We are in a Dream
There is a line of men chasing us through a city where we can’t run. The escape is gruelling, our feet are wet and we drown deeper. We are not afraid, we have seen this before. This film is based on personal recordings of people narrating their recurring dreams.
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Henna VälkkyDirectorCubs, With You, Yesterday, Till Death do us Part, Heinola Forever, Roots
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Eesu LehtolaDirector
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Henna VälkkyWriterCubs, With You, Till Death do us Part, Heinola Forever
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Henna VälkkyProducer
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Project Type:Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
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Runtime:6 minutes
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Completion Date:January 1, 2018
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Production Budget:7,800 EUR
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Country of Origin:Finland
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Language:Finnish
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Tampere Film FestivalTampere
Finland
March 9, 2018
Finland Premiere
National Competition -
Atlanta Film FestivalAtlanta, Georgia
United States
April 19, 2018
North American Premiere
Official Selection -
AnimatricksHelsinki
Finland
April 27, 2018
Official Selection -
Blue Sea Film FestivalRauma
Finland
August 24, 2018
Competition -
Red Carpet Film FestivalHyvinkää
Finland
August 30, 2018
Official Selection -
Turku Animated Film FestivalTurku
Finland
August 31, 2018
Official Selection -
Helsinki International Film Festival Love & AnarchyHelsinki
Finland
September 28, 2018
Short Film Competition -
Pori Film FestivalProi
Finland
December 13, 2018 -
Big Muddy Film FestivalIllinois
United States
February 24, 2019 -
Film Front International Short Film FestivalNovi Sad
Serbia
October 25, 2018 -
Factual Animation Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
October 6, 2018 -
Athens International Film and Video FestivalOhio
United States
April 8, 2019 -
YksiKaksiFilmiStockholm
Sweden
September 18, 2018 -
Tehran International Short Film FestivalTehran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
November 9, 2018 -
Vienna Independent Film FestivalVienna
Austria -
Prague Independent Film FestivalPrague
Czech Republic
Best Experimental Film -
The Ridgewood Guild International Film FestivalNew York
United States -
Dada Shaheb Phalke Film Festival
India
Honorable Jury Mention -
Ridgefield Independent Film FestivalNew York
United States
October 10, 2019
Director’s Biography, Henna Välkky
Henna Välkky has directed, shot and edited short films, music videos and commercials. She studied in three film schools, has worked as a freelancer and is a co-founder of a production company and a design agency. Her work has been screened in several film festivals around the world and her film “Yesterday” won the best student short fiction award in Helsinki Short Film Festival. She is currently developing projects for different medias, including her first feature film.
Director’s Biography, Eesu Lehtola
Eesu Lehtola is an awarded visual designer, illustrator and animator, that covers a variety of work from films to clothing design. His work has been viewed in multiple medias, such as magazines, television and art galleries. He is currently working through his own design agency and clothing brand. We are in a Dream is Eesu Lehtola’s first short film as a director.
Strange visual language of dreams, strong emotions and subjectivity got us interested in exploring dreams through animation. We wanted to achieve something that communicates the incoherent and unlogic structure of dreams but also allow us to process universally relatable and personal feelings of people experiencing the dreams. Combining different animation techniques to real, authentic recordings of people’s own recurring dreams we could create a hypnotic journey that reflects the unconscious fears that occur as surprisingly similar dreams and nightmares with various people.