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DIRECTOR  |  UNDER WATER CINEMATOGRAPHER

NOORA

TRAILER

Dance film follows a dancer’s, Noora’s movement. Her body’s impulses are generated in the moment from contact with different environments. Noora has congenital bone fragility, Osteogenesis Imperfecta. She uses a wheelchair as a dancing aid. In it, she can move widely, but feels isolated from the surrounding environment. For Noora, the wheelchair is not the same as her. She takes control of her wheelchair while playing with its spokes, and at the same time puts herself in an active role instead of a passive recipient. Noora does not focus on her own limitations, but rather on her opportunities to move. Water is a natural element for her, it enables movement that is impossible for her on land. In the water Noora lets go of her wheelchair. Her toes sink into the mud bottom, which pulsates in contact with her steps. She leans herself against the water. Water supports her fragile body tightly with its pressure, it does not judge or weigh who she is. Supported by water she dares to express herself more freely, her body is more elastic, expression and range of motion are greater.

Director

Composer & Sound designer

Dancer

Screenwriters

Cinematographer

Aerial Cinematographer

Editor & Colorist 

Runner / Camera assistant / 

Safety Driver / Lighting / Prop

Produser

Anna Kekkonen

Joonatan Portaankorva 

Noora Västinen

Anna Kekkonen & Jenny Timonen

Anna Kekkonen

Lassi Paasi

Anna Kekkonen

 

Lassi Paasi 

Anna Kekkonen

2024

This film has been supported by: 

Arts Promotion Centre / Taiteen Edistämiskeskus 

The Finnish Cultural Foundation / Suomen Kulttuurirahasto

 

VISEK

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AWARDS

Multiplié Dance Film / Minimalen Short Film festival 2024 – Trondheim, Norway,The award of best nordic film of Multiplié dance film 2024 

The Jurys announcement: 

 

“The award goes to a film that touches on several levels.  It is breathtaking and beautiful, and there is a successful union and harmony between the director´s and the dancer´s approach to the water element of exploration.

Water welcomes bodies and “judges no one” in relation to weight, size or shape. It allows us to be who we are. A poetry of its own arises, which is deeply human.

The film appeals to our tactile sense and we are drawn into a fluid state of pleasantness. The dark water unites with the dancing body, and we are fascinated by how the dancer maintains a deep calm in interaction with the power of nature. 

The underwater filming is close to the body, and the movements are perceived as even more clear and articulated. The music and the soundscape create space and provide a calmness that underpins the visual expression.

The film shows high cinematic quality with beautiful images and a good rhythm. The final shot, filmed from above, reinforces the impression of beautiful and tree-floating swan in its element. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Experimental Brazil 2024 – Rio De Janeiro Brazil – Award Finalist: Best Experimental Short Film

Short Film Factory, Bucharest & Transylvania, Romania – January 2024 Awards: Best Music & Dance

International Ecoperformance Film Festival, São Paulo Brazil – Ecopoet[h]ics – Honorable Mention.

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SCREENINGS | FESTIVALS

 

Multiplié Dance Film, Minimalen Short Film festival 2024 – Official Selection – Trondheim, Norway

Opine Dance Film Festival 2024 – Official Selection – Philadelphia, United States

CINEDANS 2024 – Official Selection – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Experimental Brazil 2024 – Official Selection – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Finnish Film Foundation 2024 –  Screening: Shortly Once a Month: Dancing allowed, Helsinki, Finland

Braga International Video Dance Festival 2024 – Official Selection – Praga, Portugal

Short Film Factory 2024 – Official Selection – Bucharest & Transylvania, Romania

International Ecoperformance Film Festival 2024 – Official Selection:

      IV IEFF São Paulo Edition – Cine Satyros Bijou – São Paulo, Brazil
 
 
 
                                            IV IEFF Rhodes Island Edition – The Granoff Center for the performing Arts – Providence, US
 
 
 
                            IV IEFF Buenos Aires Edition – Espacio Tole Tole Teatro – Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
 
 
       IV IEFF Pinamar Edition – Montfleury-sur-mer – Pinamar, Argentina
 
 
 
                                       IV IEFF Bucharest Edition – The National Center for Dance Bucharest – Bucharest, Romania
 
 
 
The Quarantine film festival 2024 – Official Selection – Varna, Bulgaria
 
 
 
ZED Festival Internazionale Videodanza 2024 – Official Selection – Bologna, Italy

 

 

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OFFICIAL SELECTION - BRAGA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO DANCE FESTIVAL - 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION - International Ecoperformance Film Festival - 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Quarantine Film Festival - 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION - ZED Festival Internazionale Videodanza - 2024