Talvisydän

Jussi Hiltunen has already impressed short film lovers in Finland and abroad with his earlier thought-provoking dramas All Hallows' Week (2012) and The Legacy (2014). This film also moves in sombre spheres, as a taxi driver, Eikka (Ville Virtanen), whose indiscretion is threatening his family life, comes across a distressed young lady, Saija (Rosa Salomaa), while working the nightshift in Rovaniemi. Eikka, who is worried that his marital crisis will cost him his daughter, tries to help her friend, but when Saija's problems prove more complicated than they appear, Eikka only manages to mess up his own life even further. (LH) (Midnight Sun Film Festival)