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Tampere 30th International SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 8.-12.3.2000

MARKET SCREENINGS 2000

MARKET SCREENINGS TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Thursday, March 9, 2000
at 5 pm
NATIONAL FILM CENTER, LATVIA

Photo
Janis Ozolins-Ozols/Latvia/1999/fiction/35mm/8 min.
production: AKC, Elizabetes Iela 49, Riga LV 1010, Latvia
A game between a young female body and a middle-aged tramp, accompanied by a flash of Oedipus complex.

Clara and Rubinstein
Askolds Saulitis/Latvia/1999/animation/35mm/11'30 min.
production: Vilnis Kalnaellis, Rija Films, Meness 4, Riga LV 1013, Latvia, tel:+371 7 362 656, fax:+371 7 339 198, e-mail: rijafilms@parks.lv
A grotesque family life against the background of the end of the 20th century.

Time for an Angel
Mara Linina/Latvia/1998/animation/Beta SP/1 min.
production: Dauka, Zakusalas krastmala.3, LV 1509 Riga, Latvia, tel:+371 720 0705, fax:+371 722 9881, www.latfilma.lv
People often rely on some mystical higher force that will save the world in any situation. May be the allmighty will only save the Nature, not allowing the people to exist in it. Because having destroyed the nature, people have destroyed themselves. Why to save them at all?

The Little Devils
Inga Riba/Latvia/1999/animation/Beta SP/26 min.
producton: Rija Films, Meness 4, Riga LV 1013, Latvia, tel:+371 7 362 656, fax:+371 7 339 198, e-mail: rijafilms@parks.lv
A film for whole family without direct moralizing. Two mischievous but funny and kind-hearted devils all of a sudden find their way from the Hell to the Earth.

Discover Latvia
Agnese Bule/Latvia/1999/animation/Beta SP/11 min.
production: Kinolats, Kapselu 3B-9, Riga LV 1046, Latvia, tel:+371 241 1060, fax:+371 724 0542, www.latfilma.lv
"Latvians are people who sit in the trees, eat mushrooms and usually cover their ears".

Guard, Stalin and Planes
Aija Bley/Latvia/1998/doc/Beta SP/8 min.
production: F.O.R.M.A., Dzirnavu 87/89, Riga LV 1011, Latvia, tel/fax: +371 728 4235, e-mail: s.forma@latnet.lv, www.latfilma.lv
At dawn when the guard was watching a new day to break out, some aviation fans celebrated Christmas at the old Spilve Airport... And the planes will keep flying. Yesterday, today and tomorrow... Always.

The Commune
Arta Biseniece/Latvia/1998/doc/35mm/20 min.
production: F.O.R.M.A., Dzirnavu 87/89, Riga LV 1011, Latvia, tel/fax: +371 728 4235, e-mail: s.forma@latnet.lv, www.latfilma.lv
The teenage rehabilitation centre "Saulriti" - the only centre for teenage drug and toxic addicts in Latvia. Under supervision fo experieced psychologists and teachers the teenagers try to overcome their drug dependence.

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Friday, March 10, 2000
at 5 pm
ATOM FILMS presents

Distribution: Atom Films, Warwick House, 9 Warwick Street, London W1R 5RA, UK, tel: +44 171 734 6161, fax. +44 171 734 6162, www.atomfilms.com

Let Me Tell You a Story
Marlene Rhein/USA/1999/comedy/beta/9'30 min
Producer: Marc Wilkinson Lois describes a night of unfulfilled desires while unsolicited passion ignites in the background.

Wedding Dress for Sale
Leloutha Petrou-Veschi/UK/1999//drama/beta/7'38 min
Producer: Leloutha Petrou-Veschi
The sale of a wedding dress creates parallel experiences for two women. Andrea, the hopeful bride, preens in her new dress while Liza recalls her own nuptial hopes. As the sale is completed, Andrea looks forward to her new future as Liza closes the door on her past.

