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Inari
Niemi

Inari Niemi (born 1978) is a director and screenwriter from Helsinki, Finland. She has directed documentary film Robin - The Movie (2012) and feature films Kesäkaverit / Summertime (2014) and Joulumaa (2017). The feature films were both nominees for Finland’s film award Jussi gaala for best feature film. Niemi also had a nomination for best script from Joulumaa. Niemi’s recent work include a 8-episode tv-drama series “My husband’s wife” (2022), produced by Lucy Loves Drama together with Yle - Finnish broadcasting company and Studio Hamburg Enterprises.

Spring, 1986. The Chernobyl explosion unsettles the daily life of a small village in western Finland. That summer, Mimi, a new girl who just moved to the village enters 15-year-old Mariia’s life, shaking it up. Twenty years later, Mariia goes back home to take care of her sick mother, and memories start rising to the surface.