Carried in Silence is a poetic dance film, and an extract of a relation between a mother and a daughter. Through contemporary dance and classical music the film speaks about intergenerational trauma and suppressed emotions, carried in silence, from generation to another. The chain of generations is also heard in the music of the film, composed by Isabella Leonarda in the 17th century – one of the few female composers of her era.

Director and producer: Vilma Tihilä
Choreographer and 1st assistant director: Sanni Kriikku
Director of photography and color grade: Perttu Inkilä
Editing: Sami Hokkanen
Sound design and mixing: Taavi Oramo
Set design: Markus Serala
Costume design: Monika Hartl
Recording producer and sound recording: Viktor Toikkanen
Production Company: Kulttuurikomppania Eloa
Mother: Kaisa Niemi
Daughter: Aimi Katinas
Violin: Aleksi Kotila
Cello: Joasia Cieslak
Harpsichord: Sanni Antikainen

Circology

Atlas lives next to a wind turbine in a remote and safe town. Although a master of arm-spinning, he finds himself breaking away from the tradition of his town, until an explosion of his turbine burns his life’s meaning to the ground.

Written and directed by Tero Peltoniemi
Producers: Jukka Rajala & Annika Sillander
Choreographer / Concept: Antti Seppänen
Cast: Antti Seppänen, Viivi Sjöblom, Marika Styrylska-Palka
Original Music: Emil Sana
Sound Designer: Juho Salaterä
Production Designer: Lotta Esko
Visual Effects: Valery Nikityuk
Cinematographer & editor: Tero Peltoniemi
Production company: Malakta Films

Noora

Short dance film about Noora, a dancer, who has congenital bone fragility, Osteogenesis
Imperfecta, and who finds the freedom to express herself more widely in the water.

Director: Anna Kekkonen
Sound Designer / Composer: Joonatan Portaankorva
Dancer: Noora Västinen
Writers: Anna Kekkonen & Jenny Timonen
Cinematographer: Anna Kekkonen
Aerial Cinematographer: Lassi Paasi
Editor / Colorist: Anna Kekkonen
Safety Diver, Runner, Filming assistant, Driver, Lighting, Props: Lassi Paasi
Producer: Anna Kekkonen
Film has been funded by: The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre and VISEK

Branché

Through unique, female-driven circus and movement art, BRANCHÉ traverses time and lush natural landscapes of Quebec in a poetic exploration of our potential to work in harmony with nature in the face of the rising conflicts and chaos of the climate crisis.
As diminishing resources and livable land drive an existential collapse, the daring three-high formations and breathtaking falls remind us that a oneness of nature and humanity is undoubtedly worth preserving.

Co-Directed by Janique L Robillard and Eric Bates
Produced by Eric Bates, Janique L Robillard, and Nathan Biggs-Penton
In Association with Cirque Barcode and Acting for Climate Change
Acrobatic Direction by Nathan Biggs-Penton
Cinematography by Kes Tagney
Circus Artists Agathe Bisserier, Adrien Malette-Chénier, Anna Soltys Morse, Anne-Marie Godin, Clara Scudder-Davis, Heidi Blais, Eric Bates, Nathan Biggs-Penton, Samuelle McGowan-Richer, Sorrell Nielsen, Tristan Nielsen