Freetime Machos is a Finnish documentary film about the bromance of two players in world's most northerly rugby club called OYUS Rugby based in Oulu, Finland. The film is directed by Mika Ronkainen and it had its world premiere at the Joris Ivens Competition of IDFA in November 2009. The film got its North American premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010. It was also part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2010.

Freetime Machos
Official poster
Directed byMika Ronkainen
Produced by
  • Mika Ronkainen
  • Kimmo Paananen
CinematographyVesa Taipaleenmäki
Edited byAnders Villadsen
Production
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Klaffi Productions
Distributed byDR Sales
Release dates
  • 22 November 2009 (2009-11-22) (IDFA)
  • 12 March 2010 (2010-03-12) (Finland)
Running time
86 minutes
CountriesFinland
Germany
Languages
  • Finnish
  • English
  • Spanish

Reviews

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  • Elina Mishuris. "The rugby road to modern manhood". Nyunews.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  • Logan Hill. "Nine Films From the Ninth Annual Tribeca Film Festival". Nymag.com. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  • Cynthia Fuchs. "Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

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