19.00 Mother of Mine / Äideistä parhain
This is a story about a small boy who had two mothers and yet had none. In 1943, in a war-torn Finland, 9-year-old Eero´s father is killed on the front. Eero´s mother makes the painful decision to send her only child to safety in neutral Sweden.
In Sweden, Eero´s foster mother, Signe, welcomes him to her home but not to her heart. Eero doesn´t speak any Swedish and feels unwelcome in his foster family while missing his mother terribly. All the long-awaited letters from his mother are addressed to Signe, not to him. One day Eero accidentally discovers a letter which he never was supposed to read.
During the Second World War over 70,000 war children were sent from Finland to Sweden, Denmark and Norway in the biggest evacuation of children ever undertaken in the world. Mother of Mine, by award-winning director Klaus Härö is the first feature-length film ever made about the fate of an individual war child.
Directed by: Klaus Härö; screenlay: Jimmy Karlsson, Kirsi Vikman
cast: Topi Majaniemi, Kirsti Lahti, Michael Nyqvist, Maria Lundqvist; photography: Jarkko T. Laine; music: Tuomas Kantelinen
Film Awards: Cairo, Libek, Tallin, Satellite Award, Setubal, Buchures, Indianapolice, Sao Paulo, Golden Knight, Jussi – Female Role, fPhotography, Scenography
21.00 Forbidden Fruit / Kielletty hedelmä
In the countryside, two girls from the apostolic lutheran families are coming close to the marrying age. Both have faithful fiancés in mind.One of the girls escapes to work in the city for the summer. The parish sends girl’s friend to look after her.The escaped girl, Mary, tries on makeup and tastes cider. She goes out dancing and kisses a stranger. The girl who came to look after her, Rachel, doesn´t want to try anything, but gets tempted. Mary yearns for new experiences.Mary insists Rachel to take her home.Mary gets married and says that she is now content. Rachel has to make a more difficult decision.
directed by: Dome Karukoski; screenplay: Aleksi Bardy
cast: Marjut Maristo, Amanda Pilke, Joel Mäkinen, Jarkko Niemi; photography: Tuomo Hutri; music: Adam Nordén
Film Awards: Setubal, Vienna, Wirtzburgh, Mons, Jussi