Billy & Zorba
Brian Kirk/UK/1999/beta/20 min
Producer: Gaynor Holmes
The story of a friendship a 10 year old boy and the town eccentric - a fisherman who thinks he's Zorba the Greek - set in a small fishing community.

Please
Paul Black/UK/1998/beta/16 min
Producer: Paul Black
A young novelist picks up the pieces of a broken spirit, only to be punished by a cruel twist of fate.

My Job
Joern Utkilen/UK/1999/comedy-international/beta/3 min
Producer: Joern Utkilen
A Pilot with the Scandinavian Airline Systems' talks about her job from the comfort of her kitchen.

Queen for a Day
Greg Coolidge/USA/1999/comedy - gay & lesbian/beta/4'30 min
Producer: Leanna Creel
Astraight man goes to great lengths to fondle the ladies. He decides to impersenate a gay athletic trainer for women and enjoys physical access not granted to heterosexual men.

The Duke
John McArdle/UK/1998/comedy/beta/17 min
Producer: Sara Proudfoot
Clinch Saddle up and hold tight for this film about Jack, his love of cinema and his special relationship with his grandpa, whom he believes is really John Wayne.

The Funeral of the last Gypsy King
Jane Rogoyska/UK/1999/beta/8'20 min
Producer: Meg Thomson, George Duffield
On a cold, windy day, the villagers in a small Welsh town attend the funeral of Laszlo Ferencs, the last and only Gypsy musician in town. At this graveside, the wind blows so powerfully that no one can hear the priest's funeral oration. When the village musicians attempt to play tribute to their friend, their music is whipped away on the wind. On the other side of town through the windows creeps a strange music, the last reminder of dead musician.

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Friday, March 10, 2000
at 7 pm
Videos and rockvideos from Oulu / Oma/Vaihtoehtoinen OKTO

G-Cheese: Dark Blue Art
Veli-Matti Koskenkorva/Finland/1998/Betacam sp/music video/5 min.
Mikä on sun taivas?/ What Is Your Heaven?
Jarkko Martikainen/Finland/1998/Betacam sp/document/25 min.
Aikamatkustaja / Time Passanger
Teemu Kokkonen, Paul Warren/Finland/1995/Betacam sp/fiction/8 min.
Aavikko: El Gebo/Panama
E.Nissi, JP Passi, P.Pirttiaho/Finland/1998/Betacam sp/music video/5 min.

production: Oulu Institute of Arts and Crafts, OKTO / videokuvaajan linja, Heikki Timonen, mobile: +358 (0)50 599 4629, Pikisaarentie 13, 90100 Oulu, Finland, tel: +358 (0)8 312 8011, fax: +358 (0)8 312 8012, e-mail: okto@osakk.fi

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Friday, March 10, 2000
at 8 pm
NATIONAL FILM CENTER, LATVIA

Elza and Arturs
Audis Miziss/Latvia/1998/doc/35mm/11 min.
production: F.O.R.M.A., Dzirnavu 87/89, Riga LV1011, Latvia, tel / fax: +371 7 284 235, e-mail: s.forma@latnet.lv, www.latfilma.lv
An etude without plot a masterpiece on a loving couple who have been living in a faraway corner ov Latvia will "ill fame" all their long lives.

The Commune
Arta Biseniece/Latvia/1998/doc/35mm/20 min.
production: F.O.R.M.A., Dzirnavu 87/89, Riga LV1011, Latvia, tel / fax: +371 7 284 235, e-mail: s.forma@latnet.lv, www.latfilma.lv
The teenage rehabilitation centre "Saulriti" - the only centre for teenage drug and toxic addicts in Latvia. Under supervision fo experieced psychologists and teachers the teenagers try to overcome their drug dependence.

Spanish Capriccio
Janis Ozolins-Ozols/Latvia/1998/doc/Beta SP/26 min.
production: AKC, Elizabetes 49, Riga LV 1010, Latvia, tel:+371 728 8702, fax:+371 724 0543, www.latfilma.lv
Is it possible to have a culture dialogue between two geografically far away countries? The impact of the Spanish culture in Latvia has seen to it that the unique talents of dancer Marta Alberinga, painter Dzemma Skulme and flamenco guitarplayer Andris Karklins flourish to their perfection.

