BEST DEBUT 
36 Girona Film Festival
OUTSTANDING
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival 2024

BEST EXPERIMENTAL 
VENICE FILM WEEK 2025

BEST DIRECTOR
Sound Screen Film Festival 2024

BEST DIRECTOR
BEST EXPERIMENTAL Film
PRAGUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2024

BEST SOUND DESIGN 
AMSTERDAM NEW CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL 2024

Cinematic Arts AWARD
runner-up, Xposure Photography & Film Festival 2025

Best Experimental FilM
OBSKUUR / Ghent FILM WEEK 2025

Best Experimental Feature
Montecine World film festival 2024

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
BRUSSELS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2026

“A strikingly original film that constructs a world beyond words. Through meticulous performance direction and a daring visual approach, Hakala and Käki craft an experience that is both enigmatic and profoundly human.” - Venice Jury

Best Feature 
New Jersey Film Festival 2024

BEST ARTISTIC FILM
ASOLO ART FILM FESTIVAL 2025

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NORDIC STAR FESTIVAL 2025


L'ECLISSE AWARD
Blow-up arthouse Film Fest - Chicago 2024

SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION AWARD
Ashland International Film Festival 2024

SPECIAL MENTION, Student jury
FLIGHT – Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova 2025

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
PROTOPOST International FILM FESTIVAL 2025

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Design
Best Actress
Best Editing
Experimental brasil 2024

“A visually stunning, thought-provoking film that blends surreal themes of alienation and connection with high production values and compelling cinematography... The creative shot composition, grading, and use of remarkable locations enhance its introspective narrative. Its rich symbolism and minimalist approach make it a unique achievement.” - Xposure Jury

“The work possesses the subtle tension of the suspended, the minimal gesture and the waiting, capable of making powerful the enigma of existence in an alienating, timeless world.” - Giancardo Onorato, Asolo Jury

“Giant’s Kettle expands the expressive range of cinematic storytelling. Be patient, lean in, and watch carefully. You’ll be well rewarded.” - Ashland Jury

“A very ambitious first feature that, with an experimental use of modern expressionist images, tells an evocative and ironic love story.” - Girona Jury

“A first feature able to dare with rigorous stylistic choices.” - Sound Screen Jury