Scanorama

November 5 - 22

2026

Open My Festival
Short Film Programme European Film Academy Nominants and Winners 2010

Little Snow Animal

19 min. | Drama | N/A

A 16-year-old girl calls a radio night talk show, telling the host about her miserable life. In a unique associative mixture of fiction, documentary, animated scenes and music, the film captures the inner universe of a troubled teenager struggling with the consequences of her deeds.

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Miia Tervo

Miia Tervo

Miia Tervo was born in 1980 and grew up in Lapland, and has studied film in the Turku Arts Academy as well as majoring in documentary in School of Art and Design in Helsinki. Her previous short films Seal and Little Snow Animal have both been extremely successful and awarded internationally. She is now working on her first feature documentary. Also, her poetry has been published in several collections and anthologies.
Languages
Finnish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Lumikko
Produced
2009: Finland

Film information

Director
Miia Tervo
Screenplay
Miia Tervo
Cinematography
Päivi Kettunen
Cast
Maarit Kestilä, Pekka Sauri
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