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International Competition Short Film 2022
Filmstill Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage
Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage
Iiti Yli-Harja
A wild stop motion animadoc trip through the glittering dreams of an astronaut who gathers all his courage to show himself to the world as he is. Set course for star date LGBTQAI+.
Filmstill Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage

Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage

Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage
Iiti Yli-Harja
International Competition Short Film 2022
Animated Film
Finland
2022
15 minutes
Finnish
Subtitles: 
English

A marvellously wild stop motion animadoc trip to unknown worlds, in which 18-year-old astronaut Fatu sets himself a challenge that’s as nerve-racking to him as a lunar expedition. He wants to go shopping at the supermarket – for the first time as he sees himself: in full glam make-up. How will his family with their Kosovar roots react to these new coordinates? Will his self-perception and the others’ perception clash? Set course for star date LGBTQAI+.

Luc-Carolin Ziemann

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Director
Iiti Yli-Harja
Script
Iiti Yli-Harja
Cinematographer
Iiti Yli-Harja
Editor
Otto Heikola
Producer
Valtteri Munkki, Mikko Heino
Sound
Ville-Matti Koskiniemi
Score
Iiti Yli-Harja, Ville-Matti Koskiniemi
Animation
Iiti Yli-Harja
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Pekka Härkönen
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award