They Go Gentle Into That Night Work
Mottisenkangas Soile
In this creative short documentary about rhythm of work, a mail carrier, a plate rolling operator and a train driver arrive at the scene of their night shifts. This portrait depicts how they embrace the sphere of their posts. Common to these main characters is that they have discovered a peaceful, flowing, own space out of the night shift.
Production Year
2020
Duration
00:11:02
Tyyppi
Asiasana
factories, labour (workforce), mail carriers, media art, metal workers, night, night work, peace, portraits (works of art ), shift work, transport, women, work, workers
Original Title
Yötyön Zen
Finnish Title
Yötyön Zen
English Title
They Go Gentle Into That Night Work
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Soile Mottisenkangas (Author), Saija Mäki-Nevala (Cinematographer), Soile Mottisenkangas (Director), Telma Tuomisto (Editor), Kimmo Koskinen (Producer), Soile Mottisenkangas (Script), Ville-Matti Koskiniemi (Sound Design), Heli Lappalainen (Actor), Krista Majola (Actor), Leila Mämmelä (Actor), Suomen elokuvasäätiö (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Artlab (Funder), Artlab (Production Company)
Espoo-based artist Soile Mottisenkangas (Master of Arts, Film, Screen Academy, Edinburgh, 2011) works with video art, photography and film. Short doc They Go Gentle Into that Night Work won the Best short film award in Cinalfama, Lisbon, Portugal, 2020.