MISSING LETTERS 1939-1945
Viita Milja
The letters of Aino and Allan Rusinen were hidden under the floor of an old house. More than fifty years later their children rewrote the letters on the basis of their own memories and visions. The original letters are still missing.
Production Year
2008
Duration
00:20:14
Tyyppi
Asiasana
archival materials, basic needs, death, documentarism, families, history, hobby crafting, hunting, letters, longing, love, memories (mental objects), pastime handicrafts, personal narrative, regulation (rationing), warfare, wartime, wounded
Original Title
KADONNEET KIRJEET 1939-1945
Finnish Title
KADONNEET KIRJEET 1939-1945
English Title
MISSING LETTERS 1939-1945
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Milja Viita (Author), Milja Viita (Director), Milja Viita (Editor), Milja Viita (Producer), Milja Viita (Script), Teemu Nikki (Camera), VISEK (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Milja Viita (Sound), Erja Holmström-Stockton (Translator)
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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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