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9TH MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL RETROSPECTIVES
LASSE NAUKKARINEN -
Lasse Naukkarinen,
born 1942, graduated from Department of Film and TV of the
Lasse
Naukkarinen’s first compilation films were openly political, even provocative (SOLIDARITY,
1907;DIARY OF THE REPUBLIC, 1972). In
the 80’s and in the beginning of 90’s he used the methods of the observational documentary
in contrast to his first works (NO COMMENTS,
1984; HOUSE OF FULL SERVICE, 1994; DOG TRAILS, 1995).
Later
he has filmed connoisseurs of the art of living, the essence of the creativity,
a creative madness and looked for the new forms to its narration (MADAME
E, 1997; ARTIST’S LIFE, 1999;
SCHOOLBOY LIFE, 2002). In his latest
documentary he returns to his own past, to 60’s and 70’s as photographer and documentary
filmmaker (ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WASA UTOPIA,
2004). Liasse has made more than 30 documentaries and fiction films both short and
feature length.
Contact
Ilokuva,
PaloUe 23, 02760
Tel.
+358 9 855 4860 Fax: +358 9 881 3592
Email:
lasse@ilokuva.
Lasse Naukkarinen
is in Jury International, MIFF 2006.
ONCE UPON ATIME THERE WAS A UTOPIA
Doc/90
min./DigiBeta/Finland-2004
Director:
Writer & Narrator: Lasse Naukkarinen
Photography:
Lasse Naukkarinen, Ella Hutri & Leena Narekangas
Editor:
TuuIi Kuittinen
Animation:
Eila Hutri
Sound:
Heikki Innanen and Jan Innanen
The
film tells about the 1960s and 1970s. It looks at the world through the eyes and
the mind of the filmmaker Lasse Naukkarinen. It s a collage of photographs, of film
left on the cutting room floor, of unpublished audiotapes, of posters, souvenirs
and pennants. The film is contemplative, essay-like and self-critical though not
in a self-flagellating way: “Mea culpa, maxima mea culpa.”
Award:
State Quality Award 2005
ARTIST’S LIFE
Doc/59min./Digi
BetaICol/Finland-1 999
Director, Writer & Photography: Lasse Naukkarinen
Editor:
Tuuli Kuittinen
Animation:
Eila Hutri
Music:
Tuomas Kantelinen
“In fact, only a child can live real artist’s
life.” The documentary by Lasse Naukkarinen tells about the encounter of visually
talented, creative Esa, with colors, various materials and surrounding nature. Whatever
his hand or paintbrush touches seems to turn into something magical and fascinating,
a thing of beauty with a new meaning. The documentary follows Esa’s life through
the age of three to seven, depicting the intensity and spontaneous sense of beauty
of a child.
Awards:
Grand
Prix from the XIII Pamu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival
in Estonia Telvis Certificate of Honour: Best Documentary screened on TV in 1999.
POSTCARD AND MIRROR
Doc/9O
min./1 6mm/Col./Finland-1992
Director, Writer, Photography & Editor: Lasse Naukkarinen
Sound design:
Heikki Innanen
Music:
Harri Tuominen
In
Postcard and Mirror documentarist
Lasse Naukkarinen follows the life in Puumala, its events and atmosphere
of moments and space.
The
pleasure, sorrow and desperation of the people become alive in the film. Like in
the circle of seasons, there are also changes in the lives of the people. The old
is replaced by new, people are born and die.
Postcard and Mirror also describes the change of seasons and their impact
on life and change in the ways of life of the people during a period of time. A
glance into the past is facilitated by sequences from the film
Night or Day by Risto Jarva
and Jaakko Pakkasvita form the year
1962.
ROSES FOR YOU
Musical/4
min./Digi Beta/Col Hnland.1996
Director, Writer, Photography & Editor: Lasse Naukkarinen
Music:
Lasse Pihlajamaa
Animation:
Eila Hutri, Laun Pitkanen, Lasse Naukkarinen
A musical
film featuring the waltz Roses For You,
a vignette of a dreamer who would bring his love roses of gold, with silvery stems
and diamond-strewn petals, if only he could.
MADAME E
Doc/54
min/BetaSP/Col./Finland-1 997
Director, Writer & Photography: Lasse
Naukkarinen
Editor:
Tuuli Kuittinen
Sound:
Heikki Innanen, Tero Kinnunen, Lasse Naukkarinen
The
documentary Madame E paints an intimate
and funny portrait of Eila Lemmela,
also known as the Finnish eccentric, Madame E.
She is a colorful wife of a pig farmer, with a passion for collecting art. She feels
equally at home amongst her pigs, as on the parish council, she likes to sit for
painters and sketchers and attend the openings of art exhibitions.
Eila’s
life is centered around art:artistic baking, artistic Christmas trees, artistic
hats bigger than life itself. Eila’s life is full of surprises and may take her
straight from newborn piglets to a poetry evening or a party at an art gallery.
Awards:
Berlin
EthnoFilmfest, Main prize
Pamu
International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, Festival Audience Award
SOMEBODY TO DANCE WITH
Musical/5
min./Digi Beta/Col./Finland - 1998
Planning & Direction: Lasse Naukkarinen
Trick Photography:
Lauri Pitkanen
Editor:
Tuula Mehtonen
Mixing:
Jorma Harjamaki
Tango:
Tanssikaveri
Composer:
V. Reko
Additional material from a film
Kesayon Lapset Direction:
Roif Rubin
Photography & Editor: Ossi Skumik
A tango
film about moonlight, a summer’s night, dance floor and a girl, no matter whether
dark or fair. The film is based on a tango sung by
Vilho Vartiainen.
Awards:
State
Quality Award 1988
Jussi-Finnish TV Certificate of Honour 1988
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