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Showreel

This showreel contains material from the films I've been working on as an animator, and in most cases as a director as well.

Films:

Kuhina (dir. Joni Männistö, 2011)
Lilja (dir. Joni Männistö, 2010)
Vesileikki (dir. Joni Männistö & Sanni Lahtinen, 2010)
Omenapuu (dir. Joni Männistö & Sanni Lahtinen, 2010)
Katiska (dir. Joni Männistö, Janne Kukkonen, JP Saari and Mikko Korhonen, 2008)
Viimeinen Elefantti (dir. Antti Laakso, 2008)
CMX - Punainen komentaja (dir. Samppa Kukkonen & Janne Kukkonen, 2007)

Picture

Kuhina (Swarming) 2011


A child discovers life inside a dead bird and starts to play with it.

Drawn animation, 7'18 min.
Directed by Joni Männistö. 










Awards:

2012 Special Mention, Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, Třeboň
2012 Best Animation, sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Potsdam
2012 Special Mention of the International Youth Jury, Filmfest Dresden, Dresden
2012 Second Prize European Student Film, HAFF Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht
2012 Best Student Short Film Award, Anima, Brussels
2011 2nd Award in International Competition “Whole Wide World”, ISSF zubrOFFka, Białystok
2011 Best Nordic Baltic Student Film, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad
2011 Sponsor Award FedEx Prize, PISAF, Puchon
2011 Special Award, Animation Volda, Volda

Screenings:

2012 SICAF Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, Seoul
2012 Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne
2012 Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy
2012 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, Tel Aviv
2012 Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb
2012 International Short Film Festival of Torrelavega, Torrelavega
2012 Australian International Animation Festival, Wagga Wagga
2012 Stuttgart Festival of Animated Films, Stuttgart
2012 Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela
2012 Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, Třeboň
2012 IndieLisboa, Lisbon
2012 International Festival of Animated Films AniFest, Teplice/Duchcov
2012 sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, Potsdam
2012 KISFF Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Kyiv
2012 Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Dresden
2012 Mecal International Short Film Festival, Barcelona
2012 Festival de Cine de Lanzarote, Lanzarote
2012 Garanti Mini Bank International Children's Film Festival, Konya/Aksaray
2012 Kinos Short Film Festival, Lahti
2012 HAFF Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht


2012 Roanne Animation Short Film Festival Ciné-court animé, Roanne
2012 Minimalen Short Film Festival, Trondheim
2012 Cortoons International Short Animated Film Festival of Rome, Rome
2012 Tampere Film Festival, Tampere
2012 Athens Animfest, Athens
2012 Animac, Lleida
2012 Anima, Brussels
2012 Arctic and Fabulous Film Festival, Jyväskylä
2012 International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand
2012 Premiers Plans Film Festival, Angers
2011 International Short Film Festival zubrOFFka, Białystok
2011 Animateka, Ljubljana
2011 Anilogue, Budapest /Vienna
2011 Istanbul Animation Festival, Istanbul
2011 Helsinki Short Film Festival, Helsinki
2011 Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad
2011 PISAF, Puchon
2011 Animation Volda, Volda
2011 Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Helsinki

Katiska (The Trap) 2008


A heartwarmingly shivering story of a girl, her father and a fish.

Puppet animation, 4'33 min.
Directed by Joni Männistö, JP Saari, Janne Kukkonen and Mikko Korhonen.
















Awards:

2010 Audience Award, Reikäreuna, Orivesi
Screenings:

2010 IAF Istanbul, Istanbul
2010 Flip Animation Festival, Wolverhampton
2010 Golden Kuker IAFF, Sofia
2010 Cartoon Club, Rimini
2010 Reikäreuna, Orivesi
2010 Krok IAFF, Nizhny Novgorod-Volgograd
2010 Sardinia Film Festival, Sassari
2010 Lola Kenya Screen, Nairobi
2010 Ostia Film Fest, Ostia (Rome)
2010 Blue Sea Film Festival, Rauma
2010 MIAF, Melbourne
2010 Golden Knight IFF, Moskow
2010 Cartoons on the Bay, Portofino/Rapallo/Santa Margherita Ligure
2009 Cortoons ISAFF, Rome
2009 Animarte Festival, Viña del Mar/Mendoza/Buenos Aires
2009 Animateka IAFF, Ljubljana
2009 Anilogue, Budapest
2009 Kettupäivät, Helsinki


2009 Arktisen Upeeta, Jyväskylä
2009 FIA Stockholm, Stockholm
2009 PISAF, Puchon 
2009 Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad 
2009 Brest European Short Film Festival, Brest
2009 Animatricks, Helsinki
2009 International Children’s Film Festival GALICJA, Krakow
2009 Eksjö Animation Festival, Eksjö
2009 Animadrid, Madrid
2009 Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival 
2009 Fest Anca, Žilina
2009 Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro/ São Paulo
2009 LIAF, London
2009 AniFest, Teplice
2009 Lucca Animation, Lucca
2009 Suomalaisen elokuvan festivaali, Turku
2009 Minimalen, Trondheim
2009 Tampereen elokuvajuhlat, Tampere
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