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Little Blue Tapir

A little blue tapir sails from an unknown place and finds a new home with a little ocarina-playing girl and her jolly grandmother. They live happily together for some time, but then disputes start to appear. Friendship isn’t always easy, especially between two different species. 

  • Finland
  • 2014, 15 min
  • Director: Salla Kallio
  • Director of photography: Tommi Vihko
  • Editor: Salla Kallio
  • Screenplay: Salla Kallio
  • Music: Sanne Saajos
  • Cast: Rosa Salomaa, Aati Saarva
  • Art Director: Mindele Vihko
  • Producer: Outi Hyytinen
  • Production: Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences


Salla Kallio

Salla Kallio was born in 1990 in Finland. She has made short student films so far: Appelsiinitarina, On This Side of the Water and internationally recognized short documentary Us – Two Rascals. The second mentioned film was created during her scholarship stay in Japan. Little Blue Tapir is her graduation project at the Arts Academy at Turku University of Applied Sciences.