Short film about homelessness: The Bed

The Bed is a short film that tells the story of homelessness from the viewpoint of a bed. The film follows the daily life of three people staying or working at the Hietaniemi service centre for homeless.

Marjut works as a cleaner at the centre and shows her daily routines at work. Enska is long-term homeless, and sleeps in one of the beds at the emergency shelter on the first floor of the centre. Ari is staying in a temporary housing room and spends his time on the fourth floor of the service centre.

Script, director: Mikko Aliranta
Filming: Tanja Heikkilä
Planning of photography: Tanja Heikkilä and Mikko Aliranta
Sound: Kai Hall
Sound assistant: Khosro Azizi Asl
Sound design: Mikko Aliranta, Antero Suurnäkki and Kai Hall
Editing: Antero Suurnäkki
Production student: Taina Tervo

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, The Degree Programme in Film and Television 2011