The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic

The love of Jaakko and Sirpa is both similar and unlike the long distance relationships we are used to, since they are both visually impaired. Jaakko, who has MS, is also wheelchair-bound. One day, realizing that Sirpa needs him, Jaakko recognizes that he has nothing to rely on but the kindness of strangers when he sets off for the train to meet her for the first time. Finnish Teemu Nikki entrusted the lead role to his close friend and MS patient Petri Poikolainen, while transferring this journey full of visible and invisible dangers to the screen with a bold language that brings the audience closer to the experience of the protagonist, Jaakko. As the name suggests, this extraordinary “film on disability”, that has several filmic references and a warm sense of humor, is of course also about love’s transgression.

TEEMU NIKKI

Teemu Nikki is a prolific self-educated, award-winning filmmaker and son of a pig farmer from Sysmä, Finland. The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic is Nikki’s fifth feature film. He has also directed over 20 short films which have gained recognition at film festivals all around the world and three popular TV series. Together with Jani Pösö, he runs It’s Alive Films, one of the most active production companies in Finland. Nikki’s style is best described as a good-willed yet unapologetic political satire of humanity.