Private Project

Satisfyer

Young Alma faces herself in a new light and learns through years of experience what kind of touch she likes.

The film is a part of The Hotel Room -short film series, in which all eight stories are set in the same room and told by different up-and-coming filmmakers.

  • Josefina Rautiainen
    Director
    Messages from Mom (2023), I Painted Like a Motherfucker (2020)
  • Josefina Rautiainen
    Writer
    Carrier (2020), Ricky Rapper and the Fake Vincent (2020)
  • Janne Lähteenmäki
    Producer
    Mothers' Wrath (2021)
  • Miikka Pakarinen
    Cinematographer
  • François Yazbeck
    Sound Designer
  • Camila Ardila
    Production Designer
  • Erika Airo
    Costume Designer
  • Pauliina Friberg
    Costume Designer
  • Maija Karhula
    Editor
  • Ronja Keiramo
    Key Cast
    "Alma20"
  • Niko Nordström
    Key Cast
    "Eetu"
  • Saija Lentonen
    Key Cast
    "Alma40"
  • Irina Pulkka
    Key Cast
    "Alma60"
  • Ritva Kattelus
    Key Cast
    "Alma80"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Satisfyer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Magical, One-shot
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Language:
    Finnish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Aalto University / ELO Film School Finland
  • Rauma Blue Sea Film Festival, 17.-20.8.2023, Rauma, Finland
    Rauma
    Finland
    August 18, 2023
    National premiere
    Baltic Herring competition, WINNER: Special Mention
  • Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, 18.-27.8.2023, Espoo, Finland
    Espoo
    Finland
    August 18, 2023
    Special screening
  • Copenhagen Short Film Festival, 3.-13.11.2023, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Copenhages
    Denmark
    November 3, 2023
    Danish premiere
  • Clones Film Festival Short Fiction, Animation & Documentary Competition, 26.-29.10.2023, Clones, Ireland
    Clones
    Ireland
    October 26, 2023
    Irish premiere
  • Buenos Aires International Film Festival, 31.3.2024, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    March 31, 2024
    South-American premiere
  • Lublin Film Festival, 17.-25.11.2023
    Lublin
    Poland
    November 17, 2023
    Polish
Director Biography - Josefina Rautiainen

Josefina Rautiainen (b. 1991) is studying screenwriting at Aalto University, ELO Film School Finland. At the moment she is writing a short film and developing her MA-graduation film, which will be a feature-length indie-film.

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Director Statement

Satisfyer is a metaphorical one-shot short film where different age versions of the protagonist meet each other in a hotel room to learn from each other. Behind the magical set up I wanted to tell a story about letting go of the desire to please other people and finding yourself in the context of intimacy.