Screenings
Online edition of the 66th KFF
The Arctic Circle of Lust
Finland, Germany, Sweden2026documentary97'Documentary competition
In a village in the Far North, emotions and passions can reach fever pitch. A middle-age farming couple find out about it for themselves when the man discovers he is not attracted only to women, and she gives him the go-ahead. Nevertheless, they both know that, happy so far, their relationship will be put to the test and coming out in a rural setting in not an easy matter. The film artfully combines the harsh reality of life on a farm with tender depictions of rediscovered intimacy and a marital bond.
- directed by
- Markku HeikkinenQ&A guest
An award winning documentary film director and screenwriter who has made more than twenty feature and short films. He graduated as Master of Arts in ELO Film School in Aalto University majoring in Documentary film 2006 with best ratings. Heikkinen is an active social debater and has worked also as a freelancer journalist in numerous radio and TV shows in the National Broadcasting Company YLE from 1984 to 2013. He worked as a screenwriter for Ruthless Times- Songs of Care (dir. Susanna Helke, 2022). He received a Cinema State Prize in 2015.
- cinematography
- Tuukka Uusitalo
- script
- Markku Heikkinen
- music
- Stefan Will
- sound
- Janis Grossmann-Alhambra
- editing
- Carl Javér, Rasmus Ohlander
- production
- Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen (Zone2 Pictures)
- Photo
