If I Fall (Jos kaadun) TV1 Tuesday 14.7.2009 2:00 - 2:15 pm

If I Fall, a shortfilm written and directed by graduate from TAMK School of Art and Media, Hannaleena Hauru, will be screened on TV1 on Tuesday. The film is Hannaleena's graduation work. At the moment she continues her studies as majoring in scriptwriting in School of Motion Picture UIAH - in Helsinki.


If I Fall is one of the most successful films made at the School of Art and Media. It has won several awards and it has been invited to a number of film festivals not only in Europe, but in Brazil and China as well.

Producers: Samu Reijonen, Anni Pänkäälä
Cinematography: Jan-Niclas Jansson
Music: Anna Huuskonen
Editor: Sanna Ryhänen
Cast: Tanja Heinänen, Ville Majamaa, Mikko Joukamaa

Kaarina is a young woman working in a Finnish sawmill. She's repetitively falling down without anyone noticing her.

Major screenings, presentations:
- Festival de Cannes 2007, International Critics' Week (Premiere, Carte Blance);
- Cork Film Festival, Ireland, PRIX UIP –nomination;
- Tampere Film Festival 2008:
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, award of the Cinema jury as best 35 mm film under 15 minutes.
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Grand Prix)

Awards:
- Tampere Film Festival 2008, award of the youth jury
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, award of the Cinema jury as best 35 mm film under 15 minutes
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Grand Prix)
- Nisi Masa Script Award 2005, screenwriting competition for young European filmmakers.
- Baltic Herring, Finland 2. award in student category.

Earlier postings about If I Fall

Photo: Miina Alajärvi