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Picturing a Micropolis: 96100-97690

“Picturing a Micropolis: 96100-97690” is a city symphony and short experimental film that depicts Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland. The film is not only a result of years of filming and grass-roots level observing, but also an entity in which all the details captured on film - images, memories, seasons and neighbourhoods - are swarmed to the viewers retina as an intense kinetic stream. Eventually the grainy mass of shots forms a new kind of bare image of the city, which also reflects on a larger scale Finland's real national landscapes: forest-encircled suburbs made of concrete.

  • Panu Johansson
    Director
  • Panu Johansson
    Concept
  • Panu Johansson
    Cinematography
  • Panu Johansson
    Editing
  • Kimmo Keskinarkaus
    Music (guitar & writing)
  • Petri Loukusa
    Music (guitar & writing)
  • Mika Vierimaa
    Music (Bass)
  • Henri Peltola
    Music (Drums)
  • Panu Johansson
    Music (Keyboards)
  • Panu Johansson
    Audio Mix
  • Ilkka Olander
    Audio Mastering
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Pienkaupunkisinfonia: 96100-97690
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Underground, Avant-garde, City Symphony
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 15, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Shooting Format:
    Super8
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film & Video
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    November 30, 2020
  • Super Off – International Super 8 Film Festival
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    November 29, 2020
  • Split Videoart Festival
    Split
    Croatia
    October 8, 2020
  • That One Film Festival
    Muncie, Indiana
    United States
    September 11, 2020
  • Mad Lab - Experiment 6 Screening
    Albuquerque
    United States
    March 5, 2020
  • Inversia Festival
    Murmansk
    Russian Federation
    February 7, 2020
  • Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image 2019
    Johnson City
    United States
    October 18, 2019
  • Experimental Film Festival Guanajuato 2019
    Guanajuato
    Mexico
    October 11, 2019
  • Pugnant Film Series: This Is Not a Robot Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    October 5, 2019
  • Pile of Bones Underground Film Festival 2019
    Regina
    Canada
    September 28, 2019
  • DOBRA 2019 - Festival Int'l de Cinema Experimental
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    September 25, 2019
  • Lino Kino Public Access-Installation
    Philadelphia
    United States
    September 6, 2019
  • Nomads Festival 2019: Kino Club Helsinki meets Laponia Improvisations
    Helsinki
    Finland
    September 22, 2019
  • Bogotá Experimental Film Festival 2019
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    South American Premiere
  • Kuntsthalle Turku, Night of the Arts Screening
    Turku
    Finland
    August 9, 2019
  • Post Midsummer-Studio
    Kuopio
    Finland
  • The Hazel Eye Film Festival 2019

    United States
  • Galleria Mustanapa
    Rovaniemi
    Finland
    October 15, 2018
    World Premiere
  • MUU Gala
    Helsinki
    Finland
    November 21, 2018
  • MUU Gala Tour: Taidekeskus Ahjo
    Joensuu
    Finland
    November 23, 2018
  • MUU Gala Tour: Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art
    Saint Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    December 8, 2018
  • Muu Gala Replay
    Helsinki
    Finland
    December 16, 2018
Distribution Information
  • AV-arkki, the Centre for Finnish Media Art
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Panu Johansson

I am a media artist and an experimental filmmaker from Finland. The medias I mostly work with are moving image and sound. My works have been screened in various festivals, exhibitions and microcinemas since the year 2000. When working with moving images, I prefer analogue film, tough I am open to all materials. I collect images and sounds eagerly and also like to use "found footage” materials whenever possible. In addition, I produce the audio tracks for my films myself. Some important influences and reoccurring themes in my work are the history of avant-garde/experimental film, but also cultural history in general. When describing my work shortly I usually use terms such as landscape film, diary film or personal film.

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