Are You Hungry?
A single mother struggles to connect with her adopted teenage son, who she believes is gay. Worried that the vulnerable boy will fall victim to older men preying on young boys online, she takes it upon herself to guide him safely through this period of self-exploration by setting him up on a date.
- Finland
- 2019, 12 min
- Director: Teemu Niukkanen
- Director of photography: Aarne Tapola
- Editor: Joona Louhivuori
- Screenplay: Antti Toivonen
- Cast: Pirjo Lonka, Matvei German, Tommi Korpela, Sanna-Kaisa Palo
- Producer: Daniel Kuitunen
- Production: Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta
Teemu Niukkanen
Teemu Niukkanen is a Finnish director working solely within the comedy genre. He has a distinctive style of storytelling in which deadpan meets mundane meets absurd meets humane comprehension – often accompanied with spot-on cinematography. Teemu has described his style being “bad taste done with good taste.” His first professionally produced short, Fucking Bunnies, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and has been awarded twelve times. His second short, Are You Hungry?, had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.