A MOMENT IN THE REEDS

By Mikko MAKELA

SALZGEBER & CO. MEDIEN GMBH - as DISTR Theatrical, DVD-video, VOD, GERMANY, German speaking

LGBT - Completed 2017

Two men experience an unexpected, fragile relationship in rural Finland

Festivals
& Awards

BFI London FF 2017
Love
Hamburg International Queer FF 2017
Closing Night Film
Lubeck Nordic Film Days 2017
Competition
Les GaiCineMad 2017
Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • LGBT, Romance, Drama
    • Countries
    • FINLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FINNISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 107 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mikko MAKELA
    • Writer(s)
    • Mikko MAKELA
    • Producer(s)
    • Mikko MAKELA (WILD BEAST PRODUCTIONS), James WATSON (WILD BEAST PRODUCTIONS), Jarno PIMPERI
    • Synopsis
    • 'A Moment in the Reeds' is an intimate drama about the chance encounter of two men by the Finnish lakeside. Leevi, who has left Finland behind to study abroad, returns for the summer to help his father renovate the family lake house. Tareq, a Syrian asylum seeker, has also been hired to help, and when Leevi’s father returns to town on business, the two young men give into their mutual attraction, spending a few midsummer days discovering one another. Among the first queer-themed feature films made in Finland, 'A Moment in the Reeds' casts the long-marginalised voices of sexual and ethnic minorities centre-stage in a story about the search for freedom, acceptance and a place to call home.