Angels of Death
Juris Poskus/Latvia/1998/doc/Beta SP/26 min.
production: Fa Filma, Kalku 6-4A, Riga LV 1050, Latvia, tel:+371 924 3337 e-mail: fafilm@usa.net, www.latfilma.lv
Angels of death - that's how the dir.Juris Poskus calls train drivers.The vital humour and wisdom of the main characters will live much longer than railroad.

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Saturday, March 11, 2000
at 10 am
EDUCATIONAL CENTRE OF SAMI AREA presents:

Eallima Johtimat /The circulation of life
Saamelaisalueen koulutuskeskus/Educational centre of Sami Area/2000/fiction/VHS/6 min. Filmed and produced in Inari. Film is in Same language.

Matkamuisto / The Souvenir
Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen/ Educational centre of Sami Area2000/fiction/VHS/6 min
A story about friendship of a young Finnish soldier and a experienced German soldier during the War of Lapland.

production: Educational Centre of Sami Area, PL 50 99870 Inari tel:+ 358 (0)16 671 209, fax: +358 (0)16 671 426, e-mail:inger-anne.aarela@sogsakk.fi

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Saturday, March 11, 2000
at 11 am
AKVARIUM STUDIO presents

Boldinskaja Osen / Boldino Fall
Alexander Rogozhkin/Russia/1999/Beta/12 min. production: Akvarium Studio, 10 Kamennoostrovsky, St. Petersburg, Russia, tel: +7 812 326 8224, fax. +7 812 232 8881
A 40 years old writer is taking a train to nowhere. In his imagination he sees himself among prominent Russian classics. What we are living for - this is the question.

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Saturday, March 11, 2000
at 12 / noon
TAMPERE POLYTECHNIC, SCHOOL OF ART AND MEDIA presents

Tampere Film Festival XXX -commercials.

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Saturday, March 11, 2000
at 1 pm
CUBE OY presents

Pietarin musta koira / The Black Dog of St. Petersburg
Mikko Keinonen, Henrik Niinimäki/Finland/1999/document/Betacam/58 min.
production: Cube Oy, Arabiankatu 2, 00560 Helsinki, Finland, tel: +358 (0)9 757 0686, fax: +358 (0)9 752 4165, e-mail: henrik@cube.fi, mobile: +358 (0)41 511 3663, e-mail: Mikko.Keinonen@uta.fi
The story of russian John Lennon - Juri Shevtshuk and his band DDT.

Orimattilan laukaukset / Once Upon a Time in Orimattila
Rostislav Aalto/Finland/1999/document/Betacam/49 min.
production: Tarinatalo Oy and Zen and Trading Oy, Väinö Auerin katu 6 J 36, 00560 Helsinki, Finland, tel: +358 (0)9 797 413, e-mail: raalto@uiah.fi
Story about the conflict between a fox farmer and animal activists.

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Saturday, March 11, 2000
at 3 pm
GOSKINO presents

100 films about Moscow
Films 10-15
Savva Koulish/Russia/1999/doc/Beta SP/13-26 min.
production: GOSKINO, The State Committee of the Russian Federation for Cinematography, International Relations dept., Vladimir Ganshin, 7 M Gnedzikovsky per., 103 877 Moscow, Russia, tel: +7 095 229 7591, fax: +7 095 229 7731, e-mail:polina@df.ru

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Saturday, March 11, 2000
at 5 pm
School of New Screen Technologies - Pilot

Gone with the Wind
Alexander Tatarsky/Russia/1999/animation/Beta/12 min.
production: School of New Screen Technologies - Pilot, Khohlovsky per, 16/1, 109028 Moscow; Russia, tel: +7 095 925 1349, fax: +7 095 925 1679, e-mail: apilot@mnirti.ru

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Saturday, March 11, 2000
at 7 pm
Videos and rockvideos from Oulu / Oma/Vaihtoehtoinen OKTO

G-Cheese: Dark Blue Art
Veli-Matti Koskenkorva/Finland/music video/5 min.

