Filmography 1987 -
2010
Askelmerkkejä - series on Finnish dance (Askelmerkkejä, 2010)Korhonen Anna
Finland
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishProduction country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Korhonen Anna (also script)
Cinematographer: Jyri Hakala
Screenings and awards Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
2009
A Man from the Congo River (Kongon Akseli, 2009)Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
52 min 46 sek
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishSubtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: A documentary about Nordic machinists on the River Congo.
Synopsis: The documentary is studying the little known story of Nordic machinists working on the river boats on the Congo River. Professionals were hired on lucrative salaries from Finland and Sweden and they had to give an oath of fidelity to the King of Belgium. Sailors from the North met a new reality in the heart of the Black Africa where the colonial economy was based on slavery and compelled work. In private letters home we can follow how the men from equalitarian North gradually change adapting into the racist system. Con-crete personal tool and symbol of the regime was a whip made of the skin of hippopotamus. First terrified by the brutality of the white oppressors Nordic sailors learned soon to use whip themselves. Film is adding an interesting chapter into the history of colonialism in Africa. It is important to tell this unknown colonial story with a common content of the moral choices of an individual.
, 29.09.2009, Finnish Institute in France
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Screening formats Digibeta Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Scriptwriter: Jouko Aaltonen, Seppo Sivonen
Cinematographer: Timo Peltonen
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Tapani Rinne
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Screenings and awards Festivals: 30.01.2010 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Zoom sur Jouko Aaltonen 2009, Finnish Institute in Paris / France, 01.09.2010 The 30th Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) International Film Festival, 30.09.2010 Viscult 2010, Joensuu, Finland, 24.09.2010 Sardinia international ethnographic film festival, 08.10.2010 Etnia Film Festival, Turku, Finland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
2005
A.K.Cajander (A.K.Cajander - Metsäntutkija, Siperian kävijä, 2005)Ahlroos Arvo
56 min
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishCredits Director: Ahlroos Arvo (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
2003
Ambassadors (Lähettiläät, 2003)Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
57 min
Basic Information
Subtitle language: EnglishGenre: Documentary
Oneliner: A film about the diplomats, the modern nomads.
Synopsis: Ambassadors is a documentary about western diplomats and their special lives. The film follows a diplomatic family, Lindholms. Glen is an experienced diplomat working in the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi. He has made a long career in the third world countries. His wife Tuovi is originally a laboratorian, but has now concentrated in being a diplomat’s wife – which is hard work. They have three children, two of which already have their own lives. The youngest, Annette, encounters a new world and culture when the family moves to India.
The film views the international community and intercourse of the diplomats in India and Nepal. The diplomats meet each other often, both formally and informally. In a way, their life is some sort of an own culture. Often the difference between the time spent inside the embassy’s walls and the outside world is wide.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: India / Nepal
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Docpoint Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2004 and Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2004 / Finland, Astra Film Fest: Commendation / Romania, Freiburg Film Forum 2005 / Germany, Nafa festival 2004 / Estonia, Anthropological film festival in Moscow, TINF 2004 / Russia
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
2001
Accusations against the utopian (Syytteitä utopistille, 2001)Rustanius Seppo
Finland
58 min
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishSubtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about Edvard Gylling and the red Karelia 1920 - 1935.
Synopsis: Seppo Rustanius’ documentary portrays Edvard Gylling and other Finns who developed Finnish socialism in Soviet Karelia in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
After the Finnish Civil War, Karelia was a utopia for the Finnish Reds. Gylling was able to realize his vision, a utopia of socialism and working men’s country under unique and historical circumstances. An impressive Finno-Karelian project arose behind the eastern border.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: 29.08.2008 Tie Vienaan -symposium, Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2001, Docpoint Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2002, Tampere Film Festival 2002 and Tie Vienaan -symposium 2008 / Finland, Krakow Film Festival / Poland
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
