The director finds a boxful of 8 mm films with pictures from all over the world from a garage sale.
Night after night the thin strips of plastic lying in the box come to life. They are clearly filmed by the same person, but who has wanted to document all these moments? The calm after the storm, an oriental dancer, the mist in Machu Picchu – and a maggot eating a leaf, the neon signs screaming in Manhattan colours. The mysteriously quivering bustle of the extinct harbours. A million separately exposed frames. Somebody’s whole life and experiences for sale in a flea market.
The surprising discovery opens the door to a lost world and leads the viewer to a journey around the world and even further with a forgotten adventurer, an old sailor. While seeking the person behind the films the creator begins to wonder what will remain of us, when the results of decades’ commitment end up in a garage sale.
Information
| Original name |
Jäävuoren varjoon |
| Original language |
Finnish |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Genre |
Documentary film |
| Production year |
2009 |
| Production country |
Finland |
| Running time |
57 min 19 s |
| Trailer |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sb40S9mcI |
Crew
| Direction |
Antti Seppänen (also scriptwriter) |
| Script |
Antti Seppänen |
| Cinematography |
Teemu Liakka, Antti Seppänen |
| Sound design |
Kimmo Vänttinen |
| Composer |
Antti Kokkola and Kimmo Mustonen |
| Editing |
Antti Seppänen and Samu Heikkilä |
| Photography |
Teemu Liakka |
| Original cinefilm |
Oiva Kovanen |
| Producer |
Pertti Veijalainen |
Screenings and awards
TV-screenings
- 13.12.2014 YLE Teema (New Kino)
- 04.05.2014 YLE Teema (New Kino)
- 28.04.2014 YLE Teema (New Kino)
- 09.12.2012 YLE Teema (New Kino)
- 08.04.2012 YLE Teema (New Kino)
Festivals
- 22.09.2010 Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival
- 22.04.2010 Joensuu Documentary club
- 04.02.2010 DocPoint Film Festival - Best Finnish Documentary Films at Malmitalo
- 31.01.2010 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
- 27.01.2010 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
- 25.11.2009 Nordox Film Festival, Beijing, China
- 24.11.2009 Maailman hienoimmat elokuvat -event
- 24.11.2009 World's greatest films - happening
- 22.11.2009 Nordox Film Festival, Beijing, China
- 17.11.2009 Finnish sea museum, Kotka
- 08.11.2009 Nordic Film Days Lübeck
- 07.11.2009 Nordic Film Days Lübeck
- 05.11.2009 Kettudays
- 03.09.2009 Kino K13, Helsinki
- 01.01.2009 The Finnish Instute in Paris, France
Production
- Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
