Jaakko Pallasvuo
Jaakko PALLASVUO (1987, Finland) is a filmmaker, writer, performer and artist. His work deals with hierarchies, feelings and social arrangements. He works with video, ceramics, texts and images. His work has been exhibited in various museums. His first book, Scorched Earth, was published in 2015. Bridge over Troubled Water (2016) was Pallasvuo’s second film project to screen at IFFR, following Picasso (2014). Fruits of the Loom (2019) won the 2019 EMAF Award.
Filmography
(selection, all short) Picasso (2014), Sacre (2015), Bridge over Troubled Water (2016), Heterosexual Love Story (2018), Fruits of the Loom (2019, co-dir), Hole (2019)
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Jaakko Pallasvuo op IFFR
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Fruits of the Loom
Jaakko Pallasvuo, Antti Jussila, Jari Kallio | 32' | Finland | World premiere
In search of unrealised paradises, a communist and a capitalist break into summer homes to build a new future. -
Hole
Jaakko Pallasvuo | 7' | Finland | None
Holes, ripped jeans, open-pit mining and doubting Thomas. This obsession with holes is really getting out of hand. -
Bridge over Troubled Water
Jaakko Pallasvuo, Jari Kallio, Antti Jussila | 28' | Finland | None
This film re-imagines 1960s musical duo Simon & Garfunkel as time-travelling protagonists and follows them as they navigate past, present and -
Picasso
Jaakko Pallasvuo | 6' | Finland | None
Imaginary dialogue between the artist and Picasso. “I do not seek, I find,” Picasso says. And he means it. The rest of us are still…