Any Day Now (2020 film)

Any Day Now (also known as The Oasis of Now;[2] Finnish: Ensilumi, lit. 'First snow') is a 2020 Finnish drama film written and directed by Hamy Ramezan.[2] The film tells story about an Iranian immigrant's family living in Finland and the family's constant fear of obtaining a negative residence permit.[3] The film features Shahab Hosseini and Laura Birn, among others.[4]

Any Day Now
Film poster
FinnishEnsilumi
Directed byHamy Ramezan
Produced byEmilia Falcon
Jussi Rantamäki
Written byHamy Ramezan
Antti Rautava
StarringShahab Hosseini
Aran-Sina Keshvari
Shabnam Ghorbani
Kimiya Eskandari
Music byTuomas Nikkinen
Edited byJoona Louhivuori
Production
company
Morning Film Company
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
Running time
82 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish
Persian
English
Budget€1,200,000

Premise

The Iranian Mehdipours have been living in a refugee center in Finland for a while now. As the 13-year-old Ramin is enjoying his school holidays, the family receives a negative decision on their asylum application. After filing the last possible appeal, the Mehdipours try to continue with their everyday lives and keep a positive attitude despite the looming danger of deportation. Ramin starts the new school year in which every moment will be more precious than ever.

Cast
  • Shahab Hosseini as Bahman Mehdipour
  • Aran-Sina Keshvari as Ramin Mehdipour
  • Shabnam Ghorbani as Mahtab Mehdipour
  • Kimiya Eskandari as Donya Mehdipour
  • Laura Birn as Annika
  • Niilo Airas as Aleksi
  • Lumi Barrois as Marianna
  • Muhammed Cangore as Fazel
  • Kristiina Halkola as Helena
  • Eero Melasniemi as Onni
  • Vilho Rönkkönen as Jigi
  • Daniel Safi as Ahmed

Production

The film's Mehdipour family is based on the director Hamy Ramezan's own experiences 30 years ago, when his own family came to Finland to escape the war between Iran and Iraq.[5] The 2015 refugee flow to Europe and the ensuing public debate haunted Ramezan, and in those mental landscapes the young director set about preparing his first feature film. The first versions of the manuscript were full of nightmares and dark compared to what ended up in the final version.[6]

References
  1. "Ensilumi (2020) – 33. Helsinki International Film Festival – Rakkautta & Anarkiaa" [First Snow (2020) - 33. Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy]. hel.fi (in Finnish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. Hamy Ramezan finds the Oasis of Now
  3. "Ensilumi" (in Finnish). Suomen elokuvasäätiö. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  4. Pham, Annika (January 17, 2020). "New Europe Film Sales Picks up Hamy Ramezan's 'Any Day Now' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  5. Parkkinen, Pia (October 27, 2019). ""Yhtäkkiä olin osa valtavaa massaa, joka oli tullut tuhoamaan eurooppalaista elämää" – Suomessa 30 vuotta asunut ohjaaja Hamy Ramezan lannistui pakolaiskriisistä" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  6. Sundqvist, Janne (October 16, 2020). ""Matka pimeydestä valoon" – kotimaisen elokuvan suurena lupauksena pidetyn Hamy Ramezanin uusi teos Ensilumi pohjaa omiin kokemuksiin" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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