Mikä on sun taivas
Jarkko Martikainen/Finland/document/25 min.

Aikamatkustaja
Teemu Kokkonen, Paul Warren/Finland/fiction/8 min.
Aavikko: El Gebo/Panama
E.Nissi, JP Passi, P.Pirttiaho/Finland/music video/5 min.

TAMPERE HALL - STUDIO
Friday, March 10, 2000
at 10 am

Rytmihäiriöitä / Irregularities
Pietari Koskinen/Finland/2000/animation/35mm/24 min.
production: Indie Films, Kansankuja 6, 00680 Helsinki, Finland
tel: +358 (0)50 596 3016, fax: +358 (0)9 7289 5200, e-mail: indie.films@co.inet.fi
A animationfilm about irregularities of life.

Kuningas Hidas / Slow at heart
Saara Saarela/Finland/2000/fiction/35 mm, Dolby Digital/60 min
Produced: Blind Spot Pictures Oy, Merimiehenkatu 27, 00150 Helsinki, Finland,
tel: +358 (0)9 622 2144, fax: +358 (0)9 622 2307, e-mail: blind@splot.pp.fi
A comedy noire on a man who thought he had lost his feelings.

Löylyn Veljet / The Holy Brotherhood of Steam and Agony
Heikki Kujanpää/Finland/1999/document/35 mm/29 min
production: Silva Mysterium Oy, Laippatie 1, 00880 Helsinki, Finland
tel: +358 (0)9 759 4720, fax:+(0)9 759 47240, e-mail: mika.ritalahti@silvamysterium.fi
A document about tolerance of a Finnish Man. Legendary Kake is training for National championship of bathing in sauna.

TAMPERE HALL - HALL B
Sunday, March 12, 2000
at 1pm

VIDEO IMAGE PRODUCTION presents
The Last Bottle
Jarmo Lilja/Finland/1999/VHS/fiction/16min
production: Projekti "Video Image Production". Kemiankatu 4 B 35, 33720 Tampere, Finland, tel: +35a8-(0)3 317 3540, e-mail:jarmo.lilja@tpu.fi
A fictious story spiced with documentary material filmed at the electric power technology laboratory at Tampere Polytechnic. The laboratory faced demolition by the spring of 1998. The protagonist Seppo decides to run a one last electric discharge test.

NON STOP SCREENINGS TELAKKA,
Video cinema Tenho, 2nd floor

OULU INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS presents

Puukko / Birth of the Knife
Päivi Lakso/Finland/1998/document/Betacam/5 min.

Koske! / Do Touch!
Petrus Markkula/Finland/1999/fiction/Betacam/6 min.

Takaa-ajatus / Chase History
Annika Nykänen/Finland/1999/fiction/3 min.

The Anzacks
M.Leinonen, M.Jatkola/Finland/1999/fiction/Betacam/5'30 min.

Lurker
Matti Jatkola/Finland/1999/fiction/Betacam/2'10 min.

"Järjen veit..."/ Out of wits
Annika Nykänen/Finland/1998/fiction/Betacam/5 min.

EDUCATIONAL CENTRE OF SAMI AREA presents:

Eallima Johtimat /The circulation of life
Saamelaisalueen koulutuskeskus/Educational centre of Sami Area/2000/fiction/VHS/6 min Filmed and produced in Inari.
Film is in Same language.

production: Educational Centre of Sami Area, PL 50 99870 Inari tel:+ 358 (0)16 671 209, fax: +358 (0)16 671 426, e-mail:inger-anne.aarela@sogsakk.fi

THE NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE

Cathedral
Gunnar Hall Jensen/Norway/1996/35 mm/9 min/English subtitles
Produced:Hans Dragesund, Alligatorfilm AS
Two robbers. A priest. A toilet. A church. The ways of the Lord are mysterious.

