The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.
Iiti Yli-Harja (b. 1987) is a stop-motion animation artist, a documentarist and a musician. She graduated from Aalto University as Master of Arts in 2021. Her films combine documentary material with fictional elements of stop-motion animation. She often explores and celebrates human imperfection in her films: what is good enough? Her documentary puppet animation Real Men (2020) was awarded as the best short film at Helsinki International Film Festival in 2020.