Down in a mysterious, musty thicket on a deserted island, a pot is bubbling over a smoking campfire, around which Pik Mama and Missy are spending a hic-day in the forest. Weird and uncanny things are going on.
Read more »A monk meditates in the mountains while somebody counts notes elsewhere. At the same time a radio program announces stock exchange quotations.
Read more »If one thinks about the global or European economy, the idea that money is a mechanical product seems somewhat out of date when one considers all the possibilities that metadata and clever chips can have in the monetary processes and their value chains.
Read more »Borderlands is a three-channel installation which takes the Finnish-Russian border as its central theme. The piece uses fact, fiction and fantasy to investigate how the presence of the border affects people living on either side.
Read more »The perplexing combination of road, disco and skate movie deals with the essential unpredictability of life. The technical innovations in the stage sets, cinematography and editing define the rhythm of the strange story. An enthusiasm for the craft of filmmaking is obvious.
Read more »Different characters interpret poems. A story of a developing relationship between a rockstar and his fan.
Read more »A poem in Finnish and Russian by Muhammad Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240 AD) portrays love as a power that both tortures and nourishes human beings, and does not really care about individuals but instead darts from one person to the next unexpectedly and changing both its location and direction.
Read more »A spiral of rise and destruction.
Read more »Through dreamy landscapes of visions and fantasies 'Reported Missing' takes us to a world of feelings. The video begins with a bittersweet sadness. It describes the loss of someone or maybe a farewell. Gradually the viewer becomes aware of being on a journey which is so universal that it suddenly becomes part of us all.
Read more »Pain has become popular culture and the heavy metal is the new folk music of Finland. The members of the band Utu have their finger on the pulse of the time. They play brutal heavy metal and discipline each other in their ‘outrageously painful’ acts.
Read more »The absurd logic of the 'real character' and the extreme rules of Disneyland become apparent when a real fan of Snow White is banned from entering the theme park dressed as Snow White.
Read more »“Relics” consists of direct and indirect quotations taken from the collection of the Vuojoki Mansion historical library. By using the quotes, the film explores issues of imagery, textuality and sound.
Read more »Joan Collins is leaving for a official visit to Moldavia and plans to make a stop-over in Turku.
Read more »A painterly, operatic work about escapism, sublime emotions, and desperate love. Its soundtrack is the aria Ah! Non mi ridestar! from Jules Massenet`s opera Werther. The first scene looks like an empty, austere landscape. Then the camera moves to close-ups of a hairy creature that at first remains unidentified.
Read more »An armless outsider observer arrives by helicopter to inspire the local community.
Read more »Two channel video installation. The installation deals with two extremes of control, the human in contrast to the the animal nature.
Read more »Bangladeshian street life, a man and a rickshaw.
Read more »Hanger-on is an off the road movie, set in the Finnish forests. We follow a solitary and aimless wanderer, hanging from Tarzan’s liana. Along his journey, he is forced to face not only the harsh nature but also himself.
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