D IS FOR DISTANCE

By Christopher PETIT, Emma MATTHEWS

THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION - as FIN

Documentary - Completed 2025

A film essay montage of contemporary footage, archive and cinema history, about the age of post-truth and how one young man’s childhood epilepsy became representative of the woes of the world and how he triumphed against adversity.

Festivals
& Awards

Visions du Réel 2025
Films of VdR-Film Market
IFF Rotterdam, 2025 2025
    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FINLAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Christopher PETIT, Emma MATTHEWS
    • Producer(s)
    • Jussi EEROLA (ELOKUVAYHTIÖ TESTIFILMI), Mika TAANILA (ELOKUVAYHTIÖ TESTIFILMI)
    • Synopsis
    • When a 12-year old boy starts having seizures, his mother embarks on a quest to seek a cure after conventional medicine fails, resulting in a Kafkaesque fight against institutional bureaucracy and lies, which the father attempts to understand during a trip to the Arctic Circle.