NIMBY - NOT IN MY BACK YARD

NIMBY

By Teemu NIKKI

IT'S ALIVE FILMS OY - as PROD

Comedy - Completed 2020

A comedy about intolerance among tolerant people.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2020
Free Spirit Competition
Ventana Sur 2020
European Screenings
São Paulo International Film Festival 2020
International Perspective
Outshine FF Fort Lauderdale 2021
Amsterdam LGBTQ FF 2021
Official Competition
Fribourg IFF 2021
Midnight Screenings
Annapolis International Film Festival 2021
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2021
Bucheon Choice - Audience Award
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Comedy, Drama, LGBT
    • Countries
    • FINLAND
    • Languages
    • FINNISH, ENGLISH, GERMAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Teemu NIKKI
    • Writer(s)
    • Teemu NIKKI, Jani PÖSÖ
    • Producer(s)
    • Jani PÖSÖ (IT'S ALIVE FILMS OY)
    • Synopsis
    • Mervi travels to her hometown in Finland, with her German-Iranian girlfriend Kata, to confront her parents and come out of the closet. There, she finds out that she’s not the only one hiding secrets. The two girls will find themselves in the middle of social mayhem in a community of gang bangers, bisexual pastors, activists, racists, refugees, alcoholics and drug abusers. Finally, a belligerent neo-Nazi group break in.