White Rage

Name: White Rage
Director: Arto Halonen
Released: 2016

Arto Halonen 2016

Lauri is an academic researcher and respected scientist specializing in human aggression and violence. During his childhood, he experienced extreme bullying. At two points – as a teen and again as a university student – he began to develop serious fantasies about committing mass murder. The documentary goes through Lauri’s life journey; how he became a carrier of “white rage” and how he took action to fight against this phenomena and stop it from over taking him.

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Running Time:

52/70 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, Finnish

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Arto Halonen

Producers:

Arto Halonen

Cinematographers:

Peter Flinckenberg, Mika Orasmaa

Editors:

Arto Halonen, Otto Heikola

Production Companies:

Art Films Production

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Arto Halonen imaginatively investigates the link between bullying and acts of horrific school violence... Recommended.

Frank Swietek
Karjalainen

White Rage presents incredible skillfully what the bullying causes to the target's mind.
The viewing experience is stunning, as each of us interprets this film through our own experiences.
This is - especially from the humanity's point of view - the most significant film of the year.
White Rage is like a mirror in which every one of us should look into.

Jussi Virratvuori
SMACKtheJACK

White Rage is an important film that everyone should see.

Jukka L. Savolainen
Karjalan Heili

White Rage brings out new perspective in elegant and analytical way to threats
smoldering beneath the society's surface, which do not need to happen.

Maija Palojärvi
FilmiFin

The dramatized scenes are tastefully estheticized.
The sound design and the music created by Kirka Sainio gives a powerful effect to the film.
White Rage is an important conversation starter, it's a peek into the mind of a bullied person,
which in this particular target's case turned into a resource.

Jussi U. Pellonpää
MTV Finland

Effective survival story which has demand on international scale.

Keimo Lehtiniemi
Iltalehti

White Rage tells everything there is to know about anger.
White Rage is done very skillfully. It takes a hold of you from the beginning to the end."

Juuso Määttänen
Me Naiset

In Arto Halonen’s humane documentary Kirka Sainio’s exquisite music carries the viewer through intense emotions."

Siru Valleala
Episodi

White Rage is an impressive and intense film that raises questions about the bullying and the crucial aspects of the society.
Halonen proves to be one of the leading filmmakers in Finland.

Jussi Huhtala
Turun Ylioppilaslehti

Mixing archive materials and acted scenes with finesse creates diary feature to the film.
Pages of memories reveal welfare state, which is only waking up to the cancer crawling inside it.

Jouko Luhtala

Festival Participation

Rokumentti Film Festival - 2015
Opening Film
Tampere Film Festival - 2016
Thessaloniki International Film Festival - 2016
One World Prague, Prague - 2016
Millennium Docs Against Gravity - 2016
Winner Fiction Non Fiction Award - Special Mention
Sheffield Doc/Fest - 2016
Blue Sea Film Festival, Rauma Finland - 2016
Oldenburg Film Festival, Germany - 2016
Karama Human Right Film Festival, Beirut - 2016
Closing Film
Esperanze Film Festival, Moscow - 2016
Monterrey Film Festival, Mexico - 2016
Reyjkjavik Film Festival - 2016
DocsMX: The International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City - 2016
Nominee Docuthriller Award
Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Amman - 2016
Jaipur International Film Festival - 2017
Winner Green Rose Film with a Global Message
One World Human Rights Film Festival, Bucharest - 2017

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