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To Be Touched

An experimental dance short film. A young woman goes on a self-discovery journey on touch, consent and trauma.

  • Tuulia Soininen
    Director
  • Sanni Laine
    Key Cast
  • Tiia Laitinen
    Key Cast
  • Tuomas Kinnunen
    Sound designer
  • Eemeli Ruha
    Sound mixing
  • Tuulia Soininen
    Editor
  • Tuulia Soininen
    DOP
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 7, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • ELO(KUVA)KUU
    Tampere
    Finland
    August 4, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Parkkino festival
    Parainen
    Finland
    August 24, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Small Axe - Radical Short Film Awards
    Tolpuddle
    United Kingdom
    July 15, 2022
    Finalist
  • Transition international queer & minorities film festiva
    Wien
    Austria
    November 9, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Exeter Dance International Film Festival
    Exeter
    United Kingdom
    October 15, 2022
    Best Costume
  • Coctelito de Videodanza

    Mexico
    December 31, 2022
    Official Selection
  • International Forum of Performance Art
    Drama
    Greece
    September 16, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Make Art Not Fear
    Porto
    Portugal
    October 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Independent Days International Filmfestival
    Karlsruhe
    Germany
    April 19, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Best Indie Awards
    London
    United Kingdom
    February 10, 2023
    Best Experimental Film
  • Barcelona Indie Awards
    Barcelona
    Spain
    March 11, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Bizarrya Short Film Festival
    Porto
    Portugal
    March 15, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Girona en moviment
    Girona
    Spain
    July 14, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Tanssin Aika
    Jyväskylä
    Finland
    October 6, 2023
    Official Selection
  • SWAN Perth International Women in Film Festival
    Perth
    Australia
    October 20, 2023
    Best editing
  • Global Girl Media Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 17, 2023
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Muusa Tuotannot Oy
Director Biography - Tuulia Soininen

Tuulia Soininen is a Finnish dance and video artist. She is especially interested in working with film and dance and seeking new ways for the two art forms to intertwine, clash and inspire each other. She works with feminist art, screen dance and experimental film. To Be Touched is Tuulia's first film as a director and it was created in collaboration with dance artists Sanni Laine and Tiia Laitinen.

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Director Statement

To Be Touched is truly a labour of love and passion. It came to be from the extreme desire to share our point of view on touch and consent as young women.
It references several iconic physical artists and pieces that deal with consent and bodily integrity, espicially with women. In this film we add our own voices to the historical continium.