Foreign guests: Mia Engberg ja Ella Glendining
Espoo Ciné presents Mia Engberg's essay film trilogy Belleville, consisting of three parts: the third installment, Hypermoon, premiered this year, while the earlier parts, Belleville Baby and Lucky One, premiered in 2013 and 2019 respectively. In the trilogy, Engberg explores various phenomena from an experiential standpoint, ranging from the effects of social segregation on confronting personal illness, as depicted in her latest work, Hypermoon. Engberg's works also delve into political participation, class perspectives, sexuality, feminist pornography, and love.
Belleville Baby narrates memories of youthful love, beginning with a call from Vincent, Mia's former youth love who has been released from prison. The film has been awarded the Guldbagge Award and was voted number 20 on the list of all-time best Swedish films in a survey by the Swedish magazine Film.
The middle part of the trilogy, Lucky One, tells the story of Vincent, a small-time criminal in Paris who becomes involved in human trafficking and unexpectedly becomes a father to his teenage daughter.
Panel Discussion: Troublesome Desires
Saturday, August 19, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The panelists include Swedish documentarist Mia Engberg (Dirty Diaries, Belleville Trilogy), director Anna Paavilainen (Kikka!, Play Rape, Two Bodies on a Beach) as well as media scholar and professor of gender studies Anu Koivunen (University of Turku). The discussion will be held in English and moderated by film essayist and board member of Espoo Ciné, Tytti Rantanen. Discussion is in English.
English filmmaker Ella Glendining's documentary Is There Anybody Out There? opens the Crip Ciné program on August 21, 2023. The film, which is about Glendining's own life in an unusual body, follows the filmmaker's search for another like her in the world. At the same time, the film explores her contemplation on whether all people should be alike. The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
The movie is followed by a Master Class starting at 6:30 PM with director Ella Glendining, where they delve into the ableism addressed in the film. The Master Class is moderated by Johanna Karppinen.
