Finalist
Magnifica: Passive Intruder
Magnifica - Kutsumata külaline
2024
Entry 24-604 | Finland | 2024 | 20’ | Language: Finnish | Subtitles: English
Estonian
Original title: Magnifica: Kutsumaton vieras
Magnifica is a short documentary about the encounters between Finnish cottage-owners and a mysterious species called Pectinatella Magnifica. The film observes the people facing the new alien phenomena and their attempts to get rid of the uninvited visitor. But some have a less prejudicial approach than others.
Director
Ville Koskinen
| Cinematography
Krasimir Jovanovic Hyvärinen
| Editing
Hanna Kaihlanen
| Composer
Alsa Ojala
| Producer
Sandra Enkvist
| Production Company
Polygraf
| Original Title
Magnifica: Kutsumaton vieras
2024
A film that in a tragicomic and absurd way shows how everything unknown automatically seems to us nasty, intimidating, and dangerous. Using a brown mushy creature that suddenly appears in a lake near a Finnish summer cottage as an example, the director gives a remarkable generalization to how we often treat strangers who break into our familiar life routine. Without trying to understand the nature of the unknown, we just want to burn it down in order to get rid of it. Still remaining warmly human, the film shows the narrow-mindedness and fears of humans. The film uses a short duration to uncover many different layers of information, raising the tension with an intensity common to a horror movie ending with a brilliant ambivalent song.
| Director | Ville Koskinen |
| Cinematography | Krasimir Jovanovic Hyvärinen |
| Editing | Hanna Kaihlanen |
| Composer | Alsa Ojala |
| Producer | Sandra Enkvist |
| Production Company | Polygraf |
| Original Title | Magnifica: Kutsumaton vieras |
| Entry Number | 24-604 |
| Country of Production |
Finland
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| Year of Production | 2024 |
| Running Time | 20’ |
| Language: | Finnish |
| Subtitles: | English Estonian |
