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2021
Raindance Film Festival
Brest European Short Film Festival
PÖFF Shorts Tallinn
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Ida-Maria Olva is a director, screenwriter and a beekeeper based in Tampere, Finland. Olva has majored in screenwriting at Tampere University of Applied sciences and in film directing at Aalto University, Summer of Bees being their graduating film. Summer of Bees is based on Olva’s experiences as a beekeeper, and it had its premiere at the Raindance Film Festival 2021. Olva’s previous films Afloat (2016) and Orchard Road (2014) have competed in festivals such as Tampere Film Festival and Brest Short Film Festival. Olva is interested in auto- and docufiction, minimalism and comedy.
Partner: Les Arcs Film Festival – Talent Village 2021
Director: Ida-Maria Olva
filmmaker's profileOn a particularly hot summer, Eedi, suffering from eco-anxiety, decides to quit their studies and start beekeeping. Eedi gets reluctant help from their mother Anne who, rather than fearing for the future, is scared of every single little bee.
Ida-Maria Olva is currently working on their first debut film “A Year of Bees”
Duration: 23 min.
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish
Year: 2021
Genre: Fiction (Comedy), Fiction (Drama)
Topic: Animals, Coming of age, Environment
Director: Ida-Maria Olva
Producer: Aalto University / Elo Film School
Writer: Marjo Airisniemi
Cinematographer: Heini Mäntylä
Editor: Antti Tuomikoski
Actors: Heli Hyttinen Irina Pulkka Jarmo Perälä Mia Selin Ilkka A. Jokinen
Sales Agent: Magnetfilm
Raindance Film Festival
Brest European Short Film Festival
PÖFF Shorts Tallinn