The Most Important Place in the World
Kangasmaa Tuomo
A furniture store has been built next to a migratory birds’ nesting area. Looking from the entrance side, you may not know what is behind the building. The video was shot on the Torne river delta, Northern Finland, where IKEA built its store in 2006.
Production Year
2009
Duration
00:02:22
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Tärkein paikka
Finnish Title
Tärkein paikka
English Title
The Most Important Place in the World
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Yes
Cast
Tuomo Kangasmaa (Author), Tuomo Kangasmaa (Director), Tuomo Kangasmaa (Producer), Tuomo Kangasmaa (Script), Jussi Österman (Sound Design)
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Tuomo Kangasmaa lives and works in Oulu Finland. He graduated from the Lahti Institute of Design and Fine Arts 2012 and the Netherlands Hoogeschool voor de Kunsten in 1992. In recent years he has made video works and installations that focus on traditional cinematic expression combining performance and documentary material. Kangasmaa has participated in exhibitions and festivals in Finland and abroad: e.g. Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (2015), Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema, Brazil (2015), Baltic Biennale, St. Petersburg, Russia (2012), European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany (2007) and Exis Seoul, South Korea (2006).
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