Helsinki Shipyard / Port San Juan
Horelli Laura
Helsinki Shipyard / Port San Juan consists of two parts – the first is filmed in a Finnish shipyard specialized in building of cruise ships and the second is shot from the standpoint of operating cruise ships at the port-of-call in Puerto Rico. Interviews were conducted with nearly 60 people who earn their living from the cruise liner industry in the two diverse geographical locations.
Production Year
2003
Duration
00:32:06
Tyyppi
Asiasana
construction areas, documentarism, documentary films, harbors, interviews, luxury, materialism, ships
Original Title
Helsinki Shipyard / Port San Juan
English Title
Helsinki Shipyard / Port San Juan
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Laura Horelli (Author), Laura Horelli (Director)
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Laura Horelli (b. 1976, Helsinki) lives in Berlin and works with experimental documentary video. She is interested in representations and mediations of the past taking on a microhistorical approach. Her works have been exhibited at Venice Biennale (2001, 2009), Manifesta 5, (2004), ARS 11, Kiasma (2001, 2011), Galerie Barbara Weiss (2003, 2007, 2011) and Badischer Kunstverein (2014). She has participated in film festivals like Berlinale Forum Expanded (2017, 2018), ISFF Oberhausen (2018), IndieLisboa (2017), Kasseler Dokfest (2013) and CPH:DOX (2009). In 2011, she received the Hannah Höch Prize for Young Artists.
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