ON HOLD

On the basis of anonymous telephone calls made to a helpline for teenagers, On Hold makes us hear a dissonant speech. Recounted here by older people, these testimonies are the occasion to question the construction of masculinity and its generational heritage. Between humour and dread, the film unveils what remains unsaid in a sick society.

LAURA RANTANEN

Documentary film director with a study background in social and cultural anthropology. In her work she is interested in studying power structures and relations between human and non-human entities. Her bachelor graduation documentary Liminality and Communitas has been screened in over 15 festivals including Guanajuato International Film Festival, Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival and Zinebi International Film Festival. The film was also awarded with Silver Lynx Award for Best Documentary in Film Competition in FEST, New Directors New Films Festival 2019.

• Visions du Réel Nyon

DOKer 2020 — Short Competition