Sideline (Sivutyö) is strong and topical story about a female student that drifts to be a prostitute. It’s a 13 minute short fiction movie, shot on 16mm film. The movie is a production of TAMK School of Art and Media, written and directed by Maria Kaurismäki. Sideline is the graduation work for Maria Kaurismäki, Emilia Howells, Jouko Piipponen, Jussi Lindgren and Johanna Harmaala.


Sideline has been screened at Tampere Art Factory and Kettupäivät Film Festival.

The trailer, the first minute of the film is now available.

See the trailer

Photo: Ville Salminen