Shorts

Shorts
Ghosts
Jan Ijäs
Finland, 2009
35mm | 15min. | Colour | VOSC/VOSI

Production: Taideteollinen Korkeakoulu / University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH)
Distribution: UIAH / Saara Toivanen ([email protected])

Screenplay: Jan Ijäs
Photography: Jan Ijäs
Editor: Jan Ijäs i Okku Nuutilainen
Music: Vilunki 3000
Sound: Svante Colérus
 
Sinopsis
Five hundred kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, an envelope factory has been turned into a centre for asylum seekers. In the words of one of them, it's "a warehouse for humans. I just exist; that's the only word I can use. I'm not dead; I just exist."
 
Bio
Jan Ijäs (1975) is studying documentary film at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. His films include A Film for Three Men and Industrial Elevator (2005) and Spektaakkeli (2006).
 
Festivals

Special Prize - Tampere International Film Festival, 2009
Grand Prix - Short Film Festival Banja Luka, 2009