VENICE

Orig. Venetsia / Short fiction / 15 min / 2018

A young girl Veera, 16 years old, has disappeared. Ara has been Veera´s closest friend. Ara has taken a grip on her life and is not anymore in drug-fuelled-vertigo. She has left her old life behind and Veera belongs to that old life. Ara still cares about Veera, but she is unable to help her. Ara´s new life is still too fragile and she is hanging by a thread. Nut what happened to Veera?

CAST
Jenny Hämäläinen, Katariina Kankaanranta, Carola Kuittinen, Johanna Santalahti, Nanna Saarinen, Tobias Ziliachus, Kaisa Vepsä

CREW
Director and Writer: Jenni Tuli
Director of Photography: Jonathan Sundström
Editor: Jussi Sandhu
Sound Desing: Jorma Kaulanen
Set Design: Santtu Toivola
Costume Design: Maria Rosenqvist
Producers: Jani Pösö, Teemu Nikki

“Venice is not the most typical short film. The film is based on the stories of the same young girls who are also the actors in the film. We had a weekly workshop with the actors for 9 months and during those months I also wrote the script. When we started the workshopping one of the young actors committed suicide. That horrifying incident created vast amount of grief and guilt: somebody should have been there for her. But how to help others around you if you are too deep to even help yourself? Who has the responsibility? The will to still continue the workshop came from the young actors.”
- Jenni Tuli, Director and Writer