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

Credits

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.