Filmography 1987 -
2013
Remembrance - A small movie about Oulu in the 1950's (Muisteja - Pieni elokuva 1950-luvun Oulusta, 2013)von Bagh Peter
Finland
69 min
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishSubtitle language: Swedish, English
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Director, film historian, professor Peter von Bagh takes us on a stroll down the memory lane, to the 1950’s small-town Oulu, the town where he grew up. This extensive film essay utilizes a variety of archive materials: Film footage, still photos, paintings and other art works. The film paints a kaleidoscopic view of the arctic town and its spirit, awakening one youth, one era, one town magically. The movie is personal and local as well as general and universal.
Films by Peter von Bagh are award-winning works that have travelled around the world. World-renowned critic Jonathan Rosenbaum chose von Bagh’s film Helsinki, Forever as one of the 10 top movies of the first decade of the 21st century. Extensive retrospect programs of von Bagh’s films have been screened at for example in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Tromsø.
Trailer: http://muisteja.illume.fi/
Premiere: 13.04.2013, Oulu
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: von Bagh Peter
Scriptwriter: Peter von Bagh
Cinematographer: Arto Kaivanto
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Editor: Petteri Evilampi
Screenings and awards
Royal Reds (Kuninkaan punikit, 2013)Rustanius Seppo
Finland
58 min
Basic Information
Genre: Documentary filmOneliner: Finns in the British Murmansk Legion 1918-1919
Synopsis: A film about Finnish socialists who after the Civil War in 1918 fled to Soviet Union. Under the protection of Lenin, the men and their families joined the British Royal Navy 's 'Murmansk Legion', and so the Finns suddenly were in the eye of the wider political storm gripping all of Europe.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Scriptwriter: Timo Linnasalo, Olli Soinio, Seppo Rustanius
Cinematographer: Pekka Aine
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Perttu Kivilaakso
Editor: Timo Linnasalo
Kertoja: Vuokko Hovatta
Kertoja: Antti Reini
Screenings and awards Production Venla Hellstedt, Illume Oy
Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
2006
Revolution (Kenen joukoissa seisot, 2006)Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
80 min
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Original language: FinnishSubtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary musical
Oneliner: A revolutionary music film about a singing revolution
Synopsis: Revolution is a documentary musical about the 70’s generation’s fight for a better world and socialism. With songs and music, it paints a picture of a revolution that was lost. Music creates some distance and in many ways, depicts the experiences and spirit of the era much better than a regular interview-based documentary. The music provides a commentary and moves the film along, crystallizing the spirit of the revolution. The music also symbolizes the pomposity and rhetoric often so blatantly and comically at odds with the reality and everyday life.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats 35mm Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Scriptwriter: Jouko Aaltonen
Cinematographer: Jussi Eerola, Timo Peltonen
Sound recordist: Paul Jyrälä, Miia Nevalainen
Sound designer: Paul Jyrälä, Miia Nevalainen
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Screenings and awards Festivals: Jussi Prize 2006 Best Finnish Documentary Film, State Quality Support, Thunder Bay Festival, Canada People's Choice Award, Laterna Magica Festival Laterna Magica-prize, Nordic Film Days in Lübeck 2006, Leipzig Documentray Film Festival 2006, 12.12.2006 London Barbican Centre, Film Fest Hamburg 2006, Prix Europa -competition 2006, 26.04.2008 Iris Film Festival, Sodankylä, Jussi-candidacy 2006 also for best film, best music, best direction, 13.10.2009 The Finnish Institute in Paris, France, Yamagata 2007 / Japan, Isola Cinema 2007 / Slovenia, Oslo Eurodok Festival / Norway, Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, DOKLeipzig and Film Fest Hamburg / Germany, Black nights Film Festival / Estonia, Finnish Documentary Days in Sydney / Australia, Barbican Festival of Nordic Film, Northern Lights Film Festival / UK, Lisbon International Independent Film Festival / Portugal
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
1999
Red Orphans in White Finland (Punaorvot valkoisessa Suomessa, 1999)Rustanius Seppo
Finland
55 min
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishSubtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary / 1918 Trilogy
Oneliner: A documentary about the fates of the red orphans.
