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Nordic Nights: A Collection of Short Films from Finland
March 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Nordic Nights film series spring season ends with an evening of short films from Finland featuring experimental works, video art, and animated and live-action shorts.
28.3.2023 7 pm Online
Professor Pierre Tremblay from the School of Image Arts at the Toronto Metropolitan University has lent his expertise in the selection of the programme.
Registration to watch the Nordic Nights screening of A Letter from Helga on Zoom is required and can be done HERE
Note: the Nordic Nights event is FREE but donations are welcome!
On the playbill:
Stays Forever(Link to another website.)
3 min 16 sec, 2005
Director: Vera Nevanlinna(Link to another website.)
A rock perched on a cliff has a moment of hilarity and a break-up, returning later to its spot in this exploration of eternity.
Cofot
7 min, 2023
Directors: Salma Maronen and Aki Särkiniemi
How to accept and embrace imperfection is the story of a composer and his robot in a live-action animated short.
Mona
6 min 2022
Director: Sirpa Loivarinne
An animation about a crime wave in an art museum and devoted love for a painting.
Avaa Ponnahdusikkuna
(Link to another website.)(Opens New Window)
All My Mother’s phone calls (Link to another website.)(Opens New Window)
10 min, 2021
Director: Iiti Yliharja(Link to another website.)
An animated documentary about a woman whose constantly ringing cell phone creates havoc in her life. Nominated for the Finnish National Film Award, Jussi, for best short film 2023.
Dear Deceased – with text (Link to another website.)
6 min 26 sec, 2020
Director: Annette Arlander(Link to another website.)
A letter of appreciation to a dead spruce while resting in the forest.
The Saboteur(Link to another website.)
11 min 55 sec, 2022
Director: Anssi Kasitonni(Link to another website.)
A tongue in cheek take on an action flick and the making of one.
Ha Ha Ha(Link to another website.)
8 min 42 sec., 2019
Director: Samuli Valkama(Link to another website.)
Things happen at an Orwellian laugh factory.
Vanishing Point(Link to another website.)
1 min, 2018
Director: Jukka Silokunnas(Link to another website.)
A short essay on change – a vanishing family trailer that has been through many landscapes disappears from its own.
Cycle(Link to another website.)
10 min 10 sec., 2017
Director: Milla Moilanen(Link to another website.)
An animation meandering through the cycle of life through family albums and found footage.
Taiga(Link to another website.)
4 min 8 sec., 2023
Director: Leena Lehti(Link to another website.)
A lament for boreal forests as they are slowly disappearing with climate change. Animation and 16mm film footage.
Visual Meditation(Link to another website.)
7 min 52 sec., 2021
Director: Teemu Raudaskoski(Link to another website.)
A reminder to stop and take a moment for reflection on the nature around us, reminiscent of forest bathing. Experimental animation.
