International premiere

Light Light Light

Local title
Valgus valgus valgus
Original title
Valoa Valoa Valoa
Director
Inari Niemi
Country
Finland
Year
2023
Programme
International Youth Competition Programme
Genre
Drama, Youth film
Subject
love, LGBTQ, first love, child-parent relationships, coming of age, youth

In the spring of 1986, there is an explosion in Chernobyl and a girl called Mimi arrives in a small village in Western Finland. She immediately fills 15-year-old Mariia’s life with radiating light. 20 years later Mariia returns home to take care of her sick mother, and memories of that meaningful summer start rising to the surface.

Age recommendation: 14+

Director
Inari Niemi
Screenwriter
Juuli Niemi
Cast
Rebekka Bear, Anni Iikkanen, Laura Birn, Pirjo Lonka, Kanerva Paunio, Janne Reinikainen
Producer
Oskari Huttu
DoP
Sari Aaltonen
Runtime
Language
Finnish
Subtitles
Estonian, English

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Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening050704 / Valgus valgus valgus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsInari Niemi (Director), Juuli Niemi (Screenwriter), Laura Birn (Cast)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening081101 / Valgus valgus valgus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening121102 / Valgus valgus valgus
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker