Rovaniemi 50 cent
Helander Marja
Rovaniemi 50 cent is a small story set in a Nordic shopping mall. In an interior imitating the Ancient Rome, there is almost undetectable reference to the Sámi culture. This clue leads the protagonist to an absurd encounter.
Production Year
2014
Duration
00:01:11
Tyyppi
Asiasana
absurd, antiquity, experimental films, flags, interiors, Lapland, Rovaniemi, Sami culture, sami identity, sami language, Sami native region, Samis, shopping malls
Original Title
Rovaniemi 50 cent
English Title
Rovaniemi 50 cent
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Marja Helander (Author), Onneli Sieppi (Cinematographer), Marja Helander (Director), Kevin McLeod (Music), Marja Helander (Script), Jarno Valkonen (Performer), Marja Helander (Performer)
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Marja Helander
Born: 1965
Marja Helander (b.1965) is a Finnish photographic and video artist. She graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 1999. Her earlier work explored her own identity between the Finnish and the Sámi culture. Helander’s recent photographic work has focused on Northern landscape. The accent of the work is on the postcolonial topics in the Sámi area, focusing particularly on the global mining industry. The encounter between nature and mankind is not harmonious, but destructive. On the other hand, her video works are playful, exploring the contradiction between the traditional Sámi way of life and the modern society. Her recent short film Birds in the Earth won the Risto Jarva Prize and the main prize of the National Competition at Tampere Film Festival 2018. Marja Helander has participated in solo and group exhibitions and her works have been acquired for various public collections in Finland and abroad.
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