Language Is The Key To Everything
Lecklin Johanna
A young man with Finnish roots tells a fictionalised story in Swedish. It is based on questions of identity and language that the Swedish-Finnish interviewees had discussed. The elderly woman, a first generation immigrant, speaks about cultural and linguistic identity with the man.
Production Year
2012
Duration
00:13:06
Tyyppi
Asiasana
cultural identity, documentarism, installations (works of art), interviews, linguistic identity, media art, migrants, national identity, personal narrative, political art, portraits (works of art ), Sweden Finns, video art, video installations
Original Title
Kieli on avain kaikkeen
Finnish Title
Språket är nyckeln till allt
English Title
Language Is The Key To Everything
Production Countries
Finland,Sweden
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Johanna Lecklin (Author), Niklas Kullström (Cinematographer), Johanna Lecklin (Director), Johanna Lecklin (Editor), Johanna Lecklin (Script), Jari Miettinen (Actor), Seija Rötkö (Actor), Kimmo Vänttinen (Sound)
Press Photos
Johanna Lecklin is a visual artist and filmmaker from Helsinki, Finland. Her works have been shown at several art and film festivals and art exhibitions both in Finland and abroad. She has a doctoral degree from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts.
28 works