WINTERHEART

Director: Jussi Hiltunen

Producer(s): Pohjola-filmi / Elina Pohjola (Finland)

Logline: Winterheart is a story of Eikka, a cab driver in his fifties, who has betrayed his family and is now losing the connection to his teenage daughter Laura. Eikka has been unfaithful to his wife, and Laura, as well as her mother, has a reason to hate Eikka for destroying their family. One night Eikka meets Saija, a girl same age as his daughter, who claimes to be raiped. Eikka gives her a lift home, but can’t forget the tragic and sad girl. He’d like to help her more, not least because she happens to know Eikka’s daughter..

Participation Year: ESP 2014 - Projects in Development

World premiere: ​​​​Clermont Ferrand ISFF, 2019