Helsinki, Forever
Helsinki, forever is a montage film on the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws a portrait of Helsinki and also acts as an essay on Finnish culture in a wider sense. It shows Helsinki as captured by leading Finnish feature film and documentary makers over a period of a hundred years.
Information
| Original name | Helsinki, Ikuisesti |
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| Original language | Finnish |
| Subtitles | English, Swedish |
| Genre | Documentary film |
| Production year | 2008 |
| Production country | Finland |
| Running time | 74 min 25 s |
Crew
| Direction | Peter von Bagh (also scriptwriter) |
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| Performers | Tauno Palo, Siiri Angerkoski, Ritva Arvelo, Susanna Haavisto, Ansa Ikonen, Mervi Järventaus, Liana Kaarina, Veli-Pekka Kaitue, Kullervo Kalske, Kaarlo Kartio, Aku Korhonen, Åke Lindman, Regina Linnanheimo, C.G. Mannerheim, Ilmari Mänty, Esa Niemelä, Masa Niemi, Paavo Nurmi, Kati Outinen, Tuulikki Paananen, Turo Pajala, Esa Pakarinen, Jaakko Pakkasvirta, Matti Pellonpää, Markku Peltola, Matti Ranin, Tapio Rautavaara, Olavi Reimas, Joel Rinne, Esko Salminen, Ville-Veikko Salminen, Esa Pakarinen, Sacy Sand, Irma Seikkula, Vilho Siivola, Markku Toikka, Leif Wager, Reino Valkama, Olavi Virta, Kari Väänänen |
| Cinematography | Heikki Aho, Björn Soldan, Pekka Aine, Felix Forsman, Osmo Harkimo, Armas Hirvonen, Pirjo Honkasalo, Eino Kari, Veikko Laakso, Theodor Luts, Vittorio Mantovani, Kalle Peronkoski, Uno Pihlström, Marius Raichi, Timo Salminen, Sulo Tammilehto ja Esko Töyri |
| Sound recording | Speak recorder: Ilmo Lintonen |
| Sound design | Martti Turunen |
| Composer | George de Godzinsky, Tuure Ara, Otto Donner, Einar Englund, Väinö Haapalainen, Nils Lerche, Vilho Luolajan-Mikkola, Georg Malmstén, Ernst Pingoud... |
| Editing | Petteri Evilampi |
| Translation | Tiina Kinnunen |
| Assistant director | Anna Korhonen |
| Speakers: | Erja Manto and Sulevi Peltola |
| Production assistant | Maarit Mononen, Illume Oy |
| Archive film directors | Heikki Aho, Björn Soldan, Jörn Donner, Ossi Elstelä, Matti Kassila, Aki Kaurismäki, Maunu Kurkvaara, Edvin Laine, Risto Jarva , Hannu Leminen, William Markus, Mikko Niskanen, Antti Peippo, Eino Ruutsalo , Martti Saarikivi, Orvo Saarikivi, T J Särkkä, Nyrki Tapiovaara, Teuvo Tulio, Ville Salminen, Tapio Suominen, Valentin Vaala |
Screenings and awards
TV-screenings
- 25.12.2008 YLE TV1
Festivals
- 23.01.2011 ArchFilmMatinée, Vienna
- 19.11.2010 21st Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia
- 18.11.2010 21st Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia
- 17.10.2010 DocLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal
- 08.10.2010 Lumière 2010 - Grand Lyon Film Festival
- 14.09.2010 Public film screening 'Memory and the City' as part of 2010 Humanities Week, Seoul, Korea
- 01.01.2010 Tiburon International Film Festival 2010, NWFilmForum Seattle 2010 and European Film Festival Chicago 2010 / USA
- 01.01.2010 Finnish Film Week 2010 / Russia
- 01.01.2010 Jeonju International Film Festival 2010 / South Korea
- 26.11.2009 Cinematheque Ontario, Canada
- 26.11.2009 Maailman hienoimmat elokuvat -event
- 19.11.2009 NICE Festival, Liverpool, UK
- 28.10.2009 Cinemateca Portuguesa
- 04.03.2009 Tampere Film Festival
- 25.01.2009 DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
- 01.01.2009 Pordenone Silent Film Festival 2009 / Italy
- 21.11.2008 Kallio Kipinöi -cultural week
- 06.09.2008 Laterna Magica Festival
- 31.08.2008 Helsinki Festival
- 15.08.2008 Helsinki Festival
- 30.11.-0001 Aye Aye Film Festival
- 30.11.-0001 Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Italy
Production
- Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy