Summer of Bees // Mehiläiskesä
Fiction (23min)
2021
On a particularly hot summer, Eedi, suffering from eco-anxiety, decides to quit their studies and start beekeeping. Eedi gets reluctant help from their mother Anne who, rather than fearing for the future, is scared of every single little bee.
Director Ida-Maria Olva
Producers Nora Kuusisto & Anniina Leppänen
Screenwriter Marjo Airisniemi
DP Heini Mäntylä
Editor Antti Tuomikoski
Sound Designer Samuli Ala-Lahti
Production Designer Tinja Salmi
Costume Designer Sonja Lehtinen
Make-up Designer Nani Auvinen
Composer Emil Sana
Producers Nora Kuusisto & Anniina Leppänen
Screenwriter Marjo Airisniemi
DP Heini Mäntylä
Editor Antti Tuomikoski
Sound Designer Samuli Ala-Lahti
Production Designer Tinja Salmi
Costume Designer Sonja Lehtinen
Make-up Designer Nani Auvinen
Composer Emil Sana
Main cast Heli Hyttinen & Irina Pulkka
Production ELO Film School Finland / YLE
Films festivals:
World Premiere at Raindance Film Festival 2021
Brest Film Festival 2021, European Competition
Tallin Film Festival PÖFF 2021, New Talents Competition
London Short Film Festival 2022
Brest Film Festival 2021, European Competition
Tallin Film Festival PÖFF 2021, New Talents Competition
London Short Film Festival 2022
Tampere Film Festival 2022, National Competition
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2022
The Stony Brook Film Festival 2022, Jury Award for Best Short
International sales by Magnetfilm
