NATO’s nuclear exercise, a 12-minute uninterrupted tracking shot, and the Finnish Eurovision Song Contest entries collide in the night of Helsinki in November 1983. The film presents various apocalyptic scenarios, and based on them, presents an alternative storyline from the perspective of the scenarios' targets, on a real scale, on the streets of nocturnal Helsinki. The difference between imaginary and real nuclear war is revealed to be frighteningly fragile.
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Jani Peltonen Director · Matti Näränen Editor
First release August 15, 2025 · Produced in Finland · Original title Elämä ja yö
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Making Movies
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Finland
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Languages
Original title
Elämä ja yö
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 15, 2025
Premiere · 78th Edinburgh International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
October 28, 2025 · Premiere · DOK Leipzig
Ukraine
September 9, 2025 · Premiere · Kyiv International Short Film Festival
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