SKÖNÄRIT
Viita Milja
SKÖNÄRIT is a collage film about seafarers based on archival footage shot around the globe by sailors themselves. ‘Skönäri’ is old Finnish sailor slang, meaning a seafarer. The script is based on the logbooks, letters and telegrams the filmmaker obtained alongside the footage from a small Finnish port town called Rauma. Through the tragic true-life story of a young sailor, Jalmar Yrjänen, the film portrays the life of those working at sea at the mercy of the natural elements, while also touching upon themes of colonialism and globalization.
Production Year
2025
Duration
01:03:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
analog recording, archives (memory organisations), collages, colonialism, everyday, filming on narrow-gauge film, harbors, history, mariners, media art, narration, narrator, seas, shipwrecks (marine accidents)
Original Title
SKÖNÄRIT
Finnish Title
SKÖNÄRIT
English Title
SKÖNÄRIT
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Milja Viita (Author), Jukka Salokaarto (Cinematographer), Martti Mankonen (Cinematographer), John Konkola (Cinematographer), Sakari Leino (Cinematographer), Yrjö Mankonen (Cinematographer), Ari Mylly (Cinematographer), Milja Viita (Cinematographer), Juho Laitinen (Composer), Milja Viita (Director), Milja Viita (Editor), Juho Laitinen (Music), Milja Viita (Producer), Milja Viita (Script), Veli Granö (Sound Design), Aapo Salonen (Actor), Lönnström Art Museum (Funder)
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Milja Viita's (b.1974) installations and films consist of experimental and documentary elements. Her works have been exhibited in e.g. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Mänttä Art Festival and in film and media art festivals internationally. 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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