Coriolis
Viita Milja
Coriolis is a poetic documentary about identical twins, Marthe and Martine, who are separated by the world. A caregiver of the elderly, Martine currently lives in Helsinki, while Marthe, who works as a dressmaker, still lives in their native country, Togo. The two sisters come from a region where planetary winds, the great forces of the climate, arise.
Production Year
2013
Duration
00:13:47
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Africa, documentarism, documentary films, experimental films, families, fate, Helsinki, identical twins, landscape, media art, memories (mental objects), personal narrative, seas, seasons, sewing, Togo, video art, wind
Original Title
Coriolis
Production Countries
Benin
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
No
Cast
Milja Viita (Author), Kaija Saariaho (Composer), Milja Viita (Director), Milja Viita (Editor), Milja Viita (Script), Akwa Charlotte Houessoue (Actor), Loa Linnea Salo (Actor), Marthe Napo (Actor), Marie-Reine Acapo (Actor), Martine Hakli (Actor), Milja Viita (Audio), Veli Granö (Audio), AVEK (Funder)
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Milja Viita's (b.1974) installations and films consist of experimental and documentary elements. Her works have been exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Mänttä Art Festival among others, as well as at various international film and media art festivals. Milja Viita lives and works in Porvoo, Finland. She graduated with MFA degree in Time and Space Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2005.
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