Efter filmen/Afterwards
Geir Greni/Norway/1999/fiction/35 mm/6 min
Produced: Catherine Klem
A group of friends meet after having gone to the movies. After the show is a dialogue-driven film about a generation that is generally overlooked in Norwegian films.

Kim Makes Sense of it
Kim Hiortoy/Norway/1998/fiction/Beta SP/3 min
Produced: Kim Hiorthoy, Jan Strande Odegaardsstuen
Kim lies in bed, bored. The Kjartan arrives and wants to show him his latest experimental film.

Nemo
Harald Fossen/Norway/1998/fiction/animation/35 mm, Dolby SR/5'23 min/int.version
Produced: BUG, Mediaverkstedet i Bergen
What You See Is What You Get...

Ved forste blikk/At First Sight
John Sullivan/Norway/1998/99)fiction/35 mm/3'15 min/international vers.
Produced: Gard A. Andreassen for Pluss & Minus
Dismissive looks appeal to exhibitionism in an interactive grey zone.

People Like Me Like People Like Me
Gunnar Knutsen/Norway/1998/fiction/35 mm, B/W, Dolby SR/5 min/int.version
Produced: Gunnar Knutsen for Tumblewine Films
A portrait of a confused man and his confused man and his confusing day assembled in five minutes of comic entertainment.

Med freidig mot/Roving Song
Hallvard Braein, Torleif Hauge/Norway/1998/document/35 mm/4 min
Produced: Torleif Hauge In today's Norway the number of homeless is growing rapidly. The film contrasts song lyrics and the people who are portrayed.

Vinduet/The window
Torstein Bieler Osttveit/Norway/1999/35 mm, Dolby SR/12 min
Produced: Martin Bråthen for Hobbart & Hobbart AS
Two men in their sixties are sharing a room in a hospital, they have both had heart surgery. There's only one window in the room, and the patient next to the window tells the other one about a moving rendezvous taking place just outside the window. The other patient has no view, and he is fantazising about the woman his roommate so beautifully describes. He is both possessed by the woman, and jealous of his roommate who can see her every day...

Öko Turnamat 2000
Geir Egil Bergjord/Norway/1999/35 mm Dolby Digital/3 min
Trough a series of stills the inside of a washing machine gets throughly investigated. With traditional dramaturgy, a dynamic soundtrack and more than few references to classic scifi movies an "abstract" plot is established.

International sales: Norwegian Film Institute, Box 482 Sentrum, N-0105 Oslo tel: +47 22 47 45 00, fax: +47 22 47 45 97, e-mail: torils@nfi.no

THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE

Tape no 1
Kärlekstunnel/Love Tunnel
Marcelo Racana/Sweden/1999/fiction/9 min/Engl. subtitles

Det var en gång/Once Upon a Time
Per Carleson/Sweden/1999/fiction/3 min/English version

Mr Pendel - Eps.Rain
Johannes Stjärne Nilsson and Ola Simonsson/Sweden/1999/fiction/5 min/no dialogue

Spärrvakten/The Ticket Inspector - Communication
Solveig Nordlund/Sweden/1999/document/7 min/Engl. subtitles

Del av den värld som är din/Parts of the World that belongs to You
Karin Wegsjö/Sweden/1999/7 min/No dialogue

Sällskap/Company
Göran Nilsson/Sweden/1999/5 min/No dialogue

Tape no 2: Theme Contact seven short films á 7 min
Rymd/Outher Space
Daniel Alfredsson/Sweden/1999/fiction/7 min

Teater/Theatre
Carl Johan De Geer/Sweden/1999/fiction/7 min

Snö/Snow
Måns Herngren and Hannes Holm/Sweden/1999/fiction/7 min

Kök/The Kitchen
Mona Hoel/Sweden/1999/fiction/7 min

Trädgård/The Garden
Peter Mokrosinski/Sweden/1999/fiction/7 min

Vardagsrum/The Living Room
Lisa Ohlin/Sweden/1999/fiction/7 min

Höst/Fall
Jan Bergman/Sweden/1999/fiction/7 min

Tape no 3: SWEDISH ANIMATIONS
Äventyrspizza/Adventure Pizza
Eva Lindström/Sweden/1997/animation/5 min

