879 Heroes by Heart
Ehrnrooth Sophia
879 Heroes by Heart is an installation about youth, fandom and identity. It shows four young boys competing in who remembers the most football-players by heart. The boys talk out of turn, they focus, they try their hardest. In the end each boy recalls over 200 names. How many names would you remember?
Production Year
2018
Duration
00:27:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
children (age groups), documentarism, experimental films, fandom, football, football players, idols, media art, memory (cognition), portraits (works of art ), remembrance, team sports, video art, video installations, young people
Original Title
879 Heroes by Heart
Finnish Title
879 sankaria muistista
English Title
879 Heroes by Heart
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Sophia Ehrnrooth (Author), Ville Tanttu (Cinematographer), Emiliano Travasino (Composer), Sophia Ehrnrooth (Director), Ville Tanttu (Editor), Sophia Ehrnrooth (Producer), Sophia Ehrnrooth (Script), Emiliano Travasino (Sound Design), Ville Tanttu (Sound Design), Sophia Ehrnrooth (Sound Design)
Based in Helsinki, Sophia Ehrnrooth is a versatile visual artist workin on painting, photography, media art and film. Her works about football culture have been on view in Sarajevo, Rome, Kioto, Helsinki, and Porvoo. The short film Dream of Championship (2017) has travelled international film festivals and was nominated with a honorary mention at DocPoint 2018.
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