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The Year Long Golf Course

This story is about some wealthy people’s need to shape the natural world so that it excludes others while demonstrating their social and political power.

  • Minna Väisänen
    Director
  • Paul Hayes
    Writer
  • Bi/etterminds .
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 9, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:1 and 16:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • TJOV Uluslararası Kısa Film Festivali
    Istanbul
    Türkiye
    April 18, 2026
    Asian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Top Quark Film Festival
    https://topquarkhub.com/
    United Kingdom
    April 18, 2026
    United Kindom
    Official Selection
  • Lift-Off Sessions 2025 Volume 13

    United Kingdom
    December 29, 2025
    Online Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Minna Väisänen

Minna Väisänen is a Finnish director and visual artist working at the intersection of comics, animation, and digital media. Using mixed media, photography, vector graphics, and AI-generated imagery, she brings stories to life with striking visuals. In collaboration with Paul Hayes as Bi/etterminds, she transforms their comics into animations that explore memory, identity, isolation, and the unseen forces shaping everyday life.

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Director Statement

This story observes how privilege tries to design nature in its own image. In this world, landscapes become symbols of control—manicured, guarded, and emptied of those who don’t belong. What appears as beauty or order is, in truth, exclusion disguised as taste.