Finnish film Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydän) was a huge audience success at SFFLA2015
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| Peter Franzén and Yusufa Sidibeh in Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydän) |
Scandinavian Film Festival in Los Angeles screened the Finnish film Heart of a Lion (Leijonasydän) on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at the WGA in Beverly Hills. This powerful Neo-Nazi film was a huge success with the audience. Attending the screening were the film director Dome Karukoski, writer Aleksi Bardy, and actor Jasper Pääkkönen.
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| From left writer Aleksi Bardy, actor Jasper Pääkkönen, festival organizer James Koenig, and director Dome Karukoski. |
Following the screening SFFLA director James Koenig conducted a very engaging Q&A with the guests that lasted 45 minutes.
Neo-Nazi skinhead Teppo (Peter Franzén) after getting out of jail, falls in love with a waitress named Sari (Laura Birn). He later finds out that Sari's son Ramadhani (Yusufa Sidibeh) from a previous marriage is not only bi-racial of African descent but also a Muslim. This leads Teppo to trouble with his fellow Neo-Nazis, and especially with his half-brother Harri (Jasper Pääkkönen). Teppo has to choose between fatherhood and fatherland.
Heart of a Lion is the second film that SFFLA screens in Los Angeles from Finland's most awarded filmmaker Dome Karukoski. His 2008 Academy Award submission The Home of Dark Butterflies (Tummien Perhosten Koti) was screened at SFFLA in 2009.
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| Georges Aintablian with Finnish filmmaker Dome Karukoski at SFFLA2015 |
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| Georges Aintablian with Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen at SFFLA2015 |
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