Do Nothin' Till you Hear From Me
Pernilla Hindsefelt & Jonas Dahlbeck/Sweden/1994/animation/5 min

Fågel Grå/Grey Bird
Gun Jakobson/Sweden/1996/animation/10 min

Hand in Hand
Lasse Persson/Sweden/1996/animation/4 min

Lutning/Leaning Backwards
Eva Lindström/Sweden/1994/animation/2 min

Nocturne
Pernilla Hindsefelt/Sweden/1998/animation/7 min

Otto
Jonas Odell & Stig Bergqvist/Sweden/1997/animation/7 min

Renmärkning i Jukkasjärvi/Reindeer-scoring in Jukkasjärvi
Johan Hagelbäck/Sweden/1996/animation/10 min

Contact: Swedish Film Institute, Box 27126 10252 S-Stockholm, tel: +46 8 665 1100 fax: +46 8 666 3698, e-mail: ulla.aspgren@sfi.se

SATURDAY
at TELAKKA
March 11th, 2000
at 4.00 pm

BLIND SPOT PICTURES PRESENTS:
Kuningas Hidas / Slow at heart
Saara Saarela/Finland/2000/fiction/35 mm, Dolby Digital/60 min
Produced: Blind Spot Pictures Oy, Merimiehenkatu 27, 00150 Helsinki, Finland,
tel: +358 9 622 2144, fax: +358 9 622 2307, e-mail: blind@splot.pp.fi
A comedy noire on a man who thought he had lost his feelings.

at 5.00 pm

AV-ark 10 years PRESENTS
curator: Sari Tervaniemi
introduction: Kari Yli-Annala
distribution: AV-ARK, Tallberginkatu 1 E 76, 00180 Helsinki, Finland, tel: +358 (0)9 694 4089, fax: +358 (0)9 694 4187, e-mail: av-arkki@av-arkki.fi, http://www.av-arkki.fi

Kuvitelmia maailmankaikkeudesta / Consepts of the Universe
Jari Haanperä/Finland/1999/fiction/35mm/12 min.
production: Petri Rossi, Indie Films, Kansankatu 6, 00680 Helsinki, Finland, tel: +358 (0)50 569 3016, fax: +358 (0)9 7289 5200, e-mail: indie.films@co.inet.fi
Surrealistic scientific shortfilm about man's illusions of the concepts of the universe.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Heli Rekula/Finland/1998/fiction, video art/digi beta/5 min.
production: Ilppo Pohjola, Crystal Eye Ltd., Tallberginkatu 1/ 44, 00180 Helsinki, Finland, tel:+358 (0)9 694 2308, fax:+358 (0)9 694 7224, e-mail: pohjola@crystaleye.fi
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow shows a girl alternately posing for the camera like a tourist, or pouting like a model in an advertisement. Little by little the girl is loosing the learned behaviour and forgets the presence of the viewing camera to let the pure energy of a child to take over.

Matka Kuuhun / Journey to the Moon
Kari Yliannala/Finland/1996/fiction, video art/Betacam/1 min.
production: Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts
Disturbances in the radio connection - Kari Yliannala travels to the papermoon.

Minä, joulupukki ja isä / Me, Santa Claus and Father
Björn Aho/Finland/1997/fiction, video art/Betacam/9 min.
The visitor crushes the rules and the authorities of the family.

How to Clean up American Style
Rosa Liksom/Finland/1992/experimental fiction/8mm/3 min.
Pill taking totally depressed housewife faces the end of her life in a laundry by her bibliophile husband.

