FILM DIRECTOR - EDITOR - HELSINKI
03 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.
Three Pills offers a grotesque vision of our future in an overpopulated and aging world, with haunting parallels to the ongoing pandemic.
awards & recognition
WINNER– BEST MICRO SHORT – RAVENHEART INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL (OSLO 2021)
WINNER– BEST DIRECTOR – BERLIN SCI-FI FILMFEST (GERMANY 2020)
NOMINATED – BEST ACTRESS – BERLIN SCI-FI FILMFEST (GERMANY 2020)
SEMI FINALIST - LONELY WOLF LONDON INT. FILM FESTIVAL (UK 2020)
official selection
Paris International Festival Signs of the Night 2021
Montreal International Indie Short Film Awards 2020
Isofilmfest 2020
featured
FILMSHORTAGE
RETROSPECTIVE OF JUPITER
BOOOOOOOM TV
BEYOND THE SHORT
story by
VERONIKA HERREN
written & directed
CHRISTIAN WENGER
director of photography
MATTI IMMONEN
music composer
AKI SILVENTOINEN
cast
VERONIKA HERREN
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
light & grip equipment
KINOS RENTALS
color grading services
GRADE ONE
emotional testing
AFFECTIVA
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
production
CHRISTIAN WENGER & SMAK FILM
Finland Helsinki 2020
