plateau - a short film about happiness

Everything seems to be against Janne. Is it just because of bad luck? Plateau is a human story about people searching for happiness in their stagnant lives in snowy small town Finland.

The destinies of two couples get tangled up in a remote small village. Their attitudes towards life differ a lot, however they all have something valuable to give to each other. As well as to the viewer…

The film portrays the events of a wintery day from the point of view of Janne. Janne is leaving for work frustrated with everyday life, when things take a sudden turn. In fact nothing seems to be as it was…

  • Cast Jani Karvinen, Anu Sinisalo, Mikko Kouki, Leena Pöysti
  • Director Antti Pirinen
  • Screenplay Antti Pirinen, Ilmari Aho
  • Producer Erkki Perkiömäki
  • Sound Designer Reija Jouhtimäki
  • Music Ismo Haavisto
  • Cinematography Timo Nissi

news

3rd Television Broadcast by Finnish Broadcasting company. Watch Plateau on YLE TV2.

  • Broadcast time: 21. 6. 2008 at 8. 57pm
  • YLE website: www.yle.fi

2nd Television Broadcast by Finnish Broadcasting company. Watch Plateau on YLE TV2.

  • Broadcast time: 18. 6. 2008 at 20. 57pm
  • YLE website: www.yle.fi

Plateau at Paris Tout Court - Paris International Short Film Festival (Paris, France)

Plateau at Project Twenty 1 (Philadelphia, USA)

Plateau Awarded at Euroshorts 2007 festival.

Plateau at Euroshorts 2007 festival (Warsaw, Poland)

Plateau at 9th Madurai documentary and short film festival (Madurai, India)

Plateau at exground filmfest 20 (Wiesbaden, Germany)

Plateau at Cinema Tout Ecran - The International Film and Television Festival (Geneve, Switzerland)

Plateau at Young Cinema Art - World Student Film Festival (Warsaw, Poland)

225 000 people watched Plateau on television

  • Broadcast time: 3.10.2007 at 9.05pm (Finnish Broadcasting company YLE TV2)
  • YLE website: www.yle.fi

Television Broadcast by Finnish Broadcasting company. Watch Plateau on YLE TV2.

  • Broadcast time: 3. 10. 2007 at 9. 05pm
  • YLE website: www.yle.fi

Plateau wins Screenwriting Award in the USA.

Festival website: www.temple.edu/nextframe

Plateau at Mecal Short Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)

Plateau at Fresh Film Fest - Karlovy Vary International Student Film Festival (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republik)

Plateau at NextFrame: UFVA's Touring Festival of International Student Film + Video (Touring, USA)

Plateau competing for Student Academy Award

www.oscars.org/saa/2007

Plateau at Sehsüchte - International student film festival (Potsdam, Germany)

Plateau at Illumenation - European Student Film Festival (Helsinki, Finland)

Plateau at The 23rd Kettupäivät - Finnish Short and Documentary Film Festival (Helsinki, Finland)

Plateau sold to the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE TV2

Broadcasting date to be announced.