The Fragile
Koss Carolin
The Fragile lives in a broken world, which poisons and slowly suffocates him. He dives deep into his sub-consciousness, to go on a journey where he grows hope in a secret garden and tries to breath again.
Production Year
2013
Duration
00:11:02
Tyyppi
Asiasana
death, decay, dystopias, environmental issues, fiction, hope, installations (works of art), plants, poisons, respiration, subconscious, trees
Original Title
The Fragile
Finnish Title
The Fragile
English Title
The Fragile
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Carolin Koss (Author), Hannu Käki (Cinematographer), Johanna Tarkkanen (Composer), Carolin Koss (Director), Otto Andersson (Editor), Emilia Lindholm (Other ), Amiira Kultalahti (Other ), Ken Mai (Actor), Alexandra Ovtchinnikova (Costume Design), Jarkko Kela (Sound)
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Carolin Koss is a Helsinki based artist and filmmaker originally from Germany. Koss works with various mediums and often creates contemplative and aesthetic works, which embody internal landscapes or call for environmental deliberation. Her works recurrently have a dreamlike nature and captivate through symbolic language and stylized imagery. She completed her MFA degree at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2014. Her films and video works have been shown on various international exhibitions and film festivals e.g. in Helsinki, Stockholm, Riga, Berlin, Athens, Venice, London and New York. Koss was recently nominated for the “Young Achiever’s Award” at the Golden Women Awards in Helsinki, she won the 1st price at the Screen & Sound Fest in Kraków and she was granted with the “Hope Award for arising new talents” at the Unprecedented film festival in Tallin.
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