Ashes By Name Is Man
Pensive impressions of landscape, religion and ancestry give texture to this deeply meditative exploration of a homeland.
20'
Germany
IFFR 2023
In the aftermath of a death, a home is cleaned out; the accumulation of a life is removed in bags and recycle bins. But what becomes of the collection of books? Laura Rantanen’s resoundingly moving and wistful documentary reflects on the end of life, what lingers behind, and the moments when a book breaks through the monotony to open the world around us.
– Fiona Armour
IFFR 2023
- 22'
- Finland
- 2023
- Director
- Laura Rantanen
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- Jäähyväiset sanoille
- Language
- Finnish
- Producer
- Jenni Jauri
- Production Company
- ELO Film School Finland
- Sales
- ELO Film School Finland
- Screenplay
- Laura Rantanen
- Cinematography
- Iris Kärkkäinen
- Editor
- Heli Kota
- Production Design
- Laura Rantanen
- Sound Design
- Konsta Verta
- Music
- Tuomas Kettunen
Also in this combined programme
Flower Rain
A cosmic, textured study of flowers via photochemical reaction.
8'
South Korea
IFFR 2023
The Funeral of Spring
A peasant woman in rural China faces the repressive bindings of her environment.
18'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Laura Rantanen
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- Jäähyväiset sanoille
- Language
- Finnish
- Producer
- Jenni Jauri
- Production Company
- ELO Film School Finland
- Sales
- ELO Film School Finland
- Screenplay
- Laura Rantanen
- Cinematography
- Iris Kärkkäinen
- Editor
- Heli Kota
- Production Design
- Laura Rantanen
- Sound Design
- Konsta Verta
- Music
- Tuomas Kettunen
Programme IFFR 2023
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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An affecting meditation on the pain experienced by refugees forced to live in limbo.
12'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023
3 Lieder
Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A tribute to early film.
7'
Germany
IFFR 2023
3 Peonies
Flowers are stuck down and covered by tape: a wry comment on 20th-century modernist art.
3'
United States
IFFR 2023