PRE KALEVALA

27´

By Riikka Poulsen and Raimo Uunila

 Pre Kalevala is a dramatic documentary taking as its theme the search for the roots of "Finnishness". The film takes one on the journey of ten different artists back into the time of memories, heroes and gods. The film acts as intermediary, transmitting the feelings and heightened personal experiences of the Pre Kalevala period to the viewer.

 By means of this film they transport the viewer to the heart of a fanciful, pre-historic landscape. The film opens against the works' background of anecdote and submerges the viewer into the very roots of mythological Kalevala-esque times.

 The following artists appear in the film: Mr. Vertti TERÄSVUORI, Mr. Guy HELLSTRÖM, Mr. Pekka HILTUNEN, Mr. Eero TASKINEN, Ms. Sirkka KÖNÖNEN, Ms. Helena LEHTINEN, Mr. Jari KETTUNEN, Ms. Niina PASANEN, Ms. Nina JOKINEN, and Mr. Jani ULJAS.

Script, direction, camera, editing: Riikka Poulsen & Raimo Uunila

Music: Antti Hytti, Jouni Takamäki

Sound design: Epa Tamminen

Words: Heikki Vuento

Actor: Ilkka Heiskanen

Producer: Marikki Hakola / Kroma Productions Ltd. 1997

Distributor: KROMA Productions Ltd.

PREMIERE

23 rd August 1997 Cinema Illusion, Helsinki, Finland