The Electrician

2009 | 14min | TTVO

Electric chair executioner, Marvin, becomes unemployed when the government decides to end capital punishment. Being nemployed hits Marvin hard and he doesn't really know how to continue. He has to find a new way to use his exceptional skills.

director MIINA ALAJäRVI | writer JUSSI JOKIHAARA | producers TIIA-TUULIA TIENSUU & PETRA VäLIMäKI
director of photography JUHO KEPANEN | sound designer JARNO MUHONEN | music JARKKO HIETANEN | starring DEREK MELLING

FESTIVALs and AWARDs:

SPECIAL JURY AWARD - Gold Panda at Sichuan TV Festival 2009 (China) | GRAND PRIX and AUDIENCE AWARD at the Nordic Glory Film Festival 2009 (Rovaniemi) | AUDIENCE AWARD at the Up-and-Coming Film Festival 2009 (Hannover) | HONOURABLE MENTION at the Imaginaria Film Festival 2009 (Italy) | WINNER of Best Sound & Screenplay & "Cinematic Language" at Beginning 2009 (St. Petersburg) | Int. Student Short-Film Festival of Cergy-Pontoise | Rencontres Henri Langlois | Aubagne Int. Film Festival | Minimalen Short Film Festival | SUFF | CINEFIESTA | FEST (Portugal) | NUFF (Norway) | YOUKI (Austria) + many others