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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.

  • Henna Välkky
    Director
    Cubs, With You, Yesterday, Till Death do us Part, Heinola Forever, Roots
  • Eesu Lehtola
    Director
  • Henna Välkky
    Writer
    Cubs, With You, Till Death do us Part, Heinola Forever
  • Henna Välkky
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    7,800 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Language:
    Finnish
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Tampere Film Festival
    Tampere
    Finland
    March 9, 2018
    Finland Premiere
    National Competition
  • Atlanta Film Festival
    Atlanta, Georgia
    United States
    April 19, 2018
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Animatricks
    Helsinki
    Finland
    April 27, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Blue Sea Film Festival
    Rauma
    Finland
    August 24, 2018
    Competition
  • Red Carpet Film Festival
    Hyvinkää
    Finland
    August 30, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Turku Animated Film Festival
    Turku
    Finland
    August 31, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy
    Helsinki
    Finland
    September 28, 2018
    Short Film Competition
  • Pori Film Festival
    Proi
    Finland
    December 13, 2018
  • Big Muddy Film Festival
    Illinois
    United States
    February 24, 2019
  • Film Front International Short Film Festival
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    October 25, 2018
  • Factual Animation Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    October 6, 2018
  • Athens International Film and Video Festival
    Ohio
    United States
    April 8, 2019
  • YksiKaksiFilmi
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    September 18, 2018
  • Tehran International Short Film Festival
    Tehran
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
    November 9, 2018
  • Vienna Independent Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
  • Prague Independent Film Festival
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    Best Experimental Film
  • The Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival
    New York
    United States
  • Dada Shaheb Phalke Film Festival

    India
    Honorable Jury Mention
  • Ridgefield Independent Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 10, 2019
Director Biography - Henna Välkky, Eesu Lehtola

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.

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Director Statement

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.