Awarded films

I met my ex-fellow students Susanna and Anu today, it's been awhile! It was so nice to catch up with these lovely ladies.

Leevi and hubby had a long skiing trip with old Norwegian army's wooden cross-country skis - no ski trails were used. Weather was very favourable for them, the sun shined all day.

In the evening me and Emma went to the see the awarded films screening of the Tampere Film Festival. Today's photo is a shot of the introduction screening. These hands form the logo of the TFF, designed by Kimmo Kaivanto. Logo's name is Creative Hands – Creative Films. The films we saw today were:

ANIMAL BRIDGE U-30330
Animal Bridge U-3033 is about the parallel realities of humans and wild animals. It’s filmed during a year on a bridge above motor highway. These bridges are architecturally engrossing structures, addressed only to the nature, allowing animals to cross the highway.

ALL INCLUSIVE
Under the spell of mass entertainement at high sea.

UNTITLED (BURNED RUBBER ON ASPHALT, 2018)
In a remote Norwegian village the weaving roads have become the subject of controversy. Assuming the role of detective, the documentary investigates the bewildering phenomena of car skid marks and their mysterious appearance. Winding, looping, curving, the hypnotising patterns reveal unexpected frictions in the village. Some brand the skid marks as an irresponsible and dangerous act, while others view the mesmerizing marks as a form of art.

CAT DAYS
Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to the doctor’s. She diagnoses a harmless condition. But it shakes the core of the boy’s identity.

TWO BODIES ON A BEACH
A WOMAN wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not again”, she sighs and decides to track down the enemy and strike back. She gets a companion from AN OLDER WOMAN, who has been pushed to the borders of society.  During their journey through classical cinematic landscapes these nameless women from different generations struggle to connect and understand each other’s perspectives while their passion for men and male attention gets in away.

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT
On the 20th of December, 1989, a few days after Ceausescu’s bloody repression in Timisoara, a father’s quiet evening turns to sheer ordeal as he finds out that his little son has mailed a wish letter to Santa. As the kid understood, his father’s desire was to see Ceausescu dead.

DULCE
On Colombia’s Pacific Coast, a mother teaches her daughter, Dulce, how to swim. It is an essential skill in this remote region, where livelihoods are made on the sea and where rising tides, made worse by climate change, have swept entire villages away in recent years. Overcoming her fear of the water is just one element of Dulce’s budding awareness of her natural and cultural surroundings.


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