In Oil Blue, Elli Rintala shows the sea – not in the purest form, but in a tranquil harmony with the technology that surrounds, sails on and pollutes it. It is not people but the sea that brings giant oil tankers to the harbours and dictates the immense scale of the industry. This grandeur is portrayed magnificently.
Also in this combined programme
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Night Sweat
Analogue Hi-8 video blown up to 35mm film, this night truly sweats. Definitely for those of us who enjoy letting things get a little salty. -
Matter in Motion
Give me matter and motion and I will construct the universe (René Descartes, 1596-1650). Semiconductor reconstructs the city of Milan in a stunning wa -
A Thousand Scapes
The basic elements of cinema – time, space and the interaction between picture and sound – radiate from the screen in this abstract cinematographic ex -
Aanaatt
An animated, analogue picture of the future, involving seriously figurative mysteries and everyday playful abstractions. -
Cobra Mist
Richardson casts a spell in this contemplative zone of the unknown. ‘This is land-escape-art. Existential, visceral and elemental.’ (Andrew Kötting)
Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 25'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
