# Short films > Films by Marjut Rimminen, 1972 to 2007: Many Happy Returns, The Stain, Learned by Heart, Some Protection, Urpo and Turpo, I'm not a Feminist, but… and more, with stills, quotes, awards and credits. This is the Markdown rendering of [https://marjutrimminen.com/films/](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/), generated from the page itself. It carries the same words in the same order, with every image reduced to its description. The short map for machines is at [https://marjutrimminen.com/llms.txt](https://marjutrimminen.com/llms.txt). This page in Finnish is at [https://marjutrimminen.com/fi/lyhytelokuvat/](https://marjutrimminen.com/fi/lyhytelokuvat/). ## [Many Happy Returns](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/many-happy-returns/) ![Still from Many Happy Returns, a lone figure with a bag walking away down a snowy street between bare trees](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/many-happy-returns/many-happy-returns-1996-figure-walking-snowy-street.jpg) 1996 · Short film · 16mm / Digibeta · 8 minutes The disjointed debris of our childhood state still lurking within our adult consciousness act as a painful, disruptive force. A ghost-like little girl keeps tapping on a woman's consciousness, demanding attention, recalling a traumatic childhood event and thus distorting her experience of the present. ## [The Stain](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/the-stain/) ![Still from The Stain, puppet figures around a dining table](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/the-stain/the-stain-1991-puppet-figures-dining-table.jpg) 1991 · Short film · 16mm · 11 minutes A film by Marjut Rimminen and Christine Roche Triggered by an actual news item about suicidal octogenarian twins, The Stain is a dark, domestic thriller which uses drawn, puppet, pixilation and live-action animation styles to spin a claustrophobic web of incest and intrigue. ## [Learned by Heart](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/learned-by-heart/) / Sydämeen kätketty ![Still from Learned by Heart, vintage wedding photograph](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/learned-by-heart/learned-by-heart-2007-vintage-wedding-photograph.jpg) 2007 · Animated documentary · 29 minutes A film by Marjut Rimminen and Päivi Takala Finland emerged from the Second World War in a schizophrenic state, having survived two wars against the Soviet Union with her independence intact, but having officially come out on the losing side. The film explores post-war adjustment in five episodes, examining how fathers struggled with civilian life after combat while mothers took control of household organisation. ## [Some Protection](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/some-protection/) ![Still from Some Protection, prison cell](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/some-protection/some-protection-1987-josie-prison-cell.jpg) 1987 · Animated documentary · 16mm · 9 minutes Part of Blind Justice, a four-part Channel 4 series on women and the law An animated documentary based on the true story of Josie O'Dwyer, with her own voice as personal commentary. The film shows the devastating effect that detention and imprisonment have on young girls who are sent in "for their own protection". ## [Urpo and Turpo](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/urpo-and-turpo/) ![Still from Urpo and Turpo, Turpo (red) and Urpo (grey) standing side by side in their nappies](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/urpo-turpo/urpo-and-turpo-1996-turpo-and-urpo-side-by-side.jpg) 1996 · Television series · 35mm · 13 episodes Animated television series, directed by Liisa Helminen and Marjut Rimminen, based on Hannele Huovi's books A Finnish stop-motion animated television series for children, based on Hannele Huovi's books. Teddy bears Urpo and Turpo live on a bookshelf in the children's room and are voracious readers, particularly of the classics. ## [I'm not a Feminist, but…](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/im-not-a-feminist-but/) ![Still from I'm not a Feminist, but… A woman in a blue polka-dot dress reading a letter in an armchair, a man's legs on the floor beside her](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/not-feminist/im-not-a-feminist-but-1986-woman-reading-letter-armchair.jpg) 1986 · Short film · 35mm · 7 minutes Adapted from the cartoons and drawings of Christine Roche Watch out: if you insist on saying "I'm not a Feminist, but…", then you may well find yourself pushing the old man over the edge or behind the sofa, as the case may be. ## [Trip to Eternity](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/trip-to-eternity/) / Matka ikuisuuteen 1972 · Short film · 16mm · 2 minutes A film by Marjut and Sakari Rimminen An actor is prepared for the final shot in this pastiche of filmmaking. A macabre comedy sketch by sister and brother. ## [The Bridge](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/the-bridge/) / Silta ![A drawn woman lies with her eyes wide and mouth open, a man's face pressed against her cheek.](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/the-bridge/the-bridge-1982-woman-open-mouth-man-close.jpg) 1982 · Short film · 35mm · 8 minutes 43 seconds A man and a woman engage in a desperate battle between gloom and hope. ## [The Frog King](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/the-frog-king/) 1989 · Short film · 35mm · 7 minutes Marjut's interpretation of the Brothers Grimm tale. One of thirteen shorts in ITV's Magic Mirror anthology, produced by Ragdoll for Kellogg's and broadcast in December 1989. ## [Absolut Marjut Rimminen](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/absolut-marjut-rimminen/) 1996 · Short film · BetaSP · 2 minutes Part of the Absolut Panushka Experimental Animation Website. Twenty-four animators were each asked to interpret the classic Absolut bottle silhouette in their own distinctive styles, ten seconds each. The first website on the Internet to exhibit experimental animation. Absolut Marjut Rimminen is an edited compilation of all the experiments she made for it. ## [Mixed Feelings](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/mixed-feelings/) 1998 · Television series · BetaSP · 4 × 3 minutes Episodes "Virginia" and "Anita", directed by Marjut Rimminen and Gillian Lacey A series of four programmes for Channel 4's Whose Choice? season, commemorating thirty years since the change of the abortion law in England. Virginia's and Anita's stories are the first two of four personal accounts of different experiences of abortion. ## [Unicef AIDS Red Ribbon](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/unicef-aids-red-ribbon/) 2001 · Short film · Digibeta · 1 minute 10 seconds Young adults on a tightrope, balancing their sexual activity with the threat of AIDS / HIV. Part of the Unicef Anijam project, with fourteen animators each contributing a piece. ## Get in touch For festival and screening enquiries, teaching, masterclasses, or correspondence: [marjut.rimminen@gmail.com](mailto:marjut.rimminen@gmail.com)