Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor to be screened at Minikino Film Week, Bali

Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King (featured image) and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor were selected for the Official Selection of Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival, held from September 11–20, 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.

Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King is about a miraculous incident in Somero, Finland. Local musician Rauli Badding Somerjoki sent his song “Lights” to Elvis in 1975. He hoped an artist he admired would perform it. Badding’s song could have lifted Elvis’ career to a new height, even revolutionized the history of music. Badding believed and waited, but got no answer from the USA. Elvis passed two years later, in 1977. It is told that peculiar potatoes were found in a field in Somero the same fall.

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Paula Lehtonen: Guests of Honor (2024)

In Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor, a dinner is laid on the table. Arriving guests are creatures that are typically found on the plate. The work aims to present this farm animal as an equal to humans, even though the situation, and the perspective, is human-centred.


Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival
September 11–20, 2024
Bali, Indonesia

More information: Minikino Film Week


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