{"id":897,"date":"2025-11-18T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docpoint.fi\/movies\/shorts-competition-1-light-and-shadow\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:54:28","slug":"shorts-competition-1-light-and-shadow","status":"publish","type":"movies","link":"https:\/\/www.docpoint.ee\/test\/elokuva\/shorts-competition-1-light-and-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Shorts Competition 1: Light and Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fragmental Studies of a Night<\/strong><br \/>\ndir. Anni Tiainen &amp; Teresia Fant, Finland, Norway 2024, 12 min<br \/>\nWhat does the darkness of the night hide in its embrace? <em>Fragmental Studies of a Night<\/em> introduces seven scientists from different fields and follows them working at nighttime. Research in the darkness requires\u00a0sharpening of all the senses and patience to observe. Through glimpses illuminated by headlights and the moon, the nocturnal life appears rich and mysterious.<br \/>\nSabriina Hietaniemi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ocean Blvd<\/strong><br \/>\ndir. Jade Kallio, Finland 2024, 18 min<br \/>\nNamed after the <strong>Lana Del Rey<\/strong> song, <em>Ocean Blvd<\/em> examines the safety of spaces and architecture from a transgender perspective. Through a trans lens, the purported apoliticality of familiar spaces like public bathrooms or the forest is challenged. Material spaces sometimes melt into settings for dream sequences in the narrative that effortlessly combines elements of fiction and documentary.<br \/>\nAleksi Julkunen (translated by Adrian Murtom\u00e4ki)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Petrified<\/strong><br \/>\ndir. Minna Parkkinen, Finland 2025, 10 min<br \/>\nIn this wordless short documentary by <strong>Minna Parkkinen<\/strong>, beautiful wintry pictures hide a dark story about past traumas and sexual violence against children. The trophy given to the most well-behaved kids in the class becomes a symbol of something sinister. Emotions that are difficult to put into words are instead presented through a hummed melody while snow and ice make way for flowing water.<br \/>\nInari Ylinen (translated by Mira Sairanen)<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Will the Day Break<\/strong><br \/>\ndir. Sanna Liljander, Finland 2024, 6 min<br \/>\nIn this dreamlike cinematic elegy, loving hands reach beyond the planes of time and reality, to a time where unconditional love still burns, before one half of a relationship suffers a stroke. <em>When Will the Day Break<\/em> utilises both dash-cam footage and tactile film photography and wistfully explores the realities of love after memory loss.\u00a0<br \/>\nAleksi Julkunen (translated by Sofia Lanki)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bright White Light<\/strong><br \/>\ndir. Henna V\u00e4lkky &amp; Eesu Lehtola, Finland 2024, 13 min<br \/>\nWhat happens to us after death? <em>Bright White Light<\/em> examines the space between life and death through liminal experiences. This dream-like short film captivates the viewer with the authentic stories of near-death experience survivors and supporting hypnotic animation. Despite its topic, the film brings solace \u2013 and perhaps manages to assuage some of the fear surrounding its stigmatised topic.<br \/>\nVilma-Lotta Mustonen (translated by Adrian Murtom\u00e4ki)<\/p>\n<p><em>Directors Henna V\u00e4lkky, Sanna Liljander, Minna Parkkinen, Eesu Lehtola, and Jade Kallio will attend the screening on 7 February.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Content warning: childhood sexual abuse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":353,"template":"","class_list":["post-897","movies","type-movies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movies\/897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/movies"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}