Synopsis
Playing with hobbyhorses is a traditional children’s activity, but today’s Finnish teenagers have created a versatile hobby around it, raising the scene to a whole new level. The hobbyists’ are unofficially organized, working on a voluntary basis. On the one hand they are active online with their Instagram accounts, blogs and forums while on the other they practice the sport by exercising outdoors in woods and parks. They are an ever-growing group that trains determinedly and organizes nationwide competitions. Every handcrafted hobbyhorse has its own name and personality. The age range of hobbyists’ is continuously expanding with the eldest now over 20 years old. The hobbyhorse fever is now spreading abroad as well.
Sections & Films
HOBBYHORSE REVOLUTION
Category: Edition 2017
| Original Title | Hobbyhorse Revolution |
| Category | Official Competition |
| Section | GEx Doc |
| Tipology | Documentary |
| Duration | 90' |
| Production Year | 2017 |
| Nationality | Finland |
| Directed by | Selma Vilhunen |
| Screenplay | Selma Vilhunen, Okku Nuutilainen |
| Director of photography | Sari Aaltonen, Selma Vilhunen |
| Editor | Okku Nuutilainen |
| Music | Henrik Oja |
| Main cast |
Mariam “Aisku” Nije Elsa Salo Alisa Aarniomaki |
| Produced by | Elli Toivoniemi, Venla Hellstedt |
| Trailer | flTg90kCv_8 |
Selma Vilhunen
Selma Vilhunen is a director and screenwriter of both fiction and documentary films. She is also one of the co-founders of the production company Tuffi Films. Her latest works as a director include the documentary HOBBYHORSE REVOLUTION, which premiered at the Tampere Film Festival. Her fiction feature debut LITTLE WING written by herself and produced by Making Movies premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2016 and won the Golden Camera Taodue Award for best first or second feature at the Rome Film Fest 2016. Previously she has directed the short film DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING? which received an Oscar nomination in 2014, as well as the feature documentaries SONG (2014) and PONY GIRLS (2008). Her next feature fiction will be STUPID YOUNG HEART, produced by Tuffi Films. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
production
Tuffi Films Oy
(Finland)
www.tuffifilms.com
festival contact
The Finnish Film Foundation
(Finland)
www.ses.fi
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