INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

THE MOONSHINERS

SALAVIINANPOLTTAJAT

Director

Juho Kousmanen

Producer

Otto Kylmälä

Cinematographer

J-P Passi

Editor

Jussi Rautaniemi

Music

Heikki Kossi

Official Film Website

Website

Contact

Otso Film
Otto Suuronen
+358 9 6220 3019
[email protected]

2017

Finland

15 min

Color

A remake of the now-lost first Finnish film Salaviinanpolttajat (1907), in which a couple sets off on an odyssey bearing only the essentials for a good life: moonshine and a pig.

Director

Juho Kousmanen (b. 1979) is a Helsinki-based filmmaker. His previous short films have won several prizes in acclaimed festivals including Cannes Cinéfondation and Locarno. He graduated ELO Helsinki Film School of Aalto University in 2014. Along with his studies, Kuosmanen has also acted and directed stage theatre and worked closely with avant-garde opera ensemble West Coast Kokkola Opera. Kuosmanen’s debut feature The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki won the Prix un Certain Regard in Cannes 2016.

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