From Matti With Love

It’s midsummer in a Finnish small town of Imatra near the Russian border. Matti, a lonely 54-year old man, meets Masha, a Russian transwoman. When the glittering night falls, Matti has to face the consequences of his fake life.

Director: Jarno Lindemark
Producers: Patrik Sigmundt, Eero Tammi
Live-Action, Finland, 2019
18:00 min

Jarno Lindemark (b. 1983) is a director, writer and poet from Helsinki, Finland. His first book came out in 2009. He has written and directed four shorts: Sunstroke (fiction, 2015) The Wait (documentary, 2016), Driving Lesson (fiction, 2018) and From Matti with Love (2019). His films has been screened on a number of international film festivals. His previous short, Driving Lesson, won the main prize at Motovun FF.

Jarno Lindemark - director - From Matti With Love

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