As Lights, As Flashes
As Lights, As Flashes is about a young man helplessly falling in love with the ever-present glossy images, that we see everyday wherever we walk in the city. This love is distant, naive and fiercely erotic, yet more importantly unsullied by natural human interaction. However, the man is fully aware of all this, and willing to fall into that hollowest of holes...
As Lights, As Flashes is a poem by the Finnish poet and spoken word artist Jussi Kiova.
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Hanna-Mari IhalainenDirector
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Lotta AhlbeckOriginal Score
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Jussi KiovaPoem and Acting
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Project Title (Original Language):Mainosvaloissa
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Project Type:Other
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Genres:Poem, spoken word
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Runtime:4 minutes 5 seconds
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Completion Date:March 27, 2021
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Country of Origin:Finland
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Country of Filming:Finland
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Language:Finnish
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Huhtamo International Film FestivalHuhtamo
Finland
July 15, 2021 -
Runokino Live
Finland
May 27, 2021 -
Berlin Lift-Off FestivalBerlin
Germany
January 30, 2022
Official Selection / Online -
Cannes Short Film FestivalCannes
France
February 21, 2022
Official Selection -
Flickfair Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
March 1, 2022
Official Selection -
Make Art Not FearPorto
Portugal
October 1, 2022
Award Winner -
Hottomela International Film FestivalKolkata City
India
October 22, 2022
Special Appreciation Award For Theme -
Motion Pictures International Film FestivalLagos
Nigeria
November 16, 2022
Official Selection -
Motion Pictures International Film FestivalNairobi
Kenya
November 16, 2022
Official Selection -
TRANÅS AT THE FRINGE - International Screening of Experimental Films and VideopoemsTranås
Sweden
July 2, 2022
Official Selection -
Hombres Videopoetry AwardTurania
Italy
September 27, 2022
Finalist -
Chambal International Film Festival - Season 7Rajasthan
India
January 20, 2023
Quarter Finalist
Hanna-Mari Ihalainen
Born in Riihimäki, Finland, in 1982.
Lives in Espoo, Finland.
Drama Instructror and Master of Social Sciences
First-time film director with a zero budget and her heart on her sleeve
Loves animals, horror movies and theater.
For me As lights, as flashes is an erotic love story. It’s a story about the agony of having a crush, fantasizing about someone or something just out of reach and feeling pure passion towards them. At the same time it’s a balancing act between nature and city with an insight to the capitalistic society we live in filled with advertisements