Little Wing (2016 film)

This article is about the 2016 Finnish film. For the 2024 American film, see Little Wing (2024 film).

Little Wing
Film poster
Finnish	Tyttö nimeltä Varpu
Directed by	Selma Vilhunen
Written by	Selma Vilhunen
Produced by	Kai Nordberg Kaale Aho
Starring	Linnea Skog Paula Vesala
Cinematography	Tuomo Hutri
Edited by	Samu Heikkilä
Music by	Jori Sjöroos Paula Vesala
Production companies	Making Movies Final Cut for Real
Release dates	8 September 2016 (2016-09-08) (TIFF) 23 September 2016 (2016-09-23) (Finland)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Finland Denmark
Language	Finnish

Little Wing (Finnish: Tyttö nimeltä Varpu) is a 2016 Finnish-Danish^[1] drama film directed by Selma Vilhunen.^[2] It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.^[3] It won the 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize.^[4]

Cast

• Linnea Skog as Varpu Miettinen
• Paula Vesala as Siru Miettinen
• Lauri Maijala as Varpu's father
• Santtu Karvonen as Bo
• Antti Luusuaniemi as Ilmari Hukkanen
• Niina Sillanpää as Emilia Hukkanen
• Outi Mäenpää as Riding Instructor

References

1. Josh Cabrita (2016). "Little Wing (Selma Vilhunen, Finland/Denmark) — Discovery". CinemaScope. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
2. "'Little Wing' by Oscar-Nominated Selma Vilhunen Gets Toronto Premiere". Variety. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
3. "Little Wing". TIFF. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
4. Pham, Annika (1 November 2017). "Little Wing wins Nordic Council Film Prize 2017". Oslo: Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

External links

• Little Wing at IMDb