Though best known for his features, Aki Kaurismäki’s unique style and worldview are equally at view in the numerous short films he has directed since the early 1980s. The creator of approximately 16 shorter pieces, the self-taught Finnish filmmaker’s short work radiates melancholy and sophisticated minimalism.
Shorts screening in this package are:
Rocky VI
1986 / 8 min
L.A. Woman
1987 / 5 min
Rich Little Bitch
1987 / 5 min
Thru the Wire
1987 / 6 min
Those were the Days
1991 / 5 min
These Boots
1992 / 5 min
Always Be a Human
(Oo aina Ihminen)
1995 / 5 min
Dogs have no Hell
2002 / 10 min
Bico
2004 / 4 min
Valimo
2006 / 4 min
Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
2012 / 18 min