Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night has been selected for the competition programme of St. Petersburg International Film Festival. The festival will be organised in St. Petersburg on September 13th – 22nd.
The film will be screened with 13 other films in the main competition programme. The jury will be lead by one of the most famous Russian filmmakers, Sergei Bodrov.
Also Honkasalo’s previous film 250 Grams, starring actor and filmmaker Nikita Mihailkov and directed together with Pekka Lehto, will be screened at the festival.
In addition to St. Petersburg and Toronto International Film Festival, Concrete Night will be screened at Thessaloniki International Film Festival organised in November 1st – 10th in Thessaloniki, Greece.