I tried to capture him in the image but he disappeared
Noroila Mikki
The starting point of the film is a historical fact: the filmmaker's Viena Karelian ancestor Rimmin Ul´l´aška live-modeled for the second version of Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s Aino Triptych (1891) in the role of Väinämöinen. The work takes a journey through Ul´l´aška’s home village and family archive to the Finnish National Gallery's Ateneum Art Museum. Fragments of a historical exhibition, archival materials, overwritten interview and personal memories form an episodic composition that not only presents marginalized history rearranged but also formalizes its elusive nature.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:12:42
Tyyppi
Asiasana
autobiographical approach, cultural heritage, documentarism, experimental films, Karelian language, Karelianism, media art, painting (visual arts)
Original Title
Yritin šuaha hänet kuvah onnakko hiän kato
English Title
I tried to capture him in the image but he disappeared
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Mikki Noroila (Author), Mikki Noroila (Cinematographer), Vieno Järventausta (Cinematographer), Mikki Noroila (Director), Mikki Noroila (Editor), Mikki Noroila (Producer), Mikki Noroila (Script), Mikki Noroila (Sound Design), Mikki Noroila (Actor), Timo Pajunen-Noroila (Actor), Kuvataideakatemia (Funder)
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