
Anssi Kasitonni
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Biography
Anssi Kasitonni (real name Anssi Heinonen) is a Finnish multidisciplinary artist. His work includes sculptures using a wide range of techniques and short films.
Known For

A squirrel interested in rock n' roll, skateboarding and American cars cannot continue their family's honorable legacy that also defends their home forest.
Gliders
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Sakke

Pena has been driving a truck for 50 years and plans to do so in the future. His memory problem is just a small bump in life's highway.
Pena's Special Hauling

8000: An Art Odyssey (Anssi Kasitonnin maailma) is a documentary about the Finnish Ars Fennica awarded artist Anssi 8000. Anssi does everything his own way, and preferably with his own hands. The films follows Anssi as he prepares for the biggest exhibition of his life at Kunsthalle Helsinki, films a French short film with dreams of an Oscar award and develops a skate toy with a company based in Hong Kong. It is a warm and humorous story about passion, creativity – and how sometimes, doing things the wrong way is the right way.
8000: An Art Odyssey
A man goes into the woods looking for berries. Instead, he finds an empty bottle of French dressing salad dressing. A genie from the bottle grants him three wishes. The man uses the wishes in a traditional way, but he expresses them in a vulgar manner, which displeases the genie. The man will learn his lesson.
Saladdin Castique

Former saboteur gets back on saddle. Every trick will be exposed. A short action film about the joint adventure of indie filmmaking - with all the special effects.
The Saboteur
This prison break story combines animation, puppetry and live action. The parallel worlds and scales collide as Masa, a guinea pig yearning for freedom, and his owner go about implementing their own plans. In his nest, the technologically surprisingly advanced and creative pet plots his convoluted getaway plans, which always run into the impenetrable wall of his owner’s love. This movie features electric gadgets, bodybuilding, Steve McQueen and surprisingly long monologues spoken in guinea pig language.
Masa
In the year of 2169 there will be a solar eclipse during Midsummer Eve in Finland. That changes the life of a certain female vampire bat.
Finnish Midsummer 2169

The illusion breaks down when the viewer can see the strings.
Deus ex Machina
Education film of wapiti and moose
The Wapiti

A single butterfly causes a chain reaction in this animated narrative about the absence of destiny. The story also contains a life-saving miracle that is left unnoticed by the person who was saved.