Fardosa Finnish Somali youth coming of age in Helsinki

Fardosa is an intimate short film about a young woman growing up in the bigsky suburbs of Helsinki. The film touches upon the importance of friendship, identity, and the generational differences between those born into different cultural contexts from their parents. This mercurial comingofage film includes the elements that most enjoy from the genrethe freewheeling spirit of youth and rebellionbut is interrupted by phantasmagorical reveries from the lead actors complex interior continue reading on Subscribe to NOWNESS here: Like NOWNESS on Facebook: Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: Behind the scenes on Instagram: Staff Picks on Vimeo: