ABANDONED LAND I
HD video / 2017
12.15 min / 16:9 / Stereo / Dialogue: Finnish / Subtitles: English
Directed, Screenplay, Camera, Edit, Music, Sound Design: Simo Saarikoski / Subtitles: Lora Dimova
ABANDONED LAND II
HD video / 2018
19.14 min / 16:9 / Stereo / Dialogue: Finnish / Subtitles: English
Directed, Screenplay, Camera, Edit, Music, Sound Design: Simo Saarikoski / Subtitles: Lora Dimova, Narrator: Timo Torvinen
“Abandoned Land is an experimental, documentary and poetic video about the lost Finland and at the same time about its future. It documents abandoned environments and forgotten lifestyles that have become the periphery of Finnish society and phenomena from today’s perspective. Finland is a metaphor for the social change throughout Europe from the ending of the Second World War up to the present day. The abandoned world is a window to the future, also reflecting the things we may in the future consider worth abandoning.”
FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS ABANDONED LAND I 2019 Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival / Hamilton, Canada 2019 Shared Sight Throw Back, Cinema Victora / Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2018 Aesthetica Short Film Festival / York, UK 2018 Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy / Helsinki, Finland 2018 W:OW 19 / Quarantine Film Festival / Varna, Bulgaria 2018 Athens Short Film Festival / Athens, Greece 2018 DocLounge Turku / Turku, Finland 2018 The W:OW Project / Kiev, Ukraine 2018 Kinos 18 / Lahti, Finland 2018 Festival International du Film d'Aubagne (FIFA) / Aubagne, France 2018 KFK Short Film Festival / Istanbul, Turkey 2018 The 15° Festival Internacional Signos de la Noche / Tucumán, Argentina 2017 The 15th International Festival Signes de Nuit Lisbonne / Lisbon, Portugal 2017 Burnt Experimental Video Art and Film Fest / Montreal, Canada 2017 The 2nd BINCIF - Bahia Independent Cinema Festival / Salvador, Brazil 2017 XI. Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival / Istanbul, Turkey 2017 Pori Art Museum - Staircase / Pori, Finland (Exhibition) 2017 Festival International Signes De Nuit (Signs of The Night) / Paris, France (The Sign Award) 2017 Rivne International Film Festival "Dream City" / Rivne, Ukraine 2017 Shared Sight International Short Film Festival / Cluj, Romania 2017 Jacksonville Documentary Film Festival / Jacksonville, FL / USA 2017 Channels Festival - Video Visions / Melbourne, Australia 2017 Babel Art Space / Trondheim, Norway (Exhibition) ABANDONED LAND II 2021 Galleria Fikka / Porvoo, Finland 2021 Flickfair Film Festival 2021 Korpifest / Eno, Finland 2021 Chronotop Contemporary Art Festival / Vyborg, Russia 2019 Videoforma 7 / St.Peterburg, Russia 2019 Haihatus Summer Exhibition / Joutsa, Finland 2019 Art Fair Suomi'19 / Helsinki, Finland 2018 Pori Film Festival / Pori, Finland 2018 Gallery Huuto / Helsinki, Finland
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