The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005

The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions (2005) is a Finnish dark-comedy short you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Jalmari Helander.

Shot as a corporate instructional video, it walks viewers through the hazards of handling the company's main export product. The product is Father Christmas — not a seasonal icon but a feral creature that reacts to bad behaviour in ways your standard hazard manual does not cover. Ten minutes of deadpan Finnish absurdism, and a direct predecessor to Helander's 2010 feature Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Stream it online on iFILM.