JR29: The Hushed Regiment (2025)

[Suomeksi] The 94-minute documentary JR29: Vaiettu rykmentti ("JR29: The Hushed Regiment") premiered on 27 April 2025 in Kaustinen, Finland. I edited this film, did other post-production (and worked a bit on the sound effects, though it was Markku Riipi who was mainly responsible for the documentary’s sound editing), and also acted as an archive editor building the visual narrative. The film was largely made by the same team that was also behind Marokon kauhu – Dokumenttielokuva suomalaisesta taistelijasta ("The Terror of Morocco – Documentary Film about a Finnish Warrior", 2024). 2025 Trailer. (CC: English subtitles) This is the story of Jalkaväkirykmentti 29 (JR29), Finnish Infantry Regiment 29, which was assembled from Central Ostrobothnia for the Continuation War of 1941-44. The regiment advanced through bloody battles on Ladoga Karelia and Olonets Karelia to Petrozavodsk, where it arrived in October 1941, and continued until the trench...