Ocean Blvd
Kallio Jade
In reference to a Lana Del Rey song, Ocean Blvd poetically explores the politics of architecture, safe spaces, and visibility from a trans person's perspective. The work blends fictional and non-fictional narratives to outline the boundaries of reality; sometimes our dreams or imagined worlds are more real than the world around us.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:17:24
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Ocean Blvd
English Title
Ocean Blvd
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Jade Kallio (Author), Jade Kallio (Cinematographer), Elias Riipinen (Composer), Jade Kallio (Director), Jade Kallio (Editor), Jade Kallio (Producer), Jade Kallio (Script), Jade Kallio (Sound Design), Ville Laurinkoski (Actor), Tiia Roivanen (Actor), Tuomo Tuovinen (Actor), Kolya Kotov (Actor), AVEK (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder)
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Jade Kallio
Born: 1978
Jade Kallio is a Helsinki-based filmmaker and artist whose practice reflects on gender, corporeality, and the spaces and social structures in which meanings are produced, with a focus on trans identities and marginalized experiences. Kallio explores how social norms shape possibilities for existence and visibility. Current projects blend documentary, speculative fiction, and magical realism while considering production structures, working conditions, and questions of narrative authority. Kallio has exhibited work at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, CCA Northern Ireland, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the European Media Art Festival (EMAF Award 2019), among others.
7 works