GHOSTS
Ijäs Jan
Film about a former envelope factory (located in Tampere, 500 km down from Arctic Circle), turned to a center for asylum seekers - a warehouse for humans. "I’m just existing… that’s the only word I can use. Just the fact that I’m not dead, but is not I’m living as well. I’m existing."
Production Year
2009
Duration
00:15:05
Tyyppi
Asiasana
asceticism, asylum seekers, boredom, dance films, documentarism, dreams (aspirations), frustation, memories (mental objects), migrants, personal narrative, refugee reception centres, refugees, stories, Tampere, urban landscape
Original Title
GHOSTS
English Title
GHOSTS
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Yes
Cast
Jan Ijäs (Author), Jan Ijäs (Cinematographer), Jan Ijäs (Director), Jan Ijäs (Editor), Okku Nuutilainen (Editor), Vilunki 3000 (Music), Sun City Girls (Music), Jaakko Eino Kalevi (Music), Jan Ijäs (Script), Svante Colérus (Sound Design), Jukka Laiho (Actor), Morgan Devereaux (Actor)
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Jan Ijäs
Born: 1975
Media artist and film director Jan Ijäs (b. 1975) studied documentary film making at the Department of Film, Television and Scenography at the Aalto University in Helsinki. His work can be described as a blend of avant garde, experimental media art and documentary film making. His films have been screened at more than 200 Finnish and international film festivals and as installations in museums and art galleries. He has won numerous awards, including the Finnish Risto Jarva Prize in 2011 for SWEET MOV(I)E, Raft of the Médusa, film about immigration won Amnesty International Award 2018 at the IndieLisboa film festival in Portugal.
28 works