Private Project

Rough Ride

Wannabe gangsters One and Two are anxious to go on their first real assignment. Under surveillance by their boss, they start hesitating and little by little all hell breaks loose as the two are working their magic.

  • Aleksi Puranen
    Director
  • Aleksi Puranen
    Writer
  • Aleksi Puranen
    Producer
  • Mika Hietala
    Producer
  • Michael Tötterman
    Producer
  • Konsta Väänänen
    Key Cast
  • Raimo Hytti
    Key Cast
  • Reijo Naalisvaara
    Key Cast
  • Mika Hietala
    Cinematographer
  • Jairo Acosta
    Sound designer
  • Aleksi Puranen
    Editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Kylmä Kyyti
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Crime, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 20, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Language:
    Finnish
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:2,35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Kansk Video Festival
    Kansk, Russia
    August 26, 2015
    Official selection, main competition
  • Comedy Cluj International Film Festival
    Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    October 16, 2015
    Official selection
  • The Monthly Film Festival
    Glasgow
    August 3, 2015
  • Los Angeles CineFest
    Los Angeles
    October 4, 2015
  • ITSA Film Festival
    Sonora, California, USA
    November 15, 2015
    Honorable mention (Best Comedy)
  • Blackbird Film Festival
    USA
    Official selection
  • Texas Ultimate Shorts

    December 1, 2015
    Best International Comedy Short
  • Wendy's Shorts

    Nominee for best international short comedy
  • Door County Short Film Festival
    Sister Bay, Wisconsin, USA
    February 12, 2016
  • Sirius Film Festival
    China
    January 15, 2016
  • Goldensun Short Film Festival
    Malta
    January 12, 2016
  • Short Filmz

    June 1, 2016
    Official selection
    Finalist
  • Shortz! Film Festival
    Chico, CA
    United States
    September 16, 2016
    Official selection
Director Biography - Aleksi Puranen

Aleksi Puranen (b. 1978) is a screenwriter and director from Finland. He graduated with BA in media culture from Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences, Finland, in 2006 and with MA in Film Screenwriting from the University of Salford, UK, in 2012.

He has worked as lighting technician, assistant director and production assistant until 2012 when he graduated from University of Salford in 2012. Since then he has focused solely on writing, directing and producing. He has written for theatre, commercials and film. Most of his projects are comedies. First ever Scandinavian death metal comedy "Impaled Rektum", a Finnish-Norwegian co-production he wrote with the director duo Jukka Vidgren and Juuso Laatio is currently in development. Making Movies (FINLAND), Mutant Koala Pictures (FINLAND) and Sweet Films (NORWAY) are producing. As a writer-director he's developing a feature-length documentary "Wheels of Freedom" for Visual Norden Oy.

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