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Freimi by Freimi: Young People

Freimi ry is a Turku-based grassroots animation association that helps and supports its members in the industry and raises the profile of Finnish animation.


SCREENING TIME

Mon 9 Nov at 6 p.m. | Pakkala Hall | Free admission | Filmmakers present at the screening

RECOMMENDED FOR AGES OVER 16 YEARS

Total time: 72 mins

AAMUVIRKKU

Finland 2023 | 6 mins | No dialogue
Director, script: Matti Luukko
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

Do you know what your body parts get up to when you’re asleep?

AWOOGA!

Finland 2025 | 4 mins | No dialogue
Director: Sofia Liukonen
Script: Sofia Liukonen, Pinja Peltonen
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

A daring dancer reveals her innermost self to the audience – quite literally.

DEUCE

Finland 2021 | 4 mins | No dialogue
Director, script: Roope Sorvo
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

When a crooked gambler comes face to face with the Grim Reaper, he challenges him to a game of cards. Can even a master cardsharp cheat Death?

HEADLESS

Finland 2023 | 5 mins | No dialogue
Director: Roope Sorvo
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

A headless knight desperately tries to find himself a new head. When the search proves more difficult than expected, he eventually settles for any head at all.

HEINOLA

Finland 2022 | 8 mins | No dialogue
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

A boy and his grandfather are spending the day together out on a boat.

ICONIC

Finland 2026 | 5 mins | No dialogue
Director: Sofia Liukonen
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

A girl who loves fan culture orders a mystery novel from a bookshop. When the book arrives, however, her life takes a completely new turn when she discovers a new character to become a fan of within its pages.

JÕUBAPER

Estonia 2021 | 4 mins | No dialogue
Director: Ida Lepparu
Production: Estonian Academy of Arts - Eesti Kunstiakadeemia

Money doesn’t grow on trees – or does it? This absurd and satirical animation takes us into a world where power, money and greed clash with nature.

TICKLER

Finland 2025 | 4 mins | No dialogue
Original title: Kutkuttaja
Directors: Jenni Koljonen, Elina Mikkola, Anna Rohesalu, Juulia Niiranen
Script: Jenni Koljonen
Animation: Jenni Koljonen, Elina Mikkola, Anna Rohesalu, Juulia Niiranen
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK, elli.vuorinen@turkuamk.fi
Distribution: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK, elli.vuorinen@turkuamk.fi

Three characters are standing in line, ready to be tickled by the big hands in front of them. What happens when the last character in line isn't susceptible to being tickled?

LIVING BEING

Finland 2025 | 2 mins | Language: English
Director: Anna Oikarinen
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

A computer, dissatisfied with its life, dreams of being human and is prepared to do anything to make its dream come true.

MINUN BUABO

Estonia, Finland 2026 | 6 mins | Language: Karelian | Subtitles: English
Director: Ida Lepparu
Production: Bongáta Timár, Kerttu Matinpuro, Jarkko Kuittinen, Sanna Hukkanen, Edina Csüllög

In this animated documentary, people with Karelian roots talk about their efforts to learn more about their heritage by studying Karelian culture and language.

MOUSETRAP

Finland 2024 | 5 mins | Language: English
Directors: Anna Rohesalu, Jenni Koljonen – from a poem by Anna Rohesalu
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

When a girl becomes lost in her own world, it draws her in deeper than she should go.

NAISVÄKI

Finland 2025 | 6 mins | No dialogue
Directors: Sofia Liukonen, Pinja Peltonen, Sysi Hiltunen, Kusti Sinkkonen
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

Women, fed up with endless housework and an unequal daily life, come together and reclaim their power.

PUNAINEN

Finland 2020 | 5 mins | No dialogue
Director: Inka Kiikeri
Production: Muurlan opisto

A mysterious encounter in the darkness of the night turns into a chilling horror story.

SAUNA PEOPLE

Finland 2025 | 6 mins | No dialogue
Original title: Saunojat
Director, script: Sanna Taikina
Production: Sanna Taikina, Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

Curiosity proves to be the sauna-goers’ undoing when strange things start happening in the sauna.

STUFFED

Finland 2022 | 4 mins | Language: Russian | Subtitles: Finnish, English
Director: Sanna Taikina
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

A bitter prisoner casts a spell on Vladimir Putin’s stuffed decorative animals to turn them against him.

THE NEXT STEP

Finland 2024 | 2 mins | No dialogue
Director, script: Anna Oikarinen
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK

Scientists unveil the next step in evolution, but something goes terribly wrong.

THE ROCK TENSIONS

Finland 2025 | 5 mins | No dialogue
Director, script, animation, editor, music: Markus Lehtokumpu
Production: Elli Vuorinen | Turku AMK turkuamk.fi, elli.vuorinen@turkuamk.fi
Distribution: Markus Lehtokumpu, markus.lehtokumpu@gmail.com

The formation of a three-piece rock band goes off the rails when the band members get into an argument over whose instrument makes the loudest sound.