The Last Ones
Original title: Viimeiset
World premiere: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
The Last Ones is a Nordic Western set in the untamed tundra of Lapland. The protagonist is Rupi, a young miner who hopes to scrape together enough money from mining to shake the suffocating dust of the mining village from his feet once and for all. But work has come to a halt because Rupi’s father, a reindeer herder, refuses to sell his land. What’s more, the manipulative mine owner, nicknamed the Fisherman, has his eye on Rupi’s friend’s wife, a woman with whom Rupi is also secretly in love. As life in the mining village becomes more dangerous by the day, Rupi must decide where and to whom he belongs. Is it the primal tundra of his forefathers or the cold terrain of personal interest?
Crew
Written by: Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen, Eero Tammi, Veiko Õunpuu
Directed by: Veiko Õunpuu
Producer: Katrin Kissa
Co-producers: Ellen Havenith, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
Cinematographer: Sten-Johan Lill
Production Designer: Otso Linnalaakso
Costume designer: Jaanus Vahtra
Make-up designer: Kaire Hendrikson
Editors: Xander Nijsten, Wouter van Luijn
Sound designer: Mark Glynne
Composer: Sven Grünberg
Poster design: Allan Appelberg
World Sales: Loco Films
Cast
Pääru Oja, Tommi Korpela, Laura Birn, Elmer Bäck, Samuli Edelmann, Sulevi Peltola, Emmi Parviainen, Jarkko Lahti, Tero Jartti, Indrek Spungin
Production companies
Homeless Bob Production (EE)
Bufo (FIN)
PRPL (NL)
Festivals
PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Tallinn, Estonia
Moscow International Film Festival. Moscow, Russia
Kino Ylläs – Elokuvia taivasalla. Ylläs, Finland
Baltic Wave Festival. Nida, Lithuania
FilmKunstFest. Schwerin, Germany
Tertio Millennio Film Fest. Rome, Italy
Selected awards and nominations
Estonian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Neitsi Maali – Estonian Film Critics Association. Film of the Year Award
PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Best Baltic Film
Estonian Cultural Endowment Awards. Best Film (Veiko Õunpuu); Best Production Designer (Otso Linnalaakso); Best Costume Designer (Jaanus Vahtra)
Estonian Film and TV Awards. Best Feature Film; Best Director (Veiko Õunpuu); Best Cinematographer (Sten-Johan Lill); Best Actor (Tommi Korpela); Craft of the Year (Kaire Hendrikson); Nominated for Best Actress (Laura Birn); Nominated for Best Editor (Xander Nijsten, Wouter van Luijn); Nominated for Best Actor (Pääru Oja); Nominated for Best Sound (Mark Glynne); Nominated for Best Composer (Sven Grünberg); Nominated for Best Costume Design (Jaanus Vahtra)
Jussi Awards. Nominated for Best Actor (Tommi Korpela); Nominated for Best Actress (Laura Birn)
