News
– Now you can watch PORTRAIT OF A MAN from: http://docalliancefilms.com
- LOOK AT ME was honoured with Honorary Mention in the Tampere Film Festival:
In this touching and thought provoking documentary the director shows us how the dedication, respect and love of a committed teacher can make a
difference in the lives of troubled youth.
PORTRAIT OF A MAN will be presented by the Tempo Documentary Film Festival and Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival in March
- PORTRAIT OF A MAN was awarded with Silver FIPA –award in Creative Documentaries –series at FIPA (International Festival of Audiovisual Programs) in Biarritz in the 29th of January 2011.
- PORTRAIT OF A MAN is previously honoured with Honorary Mention at Nordic Glory 2011 in Jyväskylä and with Quality Prize of the Finnish Art Council.
- PORTRAIT OF A MAN was nominated in Nordisk Panorama 2010, Bergen: “Honorary mention to Portrait of a Man for transforming an apparently common Scandinavian subject matter into a beautifully realized epic family saga.”
- Deckert Distribution to sell PORTRAIT OF A MAN
The Leipzig based company Deckert Distribution has picked up worldwide sales rights to PORTRAIT OF A MAN.
- PORTRAIT OF A MAN – the final part of Visa Koiso-Kanttila’s manhood trilogy will be presented by the Hot Docs on May 2010 in Toronto. Also the two previous, awarded films FATHER TO SON (2004) and A WINTER’S JOURNEY (2007) were presented by the Hot Docs. www.hotdocs.ca
- “PORTRAIT OF A MAN was influential, important, heartbreaking, funny, touching and healing. Thank you.” author Riina Katajavuori, DocPoint , Helsinki 29th January 2010
LOOK AT ME was finished in September 2010
- LOOK AT ME is a strong and touching depiction of present day youth who are under threat of becoming socially excluded due to their different learning skills, and their teacher, who is trying to help these young people to finish their compulsory education and to help them to learn to trust themselves and their future.
The Finnish Primary School is famous about high results in The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and school shootings. Teasing at school and school shootings are some subjects of this film.