Maria Kaurismäki's Sideline to Riga and Orivesi


Sideline, written and directed by Maria Kaurismäki, has been invited to Film Forum “Ecology of Soul” International Competition of debut&student shorts, August 23-27, 2009, Riga & Jurmala, Latvia and to Reikäreuna Film Festival September 9-13, Orivesi, Finland.


Sideline (Sivutyö) is a strong and topical story about a female student that drifts to be a prostitute. It’s a 13 minute short fiction movie, shot on 16mm film.

Sideline is the graduation work of Maria Kaurismäki at TAMK School of Art and Media.

Sideline has already been shown at:

Photo: Antti Reini and Krista Kosonen Photo by Ville Salminen


Sideline (trailer)
Sideline in this blog