Sodankylä Forever

Sodankylä Forever

6.4
20101 Season
Sodankylä Forever

Overview

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Additional Information

Original Name:Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata
Status:Ended
First Air Date:2010-06-18
Last Air Date:2010-06-25
Number of Episodes3
Duration:90 min
Original Language:FI

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

4 Episodes

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