FAST FORWARD 2021 / Projections:
11/12/2021 / 20:00 / Montenegrin Music Center / Podgorica
13/12/2021 / 19:30 / Cinema “Boka” / Kotor
Juho Kuosmanen / Finland, Russia, Estonia, Germany, 2021 / 107′
Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Screenplay: Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman, Juho Kuosmanen
Editor: Jussi Rautaniemi
Sound: Pietu Korhonen
Production: Aamu Film Company, Achtung Panda!, Amrion Productions, CTB Film Company
Producers: Jussi Rantamäki, Emilia Haukka, Jamila Wenske, Melanie Blocksdorf, Riina Sildos, Natalia Drozd-Makan, Sergey Selyanov
Starring: Seidi Haarla, Yuriy Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug, Lidia Kostina, Tomi Alatalo, Viktor Chuprov, Denis Pyanov, Polina Aug
SYNOPSIS
In the early 1990s, young Finnish archeology student, Laura, escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow, by boarding a train to Murmansk in Russia’s far north in order to look at some ancient rocks. Forced to share the long ride in a tiny sleeping cabin with a rough, vodka-swilling Russian miner. The unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment no. 6 to face the truth about their own loneliness and yearning for human connection. They have 1200 miles and two days together, a worrisome prospect at first, but what transpires between them is warm, surprising, and achingly human. The second achievement by Finnish director Juha Kuosmanen is a melancholic and touching film, crowned with the Grand Prix in Cannes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Juho Kuosmanen was born in Kokkola, Finland in 1979, and is now based in Helsinki. Since graduating from ELO Helsinki Film School he has directed for film, theatre, and opera. His short films include Roadmarkers, Citizens and The Painting Sellers, and he directed the feature The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki. This debut feature won the Prix du Jury – Un Certain Regard in 2016 and his second feature film, Compartment no. 6 won the Cannes Grand Prix in 2021.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Cannes Film Festival 2021 (Franuska/France) – Grand Prix (ex aequo), Nagrada ekumenskog žirija – posebno priznanje/Grand Prix (ex-aequo), Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention
International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers (Sjeverna Makedonija/North Macedonia) – Glavna takmičarska kamera 300 / Main Competition Camera 300
Jerusalem Film Festival (Izrael/Israel) – Nagrada Nechama Rivilin za najbolji međunarodni film/ The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film
São Paulo International Film Festival 2021 (Brazil) – Najbolji glumac (Yuriy Borisov) / Best Actor (Yuriy Borisov)
Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain) – Best Actor (Yuriy Borisov)
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 (Canada)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2021 (Czech Republic)
BFI London Film Festival (United Kingdom)
Busan International Film Festival 2021 (South Korea)
Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina)
Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
Sydney Film Festival (Australia)
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema (Germany)