“They say with every photo that is taken, a piece of your soul goes with it.”
A film about a man who has lost his soul. Many aboriginal tribes have believed that if someone takes a photograph of them they lose their soul.
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Cast
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P.V. Lehtinen Director · Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen Cinematographer Matti Helariutta Cinematographer
First release March 10, 2011 · Produced in Finland · Original title Sielunsieppaaja
Production
Cineparadiso
Production
Finland
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Original title
Sielunsieppaaja
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Finland · March 10, 2011
Premiere · Tampere Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
March 2, 2012 · Premiere · Byron Bay International Film Festival
Brazil
November 1, 2012 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Canada
October 12, 2011 · Premiere · Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal
Croatia
February 26, 2012 · Premiere · Zagrebdox - International Documentary Film Festival
Czechia
October 25, 2011 · Premiere · Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Denmark
September 23, 2011 · Premiere · Nordisk Panorama
Estonia
July 2, 2012 · Premiere · Pärnu International Film Festival
Finland
August 31, 2011 · Premiere · Nurmes Film Festival
November 8, 2011 · Premiere · Helsinki Short Film Festival - New Finnish Short and Documentary Films
February 15, 2012 · Premiere · Nordic Glory Festival
May 12, 2012 · Premiere · Kallio Kukkii - Funky Summer Films
February 13, 2013 · Premiere · Arktisen Upeeta - Nordic Film Festival
Germany
October 17, 2011 · Premiere · DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival
March 14, 2012 · Premiere · Regensburg Short Film Week
Hungary
October 12, 2012 · Premiere · Finn Filmnapok - Finnish Film Days
Ireland
November 6, 2011 · Premiere · Cork Film Festival
Mexico
July 20, 2012 · Premiere · Guanajuato International Film Festival
Netherlands
October 16, 2011 · Premiere · IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Norway
March 14, 2012 · Premiere · Minimalen Short Film Festival
Poland
May 11, 2012 · Premiere · Planete Doc Film Festival
Portugal
April 26, 2012 · Premiere · IndieLisboa - International Film Festival
Serbia
February 17, 2012 · Premiere · Nordisk Panorama Film Festival in Belgrade
Slovenia
November 7, 2012 · Premiere · Ljubljana International Film Festival
Spain
April 4, 2013 · Premiere · Mecal International Short Film and Animation Festival
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