I am a River
Piiroinen Heidi
Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions—a collection of lyrical, unanswerable poems that playfully interrogate nature, life, and the cosmos—the film weaves poetic inquiry with visual abstraction through the rarely used mordançage technique. Its veil-like formations evoke the fluid, fragile, ever-changing essence of rivers, suggesting they are living entities, much like us.
Production Year
2026
Duration
00:06:10
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
I am a River
English Title
I am a River
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Heidi Piiroinen (Author), Heidi Piiroinen (Cinematographer), Heidi Piiroinen (Editor), PALO Art Production (Producer), Heidi Piiroinen (Producer), Heidi Piiroinen (Script), Heidi Piiroinen (Copyright Holder), Light Cone (Funder), Alfred Kordelinin säätiö (Funder), Filmwerkstaden (Funder), AVEK (Funder), HelScan (Funder), Taiteen keskustoimikunta (Funder), Salla Hämäläinen (Sound Design)
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Heidi Piiroinen (b. 1978) is a Helsinki-based visual artist and photographer. After two decades in photojournalism, she shifted towards an intimate, process-driven practice spanning film, installation and print. Her short film I am a River competed at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.