FILM DIRECTOR - EDITOR - HELSINKI
05 SHORT FILM 'THREE PILLS' (NARRATIVE)
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In the year 2050, the system provides three pills to every elderly person, to be taken on their 70th birthday.
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Three Pills offers a grotesque vision of our future in an overpopulated and aging world, with haunting parallels to the ongoing pandemic.
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awards & recognition
WINNER– BEST MICRO SHORT – RAVENHEART INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL (OSLO 2021)
WINNER– BEST DIRECTOR – BERLIN SCI-FI FILMFEST (GERMANY 2020)
FINALIST - NOMINATED – BEST ACTRESS – BERLIN SCI-FI FILMFEST (GERMANY 2020)
FINALIST - NOMINATED BEST SCIENCE FICTION & BEST MICRO SHORT FILM - PLANET CINEMA FEST (US 2023)
SEMI FINALIST - LONELY WOLF LONDON INT. FILM FESTIVAL (UK 2020)
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official selection
Paris International Festival Signs of the Night 2021
Montreal International Indie Short Film Awards 2020
Isofilmfest 2020
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featured
FILMSHORTAGE
RETROSPECTIVE OF JUPITER
BOOOOOOOM TV
BEYOND THE SHORT
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story by
VERONIKA HERREN
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written & directed
CHRISTIAN WENGER
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director of photography
MATTI IMMONEN
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music composer
AKI SILVENTOINEN
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cast
VERONIKA HERREN
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crew
production manager MARKUS MUTANEN
1st assistant director MARKUS PALMEN
production designer HEIDI WENGER
set designer & props master MARKUS MUTANEN
set decorator MINNA LILJA
rear projection designer TEEMU ÅKE
make-up & hair SANNA LILJAMO
cinematographer MATTI IMMONEN
1st assistant camera PAULI BOSTRÖM
gaffer SANTERI SIIRTONEN
best boy JOONAS KOHONEN
bts videographer VILI LEHTISALO
post
editor CHRISTIAN WENGER
music & sound design AKI SILVENTOINEN
colorist SARRAH WILKMAN
graphic design HEIDI WENGER
“three pills” logo design JOONAS KOHONEN
camera equipment
CANON FINLAND
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light & grip equipment
KINOS RENTALS
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color grading services
GRADE ONE
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emotional testing
AFFECTIVA
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special thanks
JOONAS SCHWARTZBERG, MATIAS BOETTGE, MIKKO SAVINAINEN, MATTHEW STRAFUSS, HARRIET KOLLANUS, SAMI MUTANEN HELENA & JUKKA PIHKO, JOKKE HEIKKILÄ, DONAL CROTTY & THE CITY OF HELSINKI RESCUE DEPARTMENT / HARRI KOSKIMÄKI & COLLEAGUES
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production
CHRISTIAN WENGER & SMAK FILM
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Finland Helsinki 2020
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