AMPIAISPAINI (Orig. Finnish title)
Director: Meritta Koivisto
Genre: Short Fiction
Duration: 15 min. 45 sec.
Production Year: 1999
Master Format: 35 mm film
Audio: Stereo
Language: Finnish (English subtitles)
Distributor: Kroma Productions Ltd.
Synopsis
“Wrestling with the Bee” tells about freedom`s illusion. It tells the story of an everyday woman whose strange desire to sing Maria Callas’ aria is repressed by her surroundings until the opportunity shows up in an unlikely figure…
Credits
Mari: Kati Outinen
Jore: Juha Veijonen
Petteri Pajunen: Esa-Matti Pölhö
Script & direction: Meritta Koivisto
Photography: Pertti Mutanen
Setting, costumes & properties: Milja Salovaara
Editing: Anne Lakanen
Sound design: Paul Jyrälä
Production sound: Jokke Heikkilä, Matti Kuortti
Music: Giuseppe Verdi : “Aida” performed by Maria Callas
Theme music: Antti Hytti
Producer: Outi Rousu
Production Company: KROMA Productions Ltd 1999
Awards
1st prize, Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Switzerland, 2000
1st prize, Blue Sea Film Festival – Baltic Herring Competition, Rauma, Finland, 2000