The Hullabaloos
Section: World Children´s Film Panorama
Director: Reetta Huhtanen / Finland / 2023 / 83 min
Finnish / Czech simultaneous translation, English subtitles
08:10 - 09:33
Golden Apple Cinema 2
08:20 - 09:43
Aula
Reetta
Huhtanen
Reetta Huhtanen is a filmmaker based in Helsinki. She graduated with a Master of Arts from the ELO Film School Finland in Aalto University majoring in documentary film directing. Beside her film studies, she has graduated with a BA in Sociology and Philosophy from the University of Helsinki. Her films The Coffee Break, about three eternal students, and Economic Forecasters, an absurdist look into the inscrutable world of economics, have been widely exhibited at international film festivals. Gods of Molenbeek, a Finnish-Belgian- German co-production and her feature documentary debut, won the Jussi Award for best documentary of 2020.
The story of a rowdy family that sticks together no matter what. As the family sets out to the capital, Helsinki, to celebrate the birthday of their twin boys Mökö and Luru, their dog Pulla is accidentally swapped for the dog of the president of Finland. The boys set out to retrieve their dog from the president while the parents must figure out a way to reunite the family.
