Lex Julia
Length: 97 min
Genre: Psychological Drama
Writer-Director: Laura Hyppönen
Producers: Merja Ritola, Essi Haukkamaa / Greenlit Productions (FI)
Co-Producers: Magdalena Zimecka, Marta Krzeptowska /
Studio Produkcyjne Orka Sp. z o.o. (PL)
Marianne Ostrat / Alexandria Film OÜ (EE)
Gila Bergqvist-Ulfung / Breidablick AB (SWE)
Daniel Lägersten / Göta film AB (SWE)
Funded by:
Finnish Film Foundation, Polish Film Institute, Konstsamfundet rf., Estonian Film Institute,
Good Partners Media Group, Creative Europe Media, Tint Post, Stiftelsen för Åbo Akademi, Avek, Uudenmaanliitto
In collaboration with:
WFFC, Svenska YLE, SVT, StoryHill, Acme Film
Awards & recognition:
Baltic Event WIP: Public Favourite Pitch Award (2025)
Platforms and markets:
Circle Fiction Orbit (2023), Film London Production Finance Market (2022)
37°South Market (Melbourne International Film Festival, 2022)
Baltic Event Co-production Market (2021), Finnish Film Affair (2021)
Nipkow Programme (Berlin, 2020)
Synopsis
Julia, a music producer in her early 30s, travels to her new friend Anna’s isolated, idyllic island
villa for a late summer weekend. It’s the chance to get to know each other and the perfect
combination of a sleek, designer house with unblemished, wild nature. But when Anna introduces
her husband JP, Julia instantly recognizes him from her past. At first both Julia and JP keep their
previous acquaintance a secret from Anna, who grows increasingly uneasy about the strange tension developing between her husband and her friend. Over the course of the weekend, old wounds resurface, and hidden truths begin to unravel. The tangled relationships between the three force Julia to confront her past — not through revenge, but through a painful and transformative search for honesty, healing, and release.
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