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Director’s cut BLUE WINGS chatted with F innish director Jussi Hiltunen before the January 20 premiere of his debut film The Law of the Land (Making Movies). Q: What destinations inspire you as a filmmaker? A: I was born in the north, so Lapland feels like home. I’m inspired by the Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä and the Tromsø International Film Festival, which is in January. I travelled through every village in Finnish Lapland scouting
locations for my film – in the end it was shot in the north of Norway. Q: Movie buffs love visiting real-life film locations. Do you have any good tips? A: I enjoy the intensity and atmosphere of Quentin Tarantino’s films. Try Café Einstein Stammhaus in Kurfürstenstraße, Berlin, where Inglourious Basterds was shot. Q: What film best captures the spirit of a particular town? A. Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
WINTER TERRACE
Igloos by the Thames
LONDON GETS nippy in January, but the Coppa Club now caters for yearround al fresco dining with its eight giant PVC party domes. Kitted out with sheepskin blankets, the igloos are available for walk-ins on a first-come, firstserved basis. coppaclub.co.uk/towerbridge
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CATS HAVE style, but the same can’t be said of feline accessories. When Tallinnbased Liis Lindmaa and Anatoli Tafitšuk realised that a gaudy plastic litter box didn’t fit their idea of a stylish home, they came up with Black Velvet Pets, a new line of Scandinavian-style pet furniture. Priced at €290, their kitty toilet “Juno” – named after their “muse” – is an elegant plywood creation that even the fussiest decorators (and felines) will welcome in their homes. The low-key scratching pad (€27) and feather teaser (€9) are made of all-natural materials. blackvelvetpets.com