ME/WE, Okay ja Gray
Eija-Liisa Ahtila/Finland/1994/fiction/Betacam sp/5 min.
production: Ilppo Pohjola, Crystal Eye Ltd., Tallberginkatu 1 D / box 44, 00180 Helsinki, Finland, tel:+358 (0)9 694 2308, fax:+358 (0)9 694 7224, e-mail: pohjola@crystaleye.fi
Three 90 seconds audio visual stories. Formaly and narratively films are situated in the terrain between short fiction and advertisement.

Authorised Only
Sari Tervaniemi/Finland/1999/fiction, video art/ Betacam/14 min.
A short fragmented detective story in four parts. It is studying the rules of mastering spaces and it plays with the conventions of suspense films, thrillers anf horror films; it's camera work is expressive. The film defines the position of the spectator: it puts the viewer in the position of a stalker and the elements of incompleteness and inconsistency push the viewer to realize his own obsessive investment in the story making sense.

Holiday Inn
M.Duncker, M.Wallander/Finland/1995/animation/Betacam/8 min.
At times in a decadent milieu, at times having fun in the sun, the grotesque wax characters amuse themselves to the beat of Bloody Bells and Bubba Skinner performed by Elevators.

Maritta Kuula: Peltikatolla
Mika Taanila/Finland/2000/fiction, music video/Betacam sp/4'35 min. production:Lilith/Tommi Viitamies, Lemuntie 7 A, 00510 Helsinki, tel: +358 (0)50 346 0245 fax: +358 (0)9 826 716
The video is shot using a thermograph, which is an industrial device for measuring variations of temperature. The ghostly impression of this technique suits perfectly with the dramatic quality of Maritta Kuula's song.

at 7.00 pm

GNU Films presents:
Productions by GNU Films, Aleksis Kiven katu 26 C 00500 Helsinki, Finland
tel: +358 (0)9 726 1525, fax: +358 (0)9 726 1536, e-mail: gnu@gnufilms.fi

Las Nueve Vidas/Petri Kotwica/Finland/1999
Film about a bass player in a Latino who needs to take a leak, and gets lost in a forest behind the dance pavilion and on the icy surface of the sea. The night of horror surprisingly turns into a fishing trip when he dives into a hole in the ice dodging a passing cruise ship and a fishnet is caught in the tip of his sharp-pointed shoe.

Fahrradfahren ist notwendig/M.A.Numminen & Sökö Kaukoranta/Finland/1999
In the song praising the beneficial health effects of cycling the person riding the bicycle is not, however, the singer himself, but actress Anneli Sauli: Numminen is sitting in the back seat of the bicycle and joyfully breathing in the air.

Risto
Rosa Liksom/Finland/1999/document
Risto is an interesting summary, with a humorous and understanding narrative, of the life of Risto Kautto, a little big man from Helsinki. Risto Kautto is a retired researcher of the Finnish Film Archive.

Rippeitä / Remnants
Maarit Lalli/Finland/1999
Understanding film about a young family at a time when only the remnants of love remain.

Elokuvantekijät / The Film-makers
Tero Jartti/Finland/1999
Satir about a film-maker in his forties. The "documentary" takes an interesting turn when the film-maker doubting his own "artistry" introduces a documentary-maker to a collegue of his, Elias, a performance artist who lives in a pile of wood chippings.

Yksityisetsivän tytär / Daughter of the Provate I
Iiro Küttner/Finland/1999
Marlowesque film about retired persons' afternoon dances in Helsinki. The principal character, Maisa, is at a restaurant alone for the first time, and she hides her insecurity in the guise of fatality, acting cool and observing the others.

2001 toivetta / 2001 Wishes
Tarja Kylmä/Finland/1999
Beautiful film like a Japanese wood engraving; tender and poetic, leaving room for verbal expression alongside with the image.

Kuppausta Kotiharjun saunassa / Cupping at the Kotiharju Sauna
Tahvo Hirvonen ja Simo Rista/Finland/1999
A descripition of the last wood-heated public sauna still operating in Helsinki.

