Events/Openings

FELLMAN’S FIELD
 
A film by Kaisa Salmi
She directed a huge rewarded performance ”Fellman’s field for 22000 peoples living monument” conserning finnish biggest consentration camp in civil war 1918 and stories of five main characters.

Fellman’s field movie in three channels

22 000 soldiers and civillians were gathered into a prison camp to Fellman’s field in Lahti 1918. The prisoners were forced to spend almost a week outside without food or drink before they were send to other prisoner camps inside. Thousands died.

Kaisa Salmi tried to create a framework from which it would be possible to deal with the Finnish Civil War in a constructive way. At the same time the work shows solidarity to peoples that are at present involved in civil wars.

This documentary triptych film combines Finland’s biggest perfromance, stories of five main characters and text in verse form, which tens of volunteers read to camera.

FILMING CREW

PARTICIPANTS: 10 000 volunteers, actors: Suvi-Sini Peltola, Tapani Kalliomäki, Timo Hurme, Pekka T Rajala, Aino Niiranen and Jarkko Mikkola
SCRIPT AND DIRECTIND: Kaisa Salmi
Text origins: Kaisa Salmi, Teemu Mäki, Aki-Mauri Huhtinen, Jussi Niinistö and anne Kontula
DIRECTOR OF CINEMATOGRAPHY: Heikki Färm
EDITING: Heikki-Pekka Vaara
SOUND RECORDING: Viljami Lehtonen
SOUND DESIGN: Tuomas Skopa
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Markku Pätilä
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kaisa Salmi
SUPPORT FROM: AVEK, Elena Näsänen, Samuel Huberin taidesäätiö, Suomen kulttuurirahasto, Lahden taidemuseo, ArtLab, Aalto-yliopisto
PRODUCED BY: Kaisa Salmi