Pakeneva horisontti / The Fleeting Horizon

(2024)

20’, 16mm film, DCP
Premiere at DocPoint, Helsinki in February 2024
Production: ELO Film School Finland

The experimental short film The Fleeting Horizon explores the human affected changes in nature through the human perception and experience. The meditative essay film studies the relationship between commercial forest industry and fossil capitalism. With no human in the picture, the short film combines images from an old decommissioned oil tank located on the Vasikkasaari island on the coast of Helsinki, Finland, with images from an old growth spruce forest and a cut down old growth spruce forest in Paljakka, Kainuu, Finland. The film is shot with a wide format Bolex UltraPan8 camera and developed by hand. The films shot at the old oil tank are developed with a developer made out of spruce needles. The films shot at the old spruce forest and the cut down old growth spruce forest are developed with a chemical developer.

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DocPoint Helsinki International Film Festival 2024 (World Premiere)

Vienna Shorts 2024 (International Premiere)

Tampere Film Festival 2024

Lapinlahden Elokuvajuhlat 2024

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Awards and mentions: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film festival 2024: Market Staff Pick

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Joona Mäkelä: director, screenwriter, composer, voice-over, film developer
Iris Kärkkäinen: cinematography
Erik Vartiainen: editor, dramaturgist
Ville Visti: sound designer and recordist
Saara Viika: composer, musician
Linnea Salonen and Aleksi Pulkkinen: producers

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Joona Mäkelä

filmmaker / artist