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THE VISITOR BY JUKKA-PEKKA VALKEAPÄÄ TRIUMPHS AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF GÖTEBORG
02/02/2009
Muukalainen – The Visitor film debut of the Finnish filmmaker Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää, selected for the Venice Days 5th edition, wins two of the most important prizes of the 32° edition of the Göteborg Film Festival.
The young director was awarded with the Göteborg International Film Festival's Nordic Film Award, consisting of 100.000 SEK from the Västra Götalandsregionen, while the cinematographer Tuomo Hutri won the Kodak Nordic Vision, a very prestigious prize given by a jury gathering producers, directors and actors. The prize consists of film at a value of 50.000 SEK.
The Visitor, has been sold in different countries, and lately premiered in Finnish theaters on January, 30.