Friday, December 15, 2023

Aalto ELO Film School Finland: 2023 Autumn Show of Student Films, Part I

AALTO UNIVERSITY
ELO FILM SCHOOL FINLAND ESITTÄÄ – PRESENTS
ELO SYYSNÄYTÖS

ELON UUSIMMAT HARJOITUSELOKUVAT JA LOPPUTYÖELOKUVAT
LATEST STUDENT FILMS BY ELO

Tennispalatsin iSense-Sali (3. Krs), Salomonkatu 15, Helsinki
Friday 15 Dec 2023

I -NÄYTÖS/SCREENING 11 AM - 59 MIN
OPENING SPEECHES - Saara Toivanen - introduction of the film-makers

TYHJÄ NÄYTTÄMÖ (Empty Stage)
fiction, 2023, ohj, Sonia Gran, 2’, Course Exercise: Studiotyö 2022
    AA: To "Yumeji's Theme" by Shigeru Umebayashi from In the Mood for Love, a wordless, glowing, sensual pantomime. An actress in front of a mirror in the dressing-room changes clothes and removes her jewels.

ARCHIVES, HEREINAFTER
documentary/experimental, 2023, dir. Mikael Rutkiewicz & Anna Törrönen, 3 x 2’, Shorts published by Aalto Communications, Exercise Films
    AA: I  Desolation of war-destroyed Mariupol via surveillance camera footage. II Boys balance on rails. Ancient imprints. Extreme low res on the threshold of perception. III  I did not believe that the war might begin. Europeans care a lot about European tragedies, not about Palestine.

SUURET TUNTEET (Great Emotions)
fiction, 2024, ohj. Veera Lamminpää, 21  min, MA film
    AA: A drama school lesson in extreme emotion, living the part to the max, discovering the point that hurts, radical realism, Gestalt therapy, hate projection. "An ordinary actor portrays. A star actor is fully genuine". The great emotion of crying happens when the lesson is over.

HUONE 409 – siivottu sinua varten (409 – Please Make up My Room)
fiction, 2023, ohj. Reeta Annala, Hannu-Pekka Peltomaa, Veera Lamminpää, Josefina Rautiainen, Gyöngyi Fazekas, 30 min
    AA: I saw the eight separate films (ASAP, Doggystyle, Wrist Shot, Hookup, Lollipop, The Piston, Satisfyer, Glance) of The Hotel Room series in the Aalto ELO Film School Spring Show on 29 May 2023. That screening of 68 minutes is one of the most memorable experiences for me this year. This abridged montage of 30 minutes fails to sustain the engaging, dynamic drive of the full version.

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