Films by CCL members.

Ruthless Times - Songs of Care/
Armotonta menoa - Hoivatyön lauluja, 2022/92 min

A documentary film with choral tableaus about the elderly care crisis in a Nordic welfare state.
DIRECTOR: Susanna Helke
SCRIPT: Susanna Helke & Markku Heikkinen
MUSIC: Anna-Mari Kähärä
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sari Aaltonen
EDITING: Markus Leppälä, Inka Lahti, Samu Kuukka
SOUND DESIGN: Juuso Oksala
PRODUCER: Timo Korhonen Road Movies LTD
FUNDED BY: Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Finnish Broadcasting
Company YLE , Kone Foundation, Aalto Studios

Ruthless Times – Songs of Care is a documentary film with choral tableaus juxtaposed with documentary episodes, capturing with its dark humor and poignant moments, the experiences of those working in the field: a care worker is blacklisted for revealing malpractices in her unit, the retirees of a remote municipality witness the privatization of their care services, robots roam the halls of care homes and nurses are relegated to remote-care call centers.
The care-workers’ anonymous testimonies are composed into choral songs; elderly citizens sing impudent songs playing with the economic jargon of our time. What cannot be talked about, has to be sung!To edit, click on the text to start adding your own words.


AWARDS:
Locarno International Film Festival’s Critic’s week Zonta Club Locarno Award 2022.
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival Best Domestic Documentary YLE Award & Audience Award 2022.
Tampere International Film Festival Main Prize (over 30 mins) & Church Media Foundation Prize, 2022.
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck the best Documentary Film Award, 2022.
Umeå European Film Festival Rödspoven prize, 2022.
Nancy International Film Festival Press Award, 2023.
Jussi Award Nomination for the best documentary film, 2022.
Nomination for the Best Nordic Documentary Nordisk Panorama, 2022.
 
FESTIVALS:
Locarno International Film Festival Critic’s Week (2022), IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Masters section (2022), Nordisk Panorama competition (2022), CPH:DOX, Copenhagen (2023), Tromsø International Film Festival (2023), Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm (2023), Tampere International Film Festival (2022), Docpoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (2022),  Red Carpet Film Festival, Hyvinkää (2022), Midnight Sun Film Festival (2022), Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (2022), This Human World -International Human Rights Film Festival (2022), Nordkapp IFF (2022), Jönköping IFF (2022), Kasseler Docfest (2022), Warch Docs IFF (2022), Nordic Labour FF (2022), European Film Forum Scanorama, Vilnius (2022), Umeå European Film Festival (2022), L’Alternativa- Festival de Cinema Independent Barcelona (2022), One World - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague (2023), FIPP Festival International du Film Politique (2023), Polarize- Nordic Film Nights, Brussels (2023), Vera Documentary Film Festival Marienhamn (2023), Human International Documentary Film Festival, Oslo (2023), ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival (2023), Vox Feminae Zagreb (2023), Festival La Gran Pantalla, Barcelona (2023), Impacte! Human Rights Festival of Catalonia (2023), Ecofalante, Brasilia (2023), Jean Rouch International Film Festival (2023), Nancy International Film Festival (2023), Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, Sarajevo (2023),  Filmfest Sundsvall (2023), International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers (2023), Festiwal Mediów Człowiek w Zagrożeniu, Lodz (2023), Arvamusfestival, Estonia (2023).

Earth Song/Strana Axê/Maan laulu
Expected 2025/ 118 min

DIRECTOR: Erol Mintaş
SCRIPT: Erol Mintaş, Mikko Viljanen
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Juice Huhtala
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Nanna Hirvonen
COSTUME DESIGN: Roosa Marttiini
MAKE-UP DESIGN: Claudia Goetz
EDITING: Antti Reikko, Erol Mintaş
SOUND DESIGN: Sebastian Schmidt
CAST: Dilan Gwyn, Zenan Tünc, Feyyaz Duman, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı
PRODUCERS: Mete Sasioglu, Erol Mintaş
CO-PRODUCERS: Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer, Anna Blom
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Sons of Lumière

Rojin is a doctor whose dedicated work in conflict zones has left her estranged from her family. She faces an unexpected visit from her father that forces a confrontation of her complex and painful past, which along with disappointment and grief, gives her the tools and strength to take her adopted 12-year-old daughter on a journey of truth and reconciliation.