2024

KEHO 22

KEHO 22 – MY ANXIOUS BODY

Kerttu Mättö | Finland 2022 | 6 min. | Finnish with English subtitles

FRIDAY, 17.05. | 5 pm
Kino De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
PART OF THE SHORT FILM PROGRAMME ESSA

World Premiere

In presence of Kerttu Mättö

© Kerttu Mättö

Can the fear of death help us to free our bodies from the anxieties we experience in today’s world? MY ANXIOUS BODY is a poetic film about bodies that are incompatible with societal expectations. In a continuous monologue, director Kerttu Mättö reflects on her experiences with fear and her attempt to embody them in visual images. 

Director: Kerttu Mättö
Cinematography: Oskari Koponen
Editing: Leevi Pienihäkkinen
Sound: Miika Romppanen
Production: Jenna Musakka / Metropolia University of Applied Sciences


SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Signs of The Night Bangkok
Signs of The Night Paris
GlobalGirlMediaFilmFestival won Best International Documentary


BIOGRAPHY
Kerttu Mättö is studying documentary filmmaking at the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. For Kerttu it is wonderful to explore and reconstruct the world in audiovisual stories.
Director – Hey Grown-ups – documentary / Metropolia 2024.
Director – Our life through my eyes- shortfilm 2022 / Metropolia.
Director – My anxious body – short documentary 2022 / Metropolia.
Director – Amalie – shortfilm 2019, Euphoria Borealis.