Synopsis: The third part of the 1918 Trilogy reveals what happened to those 20 000 red orphans, who were outstripped by the bloodstained Finnish Civil War. The red orphans were attempted to be sited and integrated to the White Finland. Children were sent to Ostrobothnia to be brought up and red orphanages were founded. Some lived a scanty life with their mother or relatives. Now the red orphans, forgotten by the official history, can finally speak up.
1918 Trilogy is the result of the resilient and long-term work of director Seppo Rustanius. He has scoured the archives and the picture libraries and chased down the witnesses and the parties involved that have still been alive. The work results in three touching and heavy documentaries. The civil war is a traumatic incident in the history of a nation, and it is discussed over and over again. Every generation has to define their stand towards it. That is why Rustanius’ 1918 Trilogy is constantly a topical and an important documentary series.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2000 and 1st Sotaelokuvafestivaali (Festival of films on War) 2006, Kansalaissota - Kansallinen tragedia (Civil War - a national tragedy) -event 2008 / Finland
Road of Hunger (Nälän tie, 1999)Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min
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Genre: Documentary / Teitten Tarinat -seriesOneliner: A documentary about the famine of 1868, which filled up the roads with beggars.
Synopsis: A documentary film about the road traffic and the Finnish Famine of 1866-68. From 1866 to 1868 at least 150 000 people died of hunger and diseases in Finland. The amount is terrifying, when taken into consideration that there were less than two million people in Finland at the time. There were many reasons for the famine, but also the underdevelopment of the traffic and transportation had an influence; the grain couldn’t be taken to those needing help.
The film follows a grain conveyance from Turku to Oulu. A horse caravan of over a hundred sleighs strived forward in the winter 1868 through the starving Finland. The people had left home and the roads were full of beggars. Many of them died on the road. What was the face of the famine like?
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2000 / Finland, XI International Festival of Ethnographical Films
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
1997
Red aprons (Punaiset esiliinat, 1997)Rustanius Seppo
Finland
68 min
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishGenre: Documentary / 1918 Trilogy
Oneliner: A documentary of women in the Red forces and their experiences.
Synopsis: A part of the 1918-trilogy. When the war started, also women joined the Red Guards for different duties: they worked in the service troops, as nurses and guards and also in the combat forces. The women who took up arms got a furious and persistent reputation. They were feared and hated among the White Guards. The women who were in on the war in the Red forces tell their story in this film.
1918 Trilogy is the result of the resilient and long-term work of director Seppo Rustanius. He has scoured the archives and the picture libraries and chased down the witnesses and the parties involved that have still been alive. The work results in three touching and heavy documentaries. The civil war is a traumatic incident in the history of a nation, and it is discussed over and over again. Every generation has to define their stand towards it. That is why Rustanius’ 1918 Trilogy is constantly a topical and an important documentary series.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Festival OFF-series 1997, 1st Sotaelokuvafestivaali (Festival of films on War) 2006 and Kansalaissota (Civil War) - event 2008 / Finland
1994
Return to Taiga (Paluu Taigalle, 1994)Aaltonen Jouko, Lappalainen Heimo
Finland
32 min
Basic Information
Original language: Evenki languageSubtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: What has happened to the Evenks after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Synopsis: A lot can happen in three years. When Illume Ltd’s filming group filmed the Taiga Nomads –trilogy, the Soviet Union still existed. In 1994 the same group returned to show the completed films, meet friends and see how the life in the district had changed. How was Sasha, Vaska, Sveta, Uljana and old Nikolai?
Return to Taiga is a film about the terms of life and death. How can a small indigenous people survive and maintain their way of life in a great turning point? The film is both informative and intimate. It also was the last film of anthropologist Heimo Lappalainen.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script) , Lappalainen Heimo (also script)
Cinematographer: Pertti Veijalainen
Sound designer: Jouko Aaltonen
Editor: Jouko Aaltonen
Screenings and awards Festivals: Pärnu Festival: Commendation / Estonia, Bilan du film Etnographic / France, Tampere Film Festival / Finland, NAFA Festival In Copenhagen / Denmark, Sibiu Dokumentary Festival / Romania
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
