CPH:DOX 2024, Jeonju International Film Festival 2024
In a small picturesque village in Finland, Aki Kaurismäki and his friend, the poet and writer Mika Lätti, are constructing their own cinema theater within an old foundry. The cinema will be called Kino Laika – named after Kaurismäki’s dogs – and to help them, they have the colourful inhabitants of Karkkila, who wear leather jackets and race around in Cadillacs to the sounds of rock n’ roll. ‘Cinema Laika’ is a warm mix of deadpan Finnish humour and French elegance, deriving clear inspiration from Kaurismäki’s own signature style.
Veljko Vidak is a Croatian filmmaker and artist. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Zagreb, and was later awarded a grant that enabled him to study at the Cité Internationale Des Arts in Paris. Cinéma Laika is his first documentary feature.
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