The Yellow Affair has boarded world sales on feature documentary Just Animals, directed by Finland’s Saila Kivelä and Vesa Kuosmanen.
Elli Toivoniemi, Juha Löppönen and Venla Hellstedt produce for Finland’s prolific, female-centred production company Tuffi Films, whose credits also include Berlinale Crystal Bear winner Stupid Young Heart.
Just Animals will reveive its market premiere at the European Film Market (EFM), ahead of Aurora Studios releasing the film in Finnish cinemas on March 4.
The film follows an animal rights activist through the legal battles of her youth, and rocky ground with her politician sister, ultimately finding her role as a modern activist. The film includes footage recorded over more than a decade.
Backers include the Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, YLE and Kone Foundation.
The Yellow Affair’s slate also includes New Zealand drama Punch, directed by Welby Ings and featuring Tim Roth; comedy sequel The Grump: In Search Of An Escort, directed by Mika Kaurismäki; and Seán Breathnach’s Irish drama Shelter, which also has an EFM market premiere.
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