Detective Agency Henkka & Kivimutka
Section: World Children´s Film Panorama
Director: Väinö Weckström, Jarkko Felin / Finland / 2022 / 97 min
Finnish / Czech simultaneous translation, English subtitles
08:30 - 10:07
Golden Apple Cinema 1
10:30 - 12:07
Golden Apple Cinema 2
15:30 - 17:07
Golden Apple Cinema 2
Väinö Weckström is an actor-director whose work includes dozens of directing credits for various theatres (eg Fiddler on the Roof, The Young Mistress of Niskavuori). Weckström has also scripted and dramatized dozens of plays, short films and various dramatic ensembles. As an actor, he has been involved in films, theatre and television (eg Ganes, Käenpesä, Fame).
Filmmakers from Finland. Weckström is also a theatre director and a dramaturge of plays, drama troupes and short films. Felin is also a producer and editor. Together they directed the family film Henkka & Kivimutka Detective Agency (Etsivätoimisto Henkka & Kivimutka, 2022), which is their feature debut.
Henkka Virtanen stumbles upon a piece of evidence of a possible crime on his way to school. With the help of his friend J.K. Kivimutka, they decide to find out what has happened as solving crimes is the mission of their detective agency. When it comes to light that the mailboxes in the area disappeared the previous night, the detective agents have not one, but two crimes to solve. Adventure begins, in which the boys must face their own fears.