
RIDING THE BEAT / SAVELA
Premiere: Season 1 / 2022, season 2 / 2024
Comedy drama, 8 x 15´
Broadcaster: YLE
Awards & festivals:
Serial Killer festival, 2023
Riding the Beat is a drama-comedy set in the hip-hop scene of a rough Finnish neighbourhood called Savela. 17-year-old Arttu is desperate to hit it big and make his washed-up rapper dad proud. 16-year-old Minea on the other hand wants to be accepted as a serious artist in the mostly male rap scene. Together the two navigate the hip-hop scene in the midst of great change, as old power structures are fracturing, and new voices are being heard.
Cast: Pietari Karttunen, Ona Huczkowski, Noa Lange, Luukas Niskanen, Kanerva Paunio, Deogracias Masomi, Fanni Noroila
Created by: Samuel Kirkhope
Directed by: Olli Koivula (season 1), Aino Suni (season 2)