Three minutes of Finnish chaos that'll make you fear dive bars forever.
VICIOUS is the debut short film from independent director Nella Tirkkonen. Based out of Helsinki, the city is also the backdrop for this slice-of-life story, following a night of drinking in a small dive bar.
Direction
Tirkkonen squeezes maximum tension into 180 seconds.
Acting
Ensemble chemistry feels dangerously unscripted.
Editing
Ruthless cuts that never let you breathe.
Director
Nella Tirkkonen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tirkkonen shot this in a functioning Helsinki bar during actual operating hours, with patrons unaware filming was occurring.
The film taps into Finland's complicated relationship with alcohol—highest consumption in Nordic countries, yet rarely depicted with this raw intimacy in cinema.
FI
