Scientist Hannele Korhonen has one ultimate passion: to be the best at what she does and be recognised for it. Her life changes dramatically when she is awarded a 1,5 million USD research grant by the United Arab Emirates to participate in their ambitious project to stimulate rainfall over the notoriously arid region. The opportunity to get proper funding and do good sounds amazing. But, gradually Hennele learns that the financiers’ have their own agenda. Her enthusiasm morphs into an ethical dilemma and inner conflicts. If she succeeds whose clouds will she be stealing and what is the ultimate price of ambition?

Tuija Halttunen is a Finnish documentary flmmaker who has worked in the flm industry for over 20 years. Her documentary Neighbours was nominated for Prix Europa in 2013 and documentary State of Mind got a state quality award in 2007. Halttunen’s short documentary Heaven and Earth won the main prize in Tampere Film Festival in 1995. From 2010 to 2015 Halttunen worked as a regional artist in the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.++Selected flmography: 2015 – Bandage, short documentaryPremiered at Encounters Film Festival in the UK; 2013 – Neighbours, feature documentaryNominated for a Prix Europa; 2009 – Tabula Rasa, short documentary; 2007 – Mielen tila, feature documentarySelected to e.g. Tampere Film Festival, DocPoint

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