2015
Short documentary
"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."
Cast Miia Kuittinen, Nisha Nadeen Masih, Daria Movahed, Iona Nurminen, Melisa Nyman, Daria Vangonen, Zahra Sardari Zadeh ja Rasoul Dehghan
Directors Jenni Kangasniemi and Aino Suni
Script Jenni Kangasniemi, Aino Suni, Miia Kuittinen, Nisha Nadeem Masih, Darya Movahed, Shital Niemi, Iona Nurminen, Melisa Nyman, Daria Vangonen
Cinematography Kerttu Hakkarainen
Editing Anniina Kauttonen
Sound recording and sound design Rauno Mynttinen
Production 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.
Short documentary
"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."
Cast Miia Kuittinen, Nisha Nadeen Masih, Daria Movahed, Iona Nurminen, Melisa Nyman, Daria Vangonen, Zahra Sardari Zadeh ja Rasoul Dehghan
Directors Jenni Kangasniemi and Aino Suni
Script Jenni Kangasniemi, Aino Suni, Miia Kuittinen, Nisha Nadeem Masih, Darya Movahed, Shital Niemi, Iona Nurminen, Melisa Nyman, Daria Vangonen
Cinematography Kerttu Hakkarainen
Editing Anniina Kauttonen
Sound recording and sound design Rauno Mynttinen
Production 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.
