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producers note

You probably remember the moment when you first realised that you can decide for yourself which way you want to direct your life, what you want to achieve, and where you want to end up. It's that wonderful feeling that you feel as you decide to take command of your life's decisions without your parents' aid. There's no certainty about the future, and you don't know what you're looking for, but so what? Life is here and now.

This is the moment where the story of Garbage Prince, a youth film strongly anchored in that day, begins. Life in a small town in eastern Finland sets the stage for this feelgood film that continues director Raimo O Niemi's style of films directed towards an international audience.

Shooting began in northern Karelia, in the city of Joensuu, at the end of March, 2010. The summer shoot started in the beginning of August and continued to mid-September, 2010. The Finninsh premiere will be in July, 2011. In Norway, the film will premiere in autumn 2011.

In Finland, the film is being distributed by Buena Vista International Finland and in Norway by SF Norge. The film is a Nordic co-production between Periferia Productions Oy from Finland and Flimmer Film A/S from Norway.


Markku Flink
Producer / Periferia Productions

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Producer Markku Flink (born1964) has produced and directed films in the Nordic countries since the 1990's. Flink graduated as a documentary film director in Norway in 1993 and as a producer from EVE 2004. In 1999, Flink founded a regional film fund in Oulu. He acted as the Executive Director of POEM, the regional fund, from its founding to 2008.

Co-producer/Flimmer Film

LLarsars Løge is the co-owner and co-founder of the production company Flimmer Film AS, based in Bergen, Norway. He has produced several fiction and documentary projects for Norwegian and international television. He's won critics prize in Cannes, the industry award in Norway and several other prices for a variety of films. Lars graduated from EAVE in 2004 and is now a board member in the Norwegian producers union.