Country: Finland
Year: 2012
Duration: 9'
Glenn suffered from a nervous breakdown, following which reality becomes indecipherable to his eyes: everything appears fragmented, impossible to piece back together. His only friend is worried about him and tries to give him a hand to help him reconnect with the real world outside his head.
Biography
film director
Matti Harju
(Finland, 1978) was educated in film directing at the National Film and Television School, London. At the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, he learned about contemporary art during his Master’s study. His short films have been shown in a variety of film festivals including Rotterdam, Locarno, London, Edinburgh, Fest Los Angeles and Clermont-Ferrand. In 2008 his short Africa was selected in Onde section in Torino, as well as in 2018 with Nueva era, his first feature debut.
FILMOGRAFIA
Mies etsii miestä (Man Seeking Man, cm, 2004), One in Four (cm, 2008), Afrikka (Africa, cm, 2012), Nueva era (New Age, 2018), Natura (2023).
Declaration
film director
“Our interaction with others is based on the idea that we all share the same reality. That does not always turn out to be the case.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, produttore, vendita all’estero/director, screenplay, producer, world sales Matti Harju
fotografia/cinematography Benjamin Kracun
montaggio/film editing Maya Maffioli
interpreti/cast Glenn Conroy, Chuk Iwuji
fotografia/cinematography Benjamin Kracun
montaggio/film editing Maya Maffioli
interpreti/cast Glenn Conroy, Chuk Iwuji
