DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM | 81’ | FINLANDIA | 2024
DIRECTOR: Anna-Maija Heinonen, Krista Moisio
PRODUCER: Oskar Forstén
PREMIERE: Spain
SYNOPSIS
Hard to Break is an energetic, yet intimate coming-of-age story about two Finnish youths,who find themselves entangled in serious troubles as they seek approval from their online followers and peers.. Told through their eyes, the film is as fast-paced as their ever-changing relationship status, hairstyles and the social media they consume. Amidst their struggles with addiction, violence and longing for love, they discover an unimaginable strength to persevere.
FESTIVALS
- Selección Oficial – Festival de Cine de Tampere 2024
- Selección Oficial – CPH:Dox 2024
BIO DIRECTOR
Anna- Maija Heinonen (born 1993) is a Helsinki based documentarist and producer. Since 2016 she has worked in a production company called Polygraf as a production manager and producer. Heinonen was a producer on the Finnish Academy Awards winning short doc Star Shaped Scar, associate producer on the feature doc The Hypnotist and short doc Armageddon in the livingroom. Hard to Break is her directorial debut.