SKÖNÄRIT is a collage film about seafarers based on footage shot around the globe by the sailors themselves. ‘Skönäri’ is old Finnish sailor slang, meaning a seafarer. The script is based on the logbooks, letters and telegrams the filmmaker obtained alongside the footage from a small Finnish port town called Rauma. Through the tragic true-life story of a young sailor, Jalmar Yrjänen, the film shows the life of those working at sea at the mercy of the natural elements, while also touching upon themes of colonialism and globalization.

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Language: Finnish
Subtitles: English
63 min

Wherever Street Piece is a found footage film that describes impersonal and fragmented memories that cannot be directly linked to the life of one particular individual. Simultaneously the film documents the way these past realities – forgotten people in forgotten situations – blend together from the perspective of the present. Obviously not everything can be stored and passed on, but if we neglect the lessons of the past, are we also bound to repeat its mistakes? This film is distributed by AV-arkki, the Centre for Finnish Media Art:

This event makes part of Kulturarv project and is kindly supported by, Frans Henriksons Testamentsfond, KulturÖsterbotten, William Thurings Stiftelse, Gesellius Stiftelse.