HEAVY TRIP - Double Feature with Heavier Trip!
Directed by Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren | 92 min | Finland/Germany/Norway | 2018
14+ (coarse language)
Starring: Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Heikkinen, Max Ovaska
25-year-old Turo is trying to overcome his debilitating stage fright to lead the most unknown heavy metal band in Finland, Impaled Rektum, to the hottest metal festival in Norway. After years of playing songs by other artists, this opportunity to play a real concert in Norway encourages the band to compose their own material, but not before overcoming some unexpected difficulties. Their chaotic and hilarious journey will include heavy metal, grave robbing, Valhalla, an armed conflict between Finland and Norway… and reindeer!
To prepare you for our eagerly-anticipated premiere of Heavier Trip, see how it all began with one of 2018's most unexpected surprises and a festival favourite that had audiences cheering worldwide!
FESTIVALS: 2018 SXSW, 2018 Fantasia Film Festival
PRECEDED by the short film:
Laundry Day
Directed by: Aidan Murphy, Chris Mihailides | 7 min | 2024 | Canada
Dan, an unusual patron at the neighborhood laundromat, finds his peculiar laundry routine thrown into disarray when he discovers that one of his socks has mysteriously gone missing.