An Ant
Muurahainen
Film by Kimmo Alakunnas
Muurahainen
Film by Kimmo Alakunnas
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| Picture Marko Ahokangas |
Synopsis of the film:
An Ant is a short contemporary dance film which tells the story of a workaholic Man whose sense of reality begins to fail. Because of his actions, his Co-worker falls into imaginary worlds from which it is almost impossible to escape. What is real and what is fantasy? And what, exactly, is the enigmatic Ant which keeps disturbing the main characters?
An Ant is a short contemporary dance film which tells the story of a workaholic Man whose sense of reality begins to fail. Because of his actions, his Co-worker falls into imaginary worlds from which it is almost impossible to escape. What is real and what is fantasy? And what, exactly, is the enigmatic Ant which keeps disturbing the main characters?
The film deals with the disability to give and receive love, and the way we give it doesn’t feel right. If we don’t understand right from wrong, we take what we want by force. An Ant uses dance and movement as an element that leads the audience along. There are no spoken lines, so the viewer has more freedom to interpret the events of the film. It is a collaboration of film- and dance art.
Awards:
Baltic Herring Short Film Competition 2010, The Second Prize in The Student Category.
International Film Festival of Patras City 2010, Award for Best Video Dance.
5th Cyprus International Film Festival 2010, Award for The Best Dance Film.
4th Jumping Frames Dance Film Festival 2010, Award for The Best Dance Film.
International festival Izolenta 2010, Award for the Best Dance Film
Portable Film Festival 2010, Special Mention
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/14794830
Introduction of the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4M6B9JYJXo&feature=player_embedded
The whole film:
http://vimeo.com/17034930
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/14794830
Introduction of the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4M6B9JYJXo&feature=player_embedded
The whole film:
http://vimeo.com/17034930
Mus Musculus
Film by Kimmo Alakunnas
Film by Kimmo Alakunnas
Synopsis of the film:
A man with unconventional moves wakes up at home in the morning and faces a problem: There's no more coffee. While going out to get some coffee he gets caught up in a new set of problems, getting lost being one of the most surprising ones. Is the empty, unknown hall into which he stumbles real or just a product of his imagination? In his distress the man encounters an unexpected friendship that helps him back towards freedom. The film is a tale about the connection between a man and a mouse as well as the joys and sorrows of loneliness and friendship. Freedom awaits as long as you are able to wait patiently and have an open mind.
The topics of the film are forcing one to stop for a while and see where they are going. Are they lost or found? When we get lost to our daily routines, which will bring us back? In the movie a mouse safes the man from loneliness and they have each others in the end. Mus Musculus uses dance and movement as an element that leads the audience along.
Cast and crew:
Director, Choreographer, Performer: Kimmo Alakunnas
Screenwriters: Kimmo Alakunnas, Vespa Laine
Cinematographer: Vespa Laine
Editor: Kimmo Alakunnas, Vespa Laine
Lighting designer: Vespa Laine
Lighting designer: Vespa Laine
Sound designer: Jouni Tauriainen
Country of production: Finland
Production: Theatre Academy Helsinki 2009
Production: Theatre Academy Helsinki 2009
Duration: 5.23 min.
Suomi-Italia
Film by Kimmo Alakunnas
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| Picture Kimmo Alakunnas |
Synopsis of the film:
Where is Finland? What is life like in a society where everything is basically okay and the standard of living is one of the highest in the world? How do the surroundings differ from Finland to Italy? This short film is a self-portrait of a Finn abroad. The film reflects on the problems of a welfare state and the question of how a person from the North sees himself in a southern society.
Cast and crew:
Director, Screenwriter, Performer: Kimmo Alakunnas
Cinematographer: Kimmo Alakunnas, Mario Brondo
Editor: Ricardo Salledo Martínez
Sound designer: Ricardo Salledo Martínez
Voice over recording: Shayast Penezai
Country of production: Finland
Production: Kimmo Alakunnas
Production: Kimmo Alakunnas
The Rite
” A figure rises from the sea to dry land. This is the beginning of a journey to a city and a secret place where he finds what he's after.”
Film by Kimmo Alakunnas
synopsis of the film:
A figure rises from the sea to dry land. This is the beginning of a journey to a city and a secretplace where he finds what he's after. The theme of the film is to find a life partner of your own. The main corrector comes from the world where finding your mate is a part of the rite. The Rite uses dance and movement as well as music as an element that leads the audience along. There are no spoken lines in the film
Awards:
XVIII
Blue Sea Film Festival 2011, in Rauma, Finland, The Second Prize in Professional Category.
The Riten esittely, esittelijänä Kimmo Alakunnas
Presentation of the film The Rite, narrator Kimmo Alakunnas:
https://vimeo.com/36376985
Thieves
Film by Kimmo Alakunnas
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| Picture Susana Sanz |
Synopsis of the film:
A woman comes to visit an Italian town as a tourist but gets robbed as soon as she arrives. After this unpleasant experience she finds a curious new acquaintance that is difficult to shake off. Has the whole town gone mad or is there another explanation to these events? The theme of the film is to get lost and be found. It gives us a different point of view to see the world. Sometimes negative actions can produce unexpected solutions and even more positive outcomes like new friendships.
Cast and crew:
Director, Screenwriter, Offline editor: Kimmo Alakunnas
Performers: Kimmo Alakunnas, Maria Del Mar Herrerias, Hector Campos Rivera, Berni Flandorffer
Cinematographer: Natalia Sahlit
Country of production: Finland
Production: Kimmo Alakunnas
Duration: 8 min.
