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Kid Svensk (That Special Summer)

Synopsis

Gothenburg, Sweden 1984. Twelve-year-old Kid's world has been turned upside down. Just when she's won a prestigious essay contest and with it a dream summer job at Gothenburg Radio, her mother Ester suddenly drags her off to her home village in North Karelia, Finland. Angry and confused, Kid has no choice but to go with her.

With them in the car are Ester's friend Sirkka and her thirteen-year-old son Jamppe. Kid and Jamppe have always been like brother and sister, but this summer everything changes between them.

But why is Ester being so secretive, is the trip really just a summer visit? A tangle of lies threatens to ruin everything for Kid and her mother.

Kid feels lost and let down. At home neither in Sweden nor Finland, she is caught in the middle; trapped between childhood and adolescence, herself and her mother, her desire and her rage.

A coming-of-age road movie that follows a young girl's search for identity and belonging as she takes her first awkward steps from childish romping to teenage passion and budding sexuality.

Production facts
Director: Nanna Huolman
Featuring: Milka Ahlroth, Mari Rantasila, Mia Saarinen ja Jim Rautiainen
Script: Nanna Huolman
Camera: Rauno Ronkainen
Genre: Fiction
Duration: 90 minutes
Shootings: July-August 2006
Premiere: Spring 2007
Producer: Tre Vänner Produktion AB / Helen Ahlsson
Co-producers: Juonifilmi Oy / Jarkko Hentula
Swedish Television, SVT
Film i Väst
Svensk Filmindustri, SF
Distributors: Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden)
Fs Film Oy (Finland)

Co-operation in North Karelia:

The East Finland Film Commission (EFFC) is co-operating with Juonifilmi Oy and Tre Vänner Produktion AB in That Special Summer -film production. The East Finland Film Commission is located in Joensuu. EFFC functions as a single point of contact for local, national and international film and TV productions. That Special Summer -production is one of the salient points of EFFC actions this year.

The EFFC is a member of the film industry organisation and network - AFCI (Association of Film Commissioners International, www.afci.org.) EFFC is part of the North Karelia University of Applied Sciences. EFFC is funded by the European Regional Development Fund / the Regional Council of North Karelia.

Project Manager Virva Torni Tel. +358 50 565 8874, email: virva.torni@effc.fi http://www.effc.fi

North Karelia University of Applied Sciences / Developing production model to international productions -project (KATU-project) The KATU-project takes part in developing North Karelia operating abilities in audiovisual, media production and education e.g. by improving international operating abilities of the local businesses and other parties working in the audiovisual industry. The KATU-project is co-operating with Hey Kid! production. The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund / the Regional Council of North Karelia, North Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Josek Ltd. and North Karelia College, Outokumpu.