Award of Excellence – “Might” (Finland)


Title: Might
Runtime: 9 min
Country: Finland
Director: Emil Sallinen
Placement: Award of Excellence
Competition: January, 2017

Synopsis: Maryam is a rebel leader in a post-apocalyptic world governed by a ruthless religion. She is determined to prove that the huge metallic object hovering in the sky is not a god as the priesthood claims. During a mission, she runs into a holy warrior. He turns out to be her long-lost father Thesus, who abandoned her when she was a child. Soon Maryam and Thesus are thrown into a series of events that will force them to face each other, change their lives and reveal a secret only a god can keep.