Estonian premiere

Just Animals

Local title
Kõigest loomad
Original title
Eläinoikeusjuttu
Director
Saila Kivelä, Vesa Kuosmanen
Country
Finland
Year
2022
Programme
Environment Agency Environmental Film Programme
Subject
animals, activism

More than ten years ago Saila confessed openly that she was part of the activist group that secretly filmed hundreds of animal farms. Saila’s sister Mai has chosen a different path, politics, and Saila fears her biggest activist idol might become a part of the machinery they have been fighting against together. Saila spent three years of her youth in a legal battle where the prosecutor sought her a jail sentence and the farmers wanted extreme compensation.

The leading activist, Kristo, saw Saila as the next hope for the movement. However, Saila does not know how to prove and convince people of the suffering of animals anymore. She needs to save herself and find out what kind of an activist and a person she is.

Director
Saila Kivelä, Vesa Kuosmanen
Screenwriter
Saila Kivelä, Vesa Kuosmanen, Iris Olsson (dramatist)
Cast
Mai Kivelä, Saila Kivelä, Kristo Muurimaa
Producer
Venla Hellstedt, Juha Löppönen, Elli Toivoniemi
Cinematographer
Heini Mäntylä
Editor
Anniina Kauttonen, Jussi Sandhu
Music
Karin Mäkiranta
Production
Tuffi Films
Distributor
Finnish Film Foundation
World sales
The Yellow Affair
Runtime
Language
Finnish
Subtitles
English

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Hall Electric Cinema, Tartu
Screening032202 / Kõigest loomad
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening121301 / Kõigest loomad
SubtitlesEnglish
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening171304 / Kõigest loomad
SubtitlesEnglish
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