BLUSH - An Extraordinary Voyage
2022
15 min
Side Stories Oy
A puppet animation documentary

For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the spectrum of
autism, is there to ferociously support him through the voyage.

Selected festival screenings:

Jussi Award Nominee 2024
Tampere Film Festival, Finland 2023 The Risto Jarva Award
HIFF, 2023 Moving People and Images -Award
TAFF, 2023 Audience Award
Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway 2023 Best Nordic-Baltic Short Film
Minimalen Kortfilmfestival, Norway 2024 Best Animation - Nordic Competition
Queer Film Festival Utrecht, Netherlands 2023, Best Animated Short Audience Award
Nordic Film Days Lubeck, Germany 2022 Honourable Mention
Hot Docs Festival, Canada 2023
Dok Leipzig, Germany 2022
PÖFF Shorts, Estonia 2022
Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium 2022
DocPoint, Finland 2023
KUKI Young Short Film Festival, Germany 2022
Anilogue, Hungary 2022
Tricky Women / Tricky Realities, Austria 2023
Pinx, Belgium 2023
Finnish Film Days, Hungary 2023
REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada 2023
Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival, USA 2023
Go Short, Netherlands 2023
Kaboom, Netherlands 2023
Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania 2023
Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA 2023
Nordic Seattle Film Festival, USA 2023
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland 2023
Etc…