37th edition
18-26 january 2025

Citizens

Kaupunkilaisia

Juho Kuosmanen

Image Citizens
Finland
2008 Fiction 28 min
OV with French subtitles
Yasin and Marko are citizens of Helsinki. Their Plan A is to earn a decent living. It turns out that Marko needs to buy a car and Yasin needs to sell his. This simple sale goes wrong, and the two men have to continue living by switching to Plan B.
Screenplay : Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, Juho Kuosmanen, Auli Mantila
Cinematography : J-P Passi
Sound : Pietu Korhonen
Editing : Jussi Rautaniemi
Production : Aamu Filmcompany
Juho Kuosmanen’s first short film made outside school was selected for the Premiers Plans Festival in 2009, where it won the Arte prize.