HEARTBEAST

By Aino SUNI

PORT-AU-PRINCE FILM & KULTUR PRODUKTION GMBH - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, GERMANY

First film - Completed 2021

Elina, a 15-year old aspiring rapper, is forced to leave her home country of Finland and move to the South of France when her mother finds a French boyfriend. She is immediately drawn to her new step-sister Sofia, 17, a charismatic ballet dancer who leads a double life full of boys and drugs...

Festivals
& Awards

Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2018
EURIMAGES coproduction development award
Goteborg IFF 2022
Nord Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • First film, Thriller, Musical
    • Countries
    • FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Aino SUNI
    • Producer(s)
    • Sébastien AUBERT (Adastra Films), Ilona TOLMUNEN (MADE), Leslie JACOB (Adastra Films), Frauke KOLBMÜLLER (OMA INGE FILM GMBH)
    • Partners & financing
    • Markets :
      EAVE 2018 (selected project)
      FINANCING FORUM FOR KIDS CONTENT (selected project)
      BALTIC EVENT (selected project)

      Financing :
      EURIMAGES - coproduction developement award
      CREATIVE EUROPE - MEDIA slate
      REGION SUD - scriptwriting
      REGION SUD - development slate
      PROCIREP-ANGOA
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Sep 06, 2020
    • End of shooting
    • Oct 23, 2020