Dual
Milla Moilanen/Finland/1999
A film about the fine line between the visible and the invisible. The protagonist is engaged in a wordless dialogue with his alter ego formed by light, for whom everything is possible. it si a ghost, another level of the mind, a spirit that does what the mind confined to the body is not capable of.Or which one is the alter ego, after all?

Viimeinen kesäpäivä / The Last Summer Day
Markku Pölönen/Finland/1999
Story about Mikko whose best friend's little brother in ran over by a truck. An ice-clear description of the moment when the turquoise bubble of dreams and trust surrounding the child is broken. Desbite its solemn theme, in the end of the film the viewer is released through satiric buoyancy to healing laughter.

Helsinki kulttuuripääkaupunki 2000 / Helsinki the Cultural Capital 2000
Tero Jartti /Finland/1999
Filmed at the Steam Club in the Lepakko House. Documentary lasting for the duration of a rock tune by Melrose, about a regular November evening at the club. Lepakko House will be torn down by the city in year 1999.

HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ART AND COMMUNICATION
- latest student productions presented at the platform
Tampere Hall, entrance hall

Helsinki School of Art and Communication / Helsingin taiteen ja viestinnän oppilaitos
Varjoja
Tero Vänttinen/Finland/1999/document/Beta/3 Min.
King for a Day
A.Mangai, G.Njogu, T.Lahti, P.Hornamo/Finland, Kenya/2000/document/Beta/1 Min.
The Coin
E.Okoth, D.Kaigi, E.Raitis, N.Soveri/Finland, Kenya/2000/document/Beta/1 Min.
Larp
Mikko Hänninen/Finland/2000/document/Beta/11 Min.
Totaali
Kaisa Saarela/Finland/1999/document/Beta/3 Min.
Hyvä sauna
Sami Antinniemi/Finland/2000/fiction/Beta/12 Min.
Tyttö ja kukkanen
Vesa Manninen/Finland/1999/fiction/Beta/8 Min.
Peukalo
Veera Koskivaara/Finland/1999/fiction/Beta/7 Min.
Oma käsi olkapäällä
Antti Kuivalainen/Finland/1999/fiction/Beta/8 Min.
Lokakuun kana
Anne Hattunen/Finland/1999/fiction/Beta/12 Min.
Hummeri
Elina Raitis/Finland/1999/fiction/Beta/10 Min.
Äitienpäivä
Elsa Tolonen/Finland/1998/fiction/Beta/7 Min.
I Wrote a Letter
Pilvi Porkola/Finland/1999/document/Beta/3 Min.
Herkkä suoritus
Elsa Piesilä/Finland/1999/document/Beta/3 Min.
Kaivopuiston Kasparovit
Mete Ufacik/Finland/1999/Beta/3 Min.
Helmi
Pete Veijalainen/Finland/1999/fiction, music video/Beta
Herneen paha päivä
Salla Wirman/Finland/2000/animation/Beta
Our Nairobi
A.Kuivalainen, H.Koro, M.Kyrö/Finland, Kenya/2000/document/Beta/25 min.
Kaunis lasi
Mari Mantila/Finland/2000/Beta/10 min.
Panda ja möhkäle
J.Roihuvuori, T.Hakanen, A.Vehman/Finland/2000/animation/Beta/2 min.
Luurankofestivaalipuffi
P.Veijalainen, P.Hara/Finland/2000/animation/Beta/36 sec.
En Möte med Alfred
P.Veijalainen, P.Hara/Finland/2000/animation/Beta/40 sec.
Roskis
Kaisa Luukannel/Finland/2000/document/Beta/8 min.
New Life
K.Mangai, L.Cheruto, S.Pärnänen, R.Puurunen/Finland, Kenya/2000/document/Beta/1 min.
My Nairobi
A.Rajput, E.Awori, T.Ahava, J.Heikkinen//Finland, Kenya/2000/document/Beta/1 min.

production: Helsinki School of Art and Communication, Hämeentie 161, 00560 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358 (0)9 3108 4209 / Annakaisa Sukura, www.hiam.hkiamk.fi