Filmography 1987 -
2011
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family (Lastuja - Taiteilijasuvun vuosisata, 2011)von Bagh Peter
Finland
74 min
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishSubtitle language: English, Swedish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: The story of an artistic family Aho-Soldan, whose influence has been important in Finnish art throughout decades of the 20th century.
Synopsis: Peter von Bagh's essay documentary is the story of an artistic family Aho-Soldan, whose influence has been important in Finnish art throughout decades of the 20th century. The film is a collage of many multi-faceted personalities enriching the lives of generations: Author Juhani Aho, with him and after him painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, cinematographers Heikki Aho and Björn Soldan and photographer Claire Aho. Through their life's work we find a method of the documentary: words, paintings, photographs and moving images. The total picture of culture, portrayed through all its circumstantial evidence.
Splinters is a story about mental tensions and the electric field of ideas and practise that lead to the rise of modern Finland. The film moves between different eras - things are repeated, they evolve, they emerge in a new form. Half a century of history of Finland and Finnish culture, very versatile.
Premiere: 28.08.2011, Helsinki Festival, Bio Rex
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: von Bagh Peter (also script)
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Editor: Petteri Evilampi
Screenings and awards Festivals: 24.01.2012 DocPoint 2012 / Finland, 25.01.2012 International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012 / Netherlands, 10.02.2012 Finnish Film Weekend in Museé D'Orsay 2012 / France, 11.04.2012 BAFICI 2012 / Buenos Aires
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
2010
Second Birth (Toinen ovi, 2010)Jänkälä Tita
Finland
25 min 56 sek
Basic Information
Original language: FinnishSubtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary/art film
Synopsis: Documentary film Second Birth is the story of the tight friendship between Finnish painter Liisa Rautiainen (born 1919) and German photographer Detlef Trefz (born 1950). Both fill their days with creating images, and sharing this passion is at the heart of their friendship. Because of his friendship with Liisa, Detlef Trefz, a top ad photographer and cosmopolitan, gave up throbbing metropoles for the arctic, remote town of Keminmaa. Liisa eagerly shares her long experience and because of her prodding, Detlef starts to paint. Liisa had a near-death experience when she was ill and she feels she has been given a new life.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Jänkälä Tita (also script)
Scriptwriter: Tita Jänkälä
Cinematographer: Raimo Uunila
Sound designer: Otso Pakarinen
Composer: Otso Pakarinen
Editor: Tita Jänkälä
Screenings and awards Festivals: 21.03.2010 International Festival of Films on Art FIFA 2010/ Canada, 24.03.2010 International Festival of Films on Art FIFA 2010/ Canada, 06.11.2010 Arctic Fury Film and Media Festival
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
Survivors (Selviytyjät, 2010)Lilja Juho, Vu-Lilja Thu Nga
Finland
54 min 45 sek
Basic Information
Original language: VietnamSubtitle language: English, Finnish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Documentary about self-employed entrepreneur in socialistic Vietnam.
Synopsis: Market economy has reached the small town of Dien Hong in Vietnam. Paid work in metal works has taken over the traditional work in the fields and the future looks bright. Then the demand for crude metal crashes. The memories of poverty return, but so does faith in one's own survival.
Premiere: 19.05.2010Production country: Finland
Filming country: Vietnam
Credits Director: Lilja Juho (also script) , Vu-Lilja Thu Nga (also script)
Cinematographer: Nguyen Sy Khoa, Nguyen Sy Bang and Trinh Viet Tuan
Sound recordist: Tran Hong Minh and Nguyen Anh Dung
Sound designer: Kirsi Korhonen
Composer: Dang Huu Phuc and Vu Nhat Tan
Editor: Pauliina Punkki and Sanna Liinamaa
Translations: Vo Quynh Le
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
2008
Stone Pastures (Kivilaitumet, 2008)Coleman Donagh
Finland / Ireland / UK
65 min
Basic Information
Original language: LadakhSubtitle language: English, Finnish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Stone Pastures tells the story of a nomadic family living on the Himalayan plateau of Chanthang.
