Vieraat seinät | Strange Walls (2011)

Written & Directed by Martta Tuomaala and Mikko Keskiivari
Format: Cinemascope | Short fiction | HD
Length: 17 min

A teenage girl and her grandfather live a quiet life together in a desolated village. Their relationship is significant, but the communication between them is difficult. The stagnant atmosphere suddenly changes when unexpected guests appear. When the barn is empty and the fields are on rent, there is time left to build visions; the inhabitants of the house meet each other in their own dreams.

Strange Walls talks about different attitudes and similarities between generations and cultures. It is also a story about expectations towards family concentrated on the research of social structures and communication.

Cast
The Grandpa Heikki Nousiainen
The Girl Ella Tarmo
The Guest Elihu Galvan
The Motorcycle Man Lasse Rantanen
The VJ Paula Lehtonen
The Cat Bancha
Directed, Written & Produced by Mikko Keskiivari & Martta Tuomaala
Cinematographer Kerttu Hakkarainen
Film Editor Ville Hakonen
Composer Mikko Keskiivari
Costume Designer Liisa Ahlfors
Set Designer & Set Decorators Liisa Ahlfors & Päivi Viinikainen
Gaffer Hannu Käki
Assistant Director Joanna Mäkelä
Camera Assistant Anne-Mari Musturi
Continuity Supervisor & Video Assistant Salla Lehtikangas
Best Boy Tommi Jokinen
Lighting Technician Marko Ijäs
Sound Designer Antti Onkila
Sound Recordist & Boom Operator Petri Kuha
Foley Artists Toivo Kallio & Antti Onkila
Foley Editor Suvituuli Kataja
Colorist Hannu Käki
Stills Photographer Heta Saukkonen
Catering Karoliina Paappa
Production Assistant Virva Heinonen
Girl’s Paper Dress Antti Asplund
Voice Actors on the Radio Martta Tuomaala, Karoliina Paappa, Liisa Ahlfors, Vesa Toukomaa, Jukka Silokunnas & Johannes Valkonen

Funded by AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture Finland / Heidi Tikka

Produced with the participation of TAMK Tampere University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme of Art and Media 2011