IF I RULED
2015
Documentary
Stories about the hopes of young girls.
“If I Ruled” is a community short film combining documentary and fiction. The film was made in collaboration with young people and professional filmmakers. Six teenage girls are given a possibility to make their wish happen through the means of fictional filmmaking. The girls reveal a hardship they are experiencing and then get to stage a scene, where the problem is being solved. Through the experience the girls understand something about their own strength. Every girl’s wish comes from a unique place, but resonates universally.
“What should happen in your life, so that you would feel happy? If people accepted me the way I am. If my bullies understood how I feel. If my parents held me in their arms.”
A short documentary. Duration 9 minutes. Premiere 11/2015.
FESTIVALS
Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, 2015
IDFF CRONOGRAF
A LIKE for Documentary Section
AWARDS
The “Look at me…” Award of the Church Media Foundation at Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival 2015
DIRECTORS
Jenni Kangasniemi and Aino Suni
SCREENWRITERS
Jenni Kangasniemi, Aino Suni, Miia Kuittinen, Nisha Nadeem Masih, Darya Movahed, Shital Niemi, Iona Nurminen, Melisa Nyman, Daria Vangonen
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Kerttu Hakkarainen
EDITOR
Anniina Kauttonen
SOUND RECORDER AND SOUND DESIGNER
Rauno Mynttinen
CAST
Miia Kuittinen, Nisha Nadeen Masih, Daria Movahed, Iona Nurminen, Melisa Nyman, Daria Vangonen, Zahra Sardari Zadeh ja Rasoul Dehghan
PRODUCERS
Jenni Kangasniemi, Elli Toivoniemi, Aino Suni / Tuffi Films
The script has been written as a part of a workshop and is based on issues the girls wanted to discuss. The film is funded by the City of Vantaa and the Myrsky project, that aims at strengthening young people’s social participation through art-making.