ONKO SULLA NÄLKÄ
Director | Teemu Niukkanen
Script | Antti Toivonen
Director of photography | Aarne Tapola
Editing | Joona Louhivuori
Sound | Pontus Borg
Producer | Daniel Kuitunen
Production company | Komeetta
A single mother struggles to connect with her adopted teenage son, who she believes is gay. Worried that the vulnerable boy will fall victim to older men preying on young boys online, she takes it upon herself to guide him safely through this period of self-exploration by setting him up on a date.
Bio:
Teemu Niukkanen, 1978, is a Finnish comedy director with a distinguishable style of storytelling where deadpan and absurd, vulgar and humane are effortlessly combined. Niukkanen’s first short ‘Fucking Bunnies’ premiered in Sundance 2017. Second short ‘Are you hungry?’ premiered in Toronto international film festival 2019.