Welcome to the first ever miniature film festival on Instagram!
The @aaltoarts originals film festival is a collaboration between ELO Film School and Aalto ARTS communications. It brings seven completely new, tailor-made short film diamonds to audiences across Instagram. The festival week screenings take place from Monday 26 April to Saturday 1 May 2021, every day at noon (EET) @aaltoarts on Instagram.
The film and TV industry is currently undergoing a massive transformation. In recent years, the industry has witnessed a fragmenting of digital consumption of film and TV content. Audiences have a multitude of new platforms and on-demand services to choose from, and movies and TV series can be watched anywhere with the tap of a finger on laptops, tablets or smartphones. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to permanently alter the ways creative audiovisual content is produced, distributed and viewed.
This means that the film and TV industry is currently reinventing itself by exploring new technologies but also by making new combinations of different kinds of art forms.
As part of this trend of positive disruption, ELO Film School decided to embark on a short film exploration on Instagram. Lecturer Hanna Maylett鈥檚 course stretched the possibilities of this social media platform to the max. ELO students created tailor-made miniature films for @aaltoarts Instagram feed, and managed to portray whole universes within the limits of this platform. The miniature films were inspired by legends such as Fellini, Tarkovski, Wim Wenders, Yorgos L谩nthimos, Gaspar No茅 and the Finnish comedy group Studio Julmahuvi. All works were filmed and produced on Otaniemi campus.
The results show that Instagram is a surprisingly apt digital platform for creative content. However, regardless of change, sound storytelling and a high level of technical expertise will always prevail.
Auditorio (Auditorium)
Carita has poured everything into her work. One day at work her world comes crashing down as she is confronted by her past; the choices she鈥檚 made and the life she鈥檚 never had. 鈥滱uditorio鈥 is strongly influenced by director Yorgos Lanthimos short film 鈥漀imic鈥.
Saara Hakkarainen, Sebastian Granskog, Ari Virem, Konsta Verta, Maleena Linjama, Eveliina Mauno, Iris K盲rkk盲inen, Arttu Liimatta, Valo Rinne, Elisa H盲rm盲, Pauliina Maus
No perkele
Ossi desperately wants to be accepted by the office ski fanatics so he can be seen as one of the guys. He grabs his skis and hits the trail. 鈥漀o Perkele鈥 is a comedy short about the expectations of being a man in Finland, inspired by the Finnish comedy series 鈥漇tudio Julmahuvi鈥 and their sketch 鈥漅oudasta Rospuuttoon鈥.
Saara Hakkarainen, Sebastian Granskog, Ari Virem, Konsta Verta, Maleena Linjama, Eveliina Mauno, Iris K盲rkk盲inen, Arttu Liimatta, Valo Rinne, Elisa H盲rm盲, Pauliina Maus
Sykli
The cycle gently glances at the ongoing circus. Inspired by Fellini鈥檚 playfulness, the clip spins a perspective where oddness seems to be common.
Magdaleena Jakkila, Aleksis Riehakainen, Elisa H盲rm盲, Eveliina Mauno, Iris K盲rkk盲inen, Arttu Liimatta, Ari Virem, Pauliina Maus
In-between (treatise)
A treatise about the space between us. The strong POV image asks: Can we share something more with a stranger than we imagined. This film was influenced by the works of Gaspar No茅 in "Enter the Void".
Magdaleena Jakkila, Aleksis Riehakainen, Elisa H盲rm盲, Eveliina Mauno, Iris K盲rkk盲inen, Arttu Liimatta, Ari Virem, Pauliina Maus
Visitors I and II
These two miniature films take their inspiration from Andrei Tarkovsky鈥檚 Solaris. We wanted to create a meditative, floating feeling 鈥 something that one is able to experience when connecting with the other.
Helmi Donner, Iris K盲rkk盲inen, Mikael Hakkarainen, Ronja Haikka, Arttu Liimatta, Valo Rinne, Olavi Murto, Pauliina Maus
Desire
It's a story about an angel who desires to become a human. We were trying to translate the flow of the Wim Wenders epic film: Wings of desire to a small screen. Also the storming of the U.S. capitol and the 2021 protests in Russia inspired us to put a small story of a lost Riot police in the film.
Anton Baer, Arttu Liimatta, Tyko Sairanen, Sanne Saajos, Ronja Haikka, Iris K盲rkk盲inen, Valo Rinne, Ari Virem, Pauliina Maus
Producers: Eveliina Mauno & Ronja Haikka
For more information:
Hanna Maylett, Lecturer in film directing, Department of Film, Television and Scenography
Hanna.maylett@aalto.fi
Sini Koskimies, Communications manager of Aalto ARTS
Sini.koskimies@aalto.fi
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