Law of Nature

Law of Nature is an 18-episode series comprising 18 animation shorts, each 1-3 minute episode directed by a different director. All episodes are short autonomous stories that take a unique approach to a common subject. Various methods ranging from 3D animation to conventional drawn animation were used in creating the series. The series was co-produced with Yle Yhteistuotannot.
Producer: Animaation apupyörä ry / Tatu Pohjavirta
Co-producer: Yle Yhteistuotannot / Sari Volanen

#1 - Painovoima / Gravitation
Duration: 1'30''
Director: Herkko Eskelinen
Technique: Drawn animation
A frog falls down to the ground and dies.

#2 - Talven jälkeen tulee kevät / Springtime
Duration: 1'25''
Director: Maria Björklund
Technique: Flash animation
Seasonal changes in man.

#3 - Ahneen Palkka / Comeuppance
Duration: 3 min
Director: Niina Suominen
Technique: Cut-out animation
A seed of greed grows in all of us – dissatisfaction with
what we have in the here and now.


#4 - Mies joka on kaiken tehnyt itse
/ Man who`s done it all by himself
Duration: 2'31''
Director: Leevi Lankinen
Tekniikka: Puppet animation
A touching tale of a Finnish man who has done it all by
himself from start to finish.


#5 - Jano / Thirst
Duration: 2'14''
Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: Drawn animation
Sometimes it seems hard to catch up to others.


#6 - Sopeutujat / Adaptation of the Species
Duration: 1'53''
Director: Reetta Neittaanmäki
Technique: Computer assisted 2D cut-out animation.
Those who adapt reap the rewards.


#7 - Leikki on lapsen työtä / Play Is a Child´s Work
Duration: 2'30''
Director: Erkki Lilja
Technique: Drawn animation
Soap bubbles behave in an unpredictable manner.


#8 - Laulu suihkussa / A Song in the Shower
Duration: 2'23''
Director: CHRZU
Technique: Stop motion
A girl is about to take a shower, but the shower seems to
be out of repair. No water shoots out of the shower head.
This does not mean the shower couldn’t yield a song,
however.


#9 - Sukan katoavuuden laki / A Sock's Tale
Duration: 2'30''
Director: Saara Konttinen
Technique: Drawn animation
A film about the evanescence of life – from the point of
view of a sock.


#10 - Mustaa Ainetta / Dark Matter
Duration: 1' 41''
Director: Anne Laakso
Technique: Puppet animation
A cosmologist solves the mystery of black matter.


#11 -  John
Duration: 3´45´´
Director: Kai Lappalainen
Technique: 3D animation
Life's a bitch and then you die


#12 - Ekspansio / Expansion
Duration: 2´22´´
Director: Mariko Härkönen
Technique: Digital cut-out animation
A story of a meaty earth which a proliferating maggot
population eats through. After this expansion, it is time
to set course for the next delicacies in space.

#13 - Vetovoima / Aattraction
Duration: 2 min.
Director: Mikko Torvinen.
Technique: Drawn animation
During recess, a teacher happens upon a blackboard in
the nearby woods, and it starts drawing him towards it
irresistibly.


#14 - SÄIETEORIA / STRING THEORY
Duration: 3'00''
Director: Kim Helminen
Technique: Flash animation
A brick is attached to a sewing machine.


#15 - Merivuokkojen taistelu
/ The Battle of The Sea Anemonies
Duration: 3 min
Director: Katja Kettu
Technique: Computer cut-out animation
At the bottom of the sea, sea anemones are fighting a
bloody battle over love.


#16 - Elämä kuluttaa / Consumption
Duration: 1'20''
Director: Milja Aho & Olli Leppänen
Technique: Object animation - pixillation
Work-related stress triggers a re-evaluation process of
the relationship between a wallet and its owner.


#17 - Uutisten jälkeen / After the news
Duration: 3 min.
Director: Mark Ståhle
Technique: Drawn animation
A news journalist’s reality shows some cracks.


#18 -Tyhjiön täyttymys / Spirit Of Emptiness
Duration: 2 min.
Director: Tommi Juutilainen
Technique: Computer cut-out and drawn animation
Oh! Why would you be such a fool as to throw it all
away for a moment’s passion and such a wretched
thing?