2019 | 12 min
Are You Hungry?
Onko sulla nälkä?
A single mother struggles to connect with her adopted teenage son, who she believes is gay. Worried that the vulnerable boy will fall victim to older men preying on young boys online, she takes it upon herself to guide him safely through this period of self-exploration by setting him up on a date.
Teemu Niukkanen (b. 1978) is an awarded director living in Helsinki, Finland. Niukkanen started his career writing and directing online scetch comedy series. Later he directed dozens of music videos, couple of hundred commercial films, three TV comedy shows and the short film Fucking Bunnies which premiered in Sundance. Niukkanen is said to be ”the master of lame.”