DIRECTION: Tuija Halttunen
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ville Hakonen
PRODUCTION: Niina Virtanen, Pasi Hakkio
EDITING: Jussi Sandhu
SOUND: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Synopsis
Scientist Hannele Korhonen has one ultimate passion: to be the best at what she does and be recognised for it. Her life changes dramatically when she is awarded a 1,5 million USD research grant by the United Arab Emirates to participate in their ambitious project to stimulate rainfall over the notoriously arid region. The opportunity to get proper funding and do good sounds amazing.
Halttunen is a Finnish documentary filmmaker who has worked in the film industry for over 20 years. Her documentary Neighbours was nominated for Prix Europa in 2013 and State of Mind got a state quality award in 2007. Halttunen’s short documentary Heaven and Earth won the main prize in Tampere Film Festival in 1995. From 2010 to 2015 Halttunen worked as a regional artist in the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
FILMOGRAPHY
Bandage (2015)
Neighbours (2013)
Tabula Rasa (2009)
State of Mind (2007)
Heaven and Earth (1995)