Synopsis: Stone Pastures tells the story of a nomadic family living on the Himalayan plateau of Chanthang. Father Sonam, mother Phuntsok, old uncle Tsewang, and the boys Padma and Kunsang struggle rearing goats that produce pashmina wool, the raw material for fineshawls. The family's survival depends on selling the wool to the dealer, who comes for business once a year. The dealer's money is also needed to pay for the boys' school fees. Education is seen as the way to a more comfortable settled life, but to his family's dismay, the eldest son Padma seems to have little interest in school books.
Premiere: 11/2008, Margaret Mead Festival, New York
Production country: Finland / Ireland / UK
Filming country: Tibet
Screening formats Digibeta, DVD Credits Director: Coleman Donagh (also script)
Scriptwriter: Donagh Coleman
Cinematographer: Timo Peltonen, Johannes Lehmuskallio, Donagh Coleman
Sound recordist: Pentti Venetjoki, Kimmo Vänttinen
Sound designer: Douglas Murray
Composer: Linda Buckley, Keith O’Brien
Editor: Breege Rowley
Screenings and awards Festivals: 16.11.2008 Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, 22.01.2009 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 15.02.2009 Himalaya Film Festival, The Netherlands, 24.03.2009 Tartu Worldfilm Festival, 05.03.2009 Tampere Film Festival, 05.03.2009 Dialektus Festival, Budapest, 18.03.2009 Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris, Mead Traveling Film Festival 2009/ India, Les Diablerets Film Festival, 19.11.2009 Arctic & Fabulous, Cervino Cinemountain Film Festival 2009 - Grand Prix Cervino Cinemountain Conseil De La Valee / Italy, Dublin International Film Festival 2009 / Ireland, Kathmandu Film Festival 2009 / Nepal, London International Documentary Festival 2009 / UK, Yerevan International Film Festival 2009 / Armenia, 23.10.2010 New York Himalaya Film Festival, USA, 26.10.2010 New York Himalaya Film Festival, USA, 21.09.2010 Sardinian Ethnographic Film Festival, Nuoro, Italy, 01.09.2010 30th NAFA International Film Festival, 09.10.2010 European Buddhist Film Festival, The Netherlands, 20.11.2011 Münchner EthnoFilmFest, München Germany
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
Co-production Martha O'Neill, Wildfire Films (IRL)
Beverly Cook, Orchid Pictures (UK)
2000
Sydostliga Linjen (Sydostliga Linjen, 2000)Hiltunen Jouni
Basic Information
Genre: DocumentaryOneliner: One of the last postal boats in Finland operates in the archipelago of Korppoo
Credits Director: Hiltunen Jouni (also script)
Screenings and awards
1999
Saman taivaan alla (Saman taivaan alla, 1999)Kangas Raili
Basic Information
Genre: DocumentaryOneliner: A development aid worker returns to Finland.
Credits Director: Kangas Raili (also script)
Screenings and awards
1996
Shining lights (Loistoaika, 1996)Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min
Basic Information
Genre: DocumentaryOneliner: A documentary of finnish lighthouses
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
1995
Sweep (Sweep, 1995)van Ingen Sami, Hoffman Philip
Finland
Basic Information
Genre: DocumentaryOneliner: An experimental documentary about masculine identity and a journey in the footsteps of Rober Flaherty.
Synopsis: Sweep is a roadmovie to memory lane, a glance in to the film makers family history and a realisation of the need to see footsteps and past event that build myths. A journey through northern Ontario and Quebec to uncover family history, collide head on with the passing moment.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: van Ingen Sami (also script) , Hoffman Philip (also script)
Scriptwriter: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Cinematographer: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Sound recordist: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Sound designer: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Composer: Randall A. Smith
Editor: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Screenings and awards Festivals: State film award (Finland 1995)
