Light Light Light

Valoa Valoa Valoa

Director

Inari Niemi

Genre

COMING OF AGE
DRAMA
LGBTQ
ROMANCE

Running Time

91 min.

Year of production

2023

Status

Completed

Photograpy

Colour

Screening format

2K
DCP
Prores

HD Available

Synopsis

Spring, 1986. Chernobyl explosion unsettles the daily life of a small village in western Finland. That summer, Mimi, a new girl who just moved to the village enters 15-year-old Mariia’s life shaking it up.
20 years later, Mariia goes back home to take care of her sick mother, and memories start rising to the surface.

Cast

Rebekka Baer
Anni Iikkanen
Laura Birn
Pirjo Lonka
Arttu Kapulainen
Liisi Tandefelt

Cinematography

Sari Aaltonen

Editing

Hanna Kuirinlahti

Costumes

Neoon Must

Original score

Joel Melasniemi

Art director

Heini Erving

Country

FINLAND

Shooting Language

FINNISH

Screenplay

Juuli Niemi

Producer

Oskari Huttu

Production Company

Lucy Loves Drama

Festival and Awards

Jussi Awards 2024 - Nomination for Best Newcomer in Acting (Rebekka Baer), Best Music, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival 2023 - Official Selection
Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival 2023 - International Youth Competition
Cottbus Film Festival 2023 - International Competition
Exground Filmfest 2023 - Jury Award for the Best Youth Film + Audience Award
Finnish Film Week Tokyo 2023
Sottodiciotto Film Festival 2023 - Official Competition
Göteborg Film Festival 2024 - Nordic Light
PinX LGBTQIA+ FF Gent 2024 - Opening Film
Finn Finnapock FF Budapest 2024 - Official Selection
Rozen Filmdagen Amsterdam LGBTQ FF 2024 - Official Competition
Mastercard OFF Camera 2024 - Main Competition
Sunny Bunny FF Kyiv 2024 - Official Competition
Guadalajara International FF 2024 - Premio Maguey Competition
Zlin International FF 2024 - Beyond The Childhood Horizon
Het Roze Film Festival 2024 - Official Selection
Sopot International FF 2024 - Nordic Focus
Tofifest Film Festival 2024 - Must See Must Be
Cinema D'Idea FF 2024 - Official Selection, Best Director Award
Festival de Cine de Malaga 2024 - Mosaico Section
Crossing Europe FF 2024 - YAAAS! Competition - YAAAS! Award
Film by the Sea FF 2024 - Panorama
Queer Lisboa FF 2024 - Official Competition
Cinelibri FF Bulgaria 2024 - Official Selection
Vues Den Face - Festival International Du Film LGBTQIA+ Grenoble 2024 - Prix du Public
Festival Chéries-Chéris 2024 - Official Selection