KORSO
2014
Feature film
6620 kilometers from New York.
Markus dreams of becoming a street ball star in New York, but spends his days in his home suburb Korso playing ball with his friends in an old warehouse – and drinking. When Markus’s little sister Heta brings a black guy Jojo home Markus’s dream is put to test. He risks everything to prove that his dream is not ridiculous. But what if it is?
FESTIVALS
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2014
Torino Film Festival, 2015
AWARDS
Cineco Digital Post Production Award, Nederlands Film Festival
SCREENWRITERS
Kirsikka Saari, Jenni Toivoniemi
DIRECTOR
Akseli Tuomivaara
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Juice Huhtala
EDITOR
Jussi Rautaniemi
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Antti Nikkinen
COSTUME DESIGNER
Jouni Mervas
SOUND DESIGNER
Karri Niinivaara
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Otso Kähönen
MUSIC
Matti Pentikäinen
CAST
Mikko Neuvonen, Iida Lampela, Ricmond Ghansah, Iiro Panula, Niko Vakkuri
PRODUCERS
Elli Toivoniemi / Tuffi Films, Mark Lwoff & Misha Jaari / Bufo
INTERNATIONAL SALES AND DISTRIBUTION
Bufo
Korso has participated in the Script & Pitch workshop.