Festival, 2019
Moscow International Film Festival, 2019
Sarajevo Film Festival, Teen Arena, 2019
Giffoni Film Festival, 2019
Nordic Films Days Luebeck 2019
Filem’On International Film Festival for Young Audiences
Der Neue Heimatfilm, 2019
La Finlande en 3 films, 2019
Kokkolan kinojuhlat, 2018
Rakkautta & Anarkiaa, 2018
AWARDS
Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus, Berlinale 2019
Jussi Award for Best Screenplay 2019
Children’s and Youth Film Award, Nordic Films Days Luebeck
Filem’On Teen Screen Award, Filem’On International Film Festival for Young Audiences
The Best Pitch Award, Finnish Film Affair 2017
PITCHED AT
Finnish Film Affair
Stockholm Film Festival Industry Days
Haugesund New Nordic Films
Nordic Film Market, Göteborg Film Festival
Financing Forum for kids content Malmö
SCREENWRITER
Kirsikka Saari
DIRECTOR
Selma Vilhunen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Lisabi Fridell
EDITORS
Michal Leszczylowski sfk, Yva Fabricius sfk
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Eva Torsvall
COSTUME DESIGNER
Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila
MAKE-UP DESIGNER
Kaisu Hölttä
PRODUCER
Elli Toivoniemi, Venla Hellstedt / Tuffi Films
CO-PRODUCERS
Annemiek van der Hell / Windmill Film, Nima Yousefi / Hobab
MAIN CAST
Jere Ristseppä, Rosa Honkonen, Pihla Viitala, Ville Haapasalo, Abshir Sheikh Nur
INTERNATIONAL SALES
The Yellow Affair Contact: Karoliina Dwyer, CEO- Sales & Acquisitions, karoliina@yellowaffair.com & Steven Bestwick, Head of the sales, steven@yellowaffair.com
The project has received funding from the MEDIA programme of Creative Europe.