Private Project

Kasetti

A ferry enters the port of Helsinki. A young woman from Ukraine arrives to meet her father for the first time in her life. Guided by an audio message recorded 28 years earlier by the one who has abandoned her, she goes to the only address she knows, in the old port of Helsinki.

  • Veljko Vidak
    Director
  • Emmanuelle Felce
    Writer
  • 43e PARALLELE PRODUCTIONS
    Producer
  • Euphoria Borealis ry
    Producer
  • Riitta Ryhtä
    Key Cast
  • Pierre Felce
    Key Cast
  • Jaakko Kiljunen
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Language:
    Finnish, Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2,35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sleepwalker International short film Festival
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    November 13, 2016
    International Premiere
  • Pori Film Festival
    Pori
    Finland
    November 26, 2016
    Finnish Premiere
Director Biography - Veljko Vidak

Veljko Vidak is a croatian filmmaker and visual artist, graduated from the Academy of fine Arts of Zagreb and from Master Program of International Film School in Paris.
When he arrived in Paris at La Cité des Arts, he decided to establish permanently in France. After years of hard work dedicated to his art, his exhibitions started to travel from New-York to Shanghai. With big figuratives canvas, Veljko Vidak tells the story of war in Croatia, borders and lost countries.
In 2010, he moved to Berlin, so as to collaborate with collective of artists, and confronted his work to other medium. From the Berliner experience, he returned with video works dealing with subconsciousness and history.
In 2012, he entered a master in direction in Paris and started to shoot his first short movies.
Between 2014 and 2016, he wrote and shot eight short movies dealing with characters who go through deep questioning about identity, memories and being a stranger.
Veljko Vidak has also worked as the artistic director of the Subversive film festival in Zagreb.

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Director Statement

«I travel across Europe with my camera trying to capture the invisible ties that bind us one to another. Through fiction, I am attempting to bring out the traces of our fears, our dreams and our illusion.»