Venice Finnish film, which also won an audience award at the film festival A blind man who did not want to see the Titanic continues its success at the International Film Festival. The film and its main actor Petri Poikolainen yesterday received the awards for best film and actor at Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
The film is a director and screenwriter Teemu Nikin The fifth feature film. It tells the story of a blind and immobile man who lives as a prisoner in his home, approached by a loved one with the help of strangers.
To know more: Teemu Niki’s film takes the viewer from its nearly blind and immobile protagonist – Petri Poikola, who plays the role, cannot be praised too much
El Gounan the prize money for the film festival is USD 50,000, which is less than EUR 43,000.
“Now it is beautiful! $ 50,000! I wonder if we’re making a movie, “director Nikki commented in the press release.
In the past, the film was also awarded at the Haugesund Film Festival in Norway. The guy, in turn, took the best actor I could see at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey.
Production company It is produced by Alive Films A blind man who did not want to see the Titanic debuted in Finland in September.
The original Elisa Entertainment series, produced by the company and directed by Niki Mister8 it was also successful this year on an international level. The program received At the Cannes International TV Series Festival awards for both best TV series and best actor. award-winning role Pekka Strang.
Published October 22, 2021.
