To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera
Valja Pinja
To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera (2021) is an experimental documentary about an encounter between two women, media artist Pinja Valja and model Vera Ruuska. As a child, Pinja dreamt of becoming a princess when she grows up. The main duty of the princess was to be beautiful, wear gorgeous clothes and be admired – just like a model. Pinja begins to make a documentary about Vera in order to explore her own childhood dream.
Production Year
2021
Duration
00:16:16
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Tehdä elokuva vain tavatakseen Veran
Finnish Title
Tehdä elokuva vain tavatakseen Veran
English Title
To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pinja Valja (Author), Mikko Levoska (Cinematographer), Pinja Valja (Director), Pinja Valja (Editor), Pinja Valja (Producer), Pinja Valja (Script), Salla Hämäläinen (Sound Design), Pinja Valja (Actor), Vera Ruuska (Actor), Liina Valtonen (Actor), AVEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder)
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Pinja Valja (1984) is a media artist from Helsinki, Finland. Valja works mostly with short films. Frequent themes in her work evolve around the questions of the structures of reality. For example, she questions the common and institutionalized, monogamous approach to love and relationships in her most recent films, A Poly Love Story (2017) and The Image of You (2017). Valja’s work often combine different genres of arts and film with a queer edge.
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