Tampere Film Festival, Hällä, 9 March 2012.
Introduced by Saara Cantell who commented on two recurrent features in her shorts. Dancing is central. Her movies are not dance movies but narrative movies where dancing is a way of expression. Mirrors are important. The following descriptions are from the festival catalogue.
SIRPALESATU / A TALE OF SHATTERS / [SHATTERED: A FAIRY-TALE]
Finland | Suomi 1995
Fiction | 20 min | 16mm | b&w
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Animation: Tarja Väätänen, Petri Rossi
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Saara Cantell
Music: Olli Koskelin
Production: TAIK/ETL/Marko Rauhala
A sad and slightly surrealist comedy of love.
DIAGNOOSI / DIAGNOSIS
Finland | Suomi 2002
Fiction | 5 min | Beta | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell, Päivi Pakkanen
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Kimmo Saarelainen
Editing: Tommi Karvinen
Music: Anssi Laiho
Production: POEM/Jetta Huttunen
Elena is sitting in the Doctor's clinic waiting for the test results, with mixed feelings.
POTRETTI / PORTRAIT
Finland | Suomi 2003
Fiction | 5 min | 35mm | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell, Paula Tuovinen
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Pekka Karjalainen
Editing: Saara Cantell, Kimmo Taavila
Music: Pekka Karjalainen
Production: Periferia Productions Oy/Outi Rousu
Even after a 30-year marriage, there is still room for new photographs in the family album.
MAHDOLLISUUS / WHAT IF
Finland | Suomi 2005
Fiction | 8 min | DigiBeta | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Aino Pitkäjärvi, Saara Cantell
Music: Sid Hille
Production: Periferia Productions Oy
What if, on a most depressing day, a new opportunity revealed itself?
TIISTAI, PÄIVÄVUORO / WAITING FOR ALICE
Finland | Suomi 2005
Fiction | 6 min | DigiBeta | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Cinematography: Henrik Leppälä
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Aini Pitkäjärvi, Saara Cantell
Production: Making Movies oy
On the other side of the mirror, someone appears to be waiting in vain.
PEILIKIRKAS PÄIVÄ / A CLEAR WINTER'S DAY
Finland | Suomi 1997
Fiction | 28 min | 35mm | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen
Music: Johanna Schnabel-Lehtinen
Production: Kinotar oy/Lasse Saarinen
An old man gets lost when looking for a post office. Every time he turns around a corner he ends up in the same small café. The owner of the café is building an ice sculpture for the woman he adores.
AA: A fine, consistent, poetic set of six movies. The choreographer is Paula Tuovinen. The movies are speechless and wordless except A Clear Winter's Day which is not very dialogue-driven either. There is an original sense of humour in these films. [Shattered] is a story of a triangle situation between a man and two women; the tensions are expressed via dancing. Diagnosis, starring Leena Gustavson, dramatizes variations of potential diagnoses via pantomime, special effects, and a musical production number. Portait is an account on the situation of taking a 30th anniversary portrait of a married couple, starring Mirja Tukiainen and Turo Mustakallio, full of fantasy visions based on special choreography. What if, starring Saila Heinikoski, is a series of visions of the life situation of a female office clerk who sees a magic mirror. Waiting for Alice, starring Meri Nenonen as a woman and her reflection, is the most enigmatic of the set, a condensed set of images that seem mysterious at least on a first viewing. A Clear Winter's Day is a poetic story of two men (Ismo Kallio, Tommi Korpela) and their dreams of women (Saara Pakkasvirta, Jatta Lukkari). The window / mirror theme appears now in the iced dangers of the wintry streets and the questions of the proper care of café windows in cold weather. It's a story of seeing.
Saara Cantell's poetic side is at its most pronounced in these short movies.
Introduced by Saara Cantell who commented on two recurrent features in her shorts. Dancing is central. Her movies are not dance movies but narrative movies where dancing is a way of expression. Mirrors are important. The following descriptions are from the festival catalogue.
SIRPALESATU / A TALE OF SHATTERS / [SHATTERED: A FAIRY-TALE]
Finland | Suomi 1995
Fiction | 20 min | 16mm | b&w
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Animation: Tarja Väätänen, Petri Rossi
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Saara Cantell
Music: Olli Koskelin
Production: TAIK/ETL/Marko Rauhala
A sad and slightly surrealist comedy of love.
DIAGNOOSI / DIAGNOSIS
Finland | Suomi 2002
Fiction | 5 min | Beta | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell, Päivi Pakkanen
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Kimmo Saarelainen
Editing: Tommi Karvinen
Music: Anssi Laiho
Production: POEM/Jetta Huttunen
Elena is sitting in the Doctor's clinic waiting for the test results, with mixed feelings.
POTRETTI / PORTRAIT
Finland | Suomi 2003
Fiction | 5 min | 35mm | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell, Paula Tuovinen
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Pekka Karjalainen
Editing: Saara Cantell, Kimmo Taavila
Music: Pekka Karjalainen
Production: Periferia Productions Oy/Outi Rousu
Even after a 30-year marriage, there is still room for new photographs in the family album.
MAHDOLLISUUS / WHAT IF
Finland | Suomi 2005
Fiction | 8 min | DigiBeta | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Aino Pitkäjärvi, Saara Cantell
Music: Sid Hille
Production: Periferia Productions Oy
What if, on a most depressing day, a new opportunity revealed itself?
TIISTAI, PÄIVÄVUORO / WAITING FOR ALICE
Finland | Suomi 2005
Fiction | 6 min | DigiBeta | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Cinematography: Henrik Leppälä
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Aini Pitkäjärvi, Saara Cantell
Production: Making Movies oy
On the other side of the mirror, someone appears to be waiting in vain.
PEILIKIRKAS PÄIVÄ / A CLEAR WINTER'S DAY
Finland | Suomi 1997
Fiction | 28 min | 35mm | col.
Director: Saara Cantell
Script: Saara Cantell
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
Sound: Sami Konkonen
Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen
Music: Johanna Schnabel-Lehtinen
Production: Kinotar oy/Lasse Saarinen
An old man gets lost when looking for a post office. Every time he turns around a corner he ends up in the same small café. The owner of the café is building an ice sculpture for the woman he adores.
AA: A fine, consistent, poetic set of six movies. The choreographer is Paula Tuovinen. The movies are speechless and wordless except A Clear Winter's Day which is not very dialogue-driven either. There is an original sense of humour in these films. [Shattered] is a story of a triangle situation between a man and two women; the tensions are expressed via dancing. Diagnosis, starring Leena Gustavson, dramatizes variations of potential diagnoses via pantomime, special effects, and a musical production number. Portait is an account on the situation of taking a 30th anniversary portrait of a married couple, starring Mirja Tukiainen and Turo Mustakallio, full of fantasy visions based on special choreography. What if, starring Saila Heinikoski, is a series of visions of the life situation of a female office clerk who sees a magic mirror. Waiting for Alice, starring Meri Nenonen as a woman and her reflection, is the most enigmatic of the set, a condensed set of images that seem mysterious at least on a first viewing. A Clear Winter's Day is a poetic story of two men (Ismo Kallio, Tommi Korpela) and their dreams of women (Saara Pakkasvirta, Jatta Lukkari). The window / mirror theme appears now in the iced dangers of the wintry streets and the questions of the proper care of café windows in cold weather. It's a story of seeing.
Saara Cantell's poetic side is at its most pronounced in these short movies.
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