Little Wing (2016 film)

2016 film

Little Wing
Film poster

Finnish	Tyttö nimeltä Varpu

Directed by	Selma Vilhunen
Written by	Selma Vilhunen
Produced by	Kai Nordberg Kaale Aho
Starring	Linnea Skog Paula Vesala
Cinematography	Tuomo Hutri
Edited by	Samu Heikkilä
Music by	Jori Sjöroos Paula Vesala
Production companies	Making Movies Final Cut for Real
Release dates	8 September 2016 (2016-09-08) (TIFF) 23 September 2016 (2016-09-23) (Finland)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Finland Denmark
Language	Finnish

Little Wing (Finnish: Tyttö nimeltä Varpu) is a 2016 Finnish-Danish^[1] drama film directed by Selma Vilhunen.^[2] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.^[3] It won the 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize.^[4]

Cast

Linnea Skog as Varpu Miettinen
Paula Vesala as Siru Miettinen
Lauri Maijala as Varpu's father
Santtu Karvonen as Bo
Antti Luusuaniemi as Ilmari Hukkanen
Niina Sillanpää as Emilia Hukkanen
Outi Mäenpää as Riding Instructor

References

^ Josh Cabrita (2016). "Little Wing (Selma Vilhunen, Finland/Denmark) — Discovery". CinemaScope. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "'Little Wing' by Oscar-Nominated Selma Vilhunen Gets Toronto Premiere". Variety. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ "Little Wing". TIFF. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ Pham, Annika (1 November 2017). "Little Wing wins Nordic Council Film Prize 2017". Oslo: Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 2 November 2017.