Classic short films curated by TFF's festival director, Jukka-Pekka Laakso, featuring personally memorable films from the history of Tampere Film Festival.
Language: Eng Duration: 85 min Age Limit: 12+
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Fri 6.3. -
12:30 -
Finnkino Cine Atlas 4 -
12,50
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E058
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Sat 7.3.
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22:00
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Arthouse Cinema Niagara
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12,50
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F097
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Since the early years of Tampere Film Festival, Raimo “Rake” Silius was one of the most significant people who influenced what Tampere’s ”filkkarit” is today. For several years he curated the popular screenings titled Rake Special. Raimo Silius passed away last year and for this year at least, the task of putting together a “veteran reminisces" kind of screening has been passed on to me. This screening does not continue Rake’s tradition, but like Rake, it will present personally memorable films from the history of Tampere Film Festival.
I have watched thousands of short films over the past 45 years. For the last 25 years I have influenced what is shown at Tampere Film Festival and before that I watched selected films, for many years almost all films included in our competitions. Among the films I have seen, there are many films that I remember and many films that I have seen several times. Here are a few of them, selected without a larger idea or dramatic arc.
These films I do remember:
Jan Svankmajer is a very unique director; surrealist is a term often associated with him. Dimensions of Dialogue is both an incredible animation and a demonstration of animation skills, as it is really ”hand made.” For this film, one can really use the label “unparalleled.”
Creature Comforts was a film that showed the direction for the future work of Aardman Animation and Nick Park. Clay animation was not a revolutionary new technology in 1989, but the idea, the attention to details and the precise rhythm made this film a classic.
I saw Daniel Mulloy’s film for the first time as a member of the jury in Edinburgh: Before the screening we were told that we might not see this film because its screening copy had not arrived at the theatre. However, the film arrived on time and, as we were living the film era, still a little damp from the laboratory. The film won the main prize by unanimous decision. Baby is an example of a film where the smallest details are just right, there is nothing one could add or remove.
Ziegenort is an animation whose charm and impact are difficult to explain. Director Tomek Popakul has made films since Ziegenort that always have something inexplicable. I can’t even explain to myself why Ziegenort is one of those films that leaves an impression on the mind after the first viewing and the effect doesn’t go away even after several viewings.
Rat Catcher is an exception in this screening as I have only seen it once, at a screening in Tampere. However, it has really stuck in my memory. I am looking forward to seeing the film again. I hope that the film is as impressive to the audiences now as it is in my memories. This film will also represent all the other Polish films that could have been in this screening of my memorable films.
Jukka-Pekka “Juise” Laakso
Festival Director, Tampere Film Festival
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Creature Comforts
Koti kaikilla mukavuuksillaDirector: Nick ParkCountry: United KingdomYear: 1989Genre: AnimationDuration: 6 minAge Limit:
A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
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Možnosti dialogu
Dimensions of DialogueDirector: Jan ŠvankmajerCountry: CzechoslovakiaYear: 1982Genre: AnimationDuration: 12 minThree archetypes of human dialogues and their logical impasses. Visual genius at the service of sarcasm. Grand Prix for animated film at the 1983 Annecy Festival and Grand Prix des Grands Prix 1990.
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Baby
Director: Daniel MulloyCountry: United KingdomYear: 2010Genre: FictionDuration: 25 minA young woman intervenes when she witnesses men mugging a girl. Now one of them won't leave her alone.
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Ziegenort
Director: Tomek PopakulCountry: PolandYear: 2013Genre: AnimationDuration: 20 minAge Limit:
In a small seaside village a busy father tries to train his teenage son for a fisherman’s job. The introvert boy-fish will have to face the first serious competition. The world discovered by the boy is full of alarming signs and fascinating observations that often terrify him. Popakul’s intriguing graphic animation is at attempt at describing the anxiety of a teenager coming of age.
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Szczurołap
The Rat CatcherDirector: Andrzej CzarneckiCountry: PolandYear: 1986Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 22 minAge Limit:
The only professional rat exterminator in Poland, who works on an industrial scale, presents his unorthodox methods of destroying the intelligent enemies.
