{"id":4983,"date":"2026-08-12T12:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/?post_type=event&#038;p=4983"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:32:18","slug":"discussion-true-stories-personal-emotions-carving-art-out-of-life","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/event\/discussion-true-stories-personal-emotions-carving-art-out-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"True Stories, Personal Emotions \u2013 Carving Art out of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 22, 3:45 pm | Kino Tapiola terrace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panel discussion with <strong>Angelica Ruffier<\/strong> (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/programme\/programme2026\/film\/appDRBKOCuy6k7uqo%3Atbl3ERifl3tqREFm8\/rec5q1VHzVElkIOzE\/la-belle-annee\">La belle ann\u00e9e<\/a><\/em>) and <strong>Karin Pennanen<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/programme\/programme2026\/film\/appDRBKOCuy6k7uqo%3Atbl3ERifl3tqREFm8\/rec03n5GiliUCbrOS\/days-of-wonder\"><em>Days of Wonder<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do deeply personal emotions and true stories become art? How to approach traces of someone else\u2019s life? What is the relationship between documentary filmmaking, the personal essay, and autofiction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This panel discussion takes inspiration from two films screening at Espoo Cin\u00e9: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/programme\/programme2026\/film\/appDRBKOCuy6k7uqo%3Atbl3ERifl3tqREFm8\/rec5q1VHzVElkIOzE\/la-belle-annee\">La Belle ann\u00e9e<\/a><\/em> by Swedish-French filmmaker <strong>Angelica Ruffier<\/strong>, which revisits the formative memories of a teenage crush, and <a href=\"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/programme\/programme2026\/film\/appDRBKOCuy6k7uqo%3Atbl3ERifl3tqREFm8\/rec03n5GiliUCbrOS\/days-of-wonder\"><em>Days of Wonder<\/em><\/a> (P\u00e4ivien lumo) by <strong>Karin Pennanen<\/strong>, in which the story and art of the director\u2019s outsider artist uncle intertwine with Pennanen\u2019s own journey to becoming an artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining the discussion are Angelica Ruffier, Karin Pennanen, and <strong>Anu Silfverberg<\/strong>, Managing Editor of Long Play, as well as an acclaimed journalist and essayist. The discussion will be moderated by <strong>Tytti Rantanen<\/strong>, Executive Director of Espoo Cin\u00e9. The discussion will be held in English.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La Belle ann\u00e9e will be screened before the panel discussion at Kino Tapiola on Saturday, 22 August, at 2:00 pm.<br>Enchanted Days (P\u00e4ivien lumo) will be screened at Kino Tapiola on Sunday, 23 August, at 2:00 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5104,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-4983","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>True Stories, Personal Emotions \u2013 Carving Art out of Life - Espoo Cin\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/event\/discussion-true-stories-personal-emotions-carving-art-out-of-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"True Stories, Personal Emotions \u2013 Carving Art out of Life - Espoo Cin\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saturday, August 22, 3:45 pm | Kino Tapiola terrace Panel discussion with Angelica Ruffier (La belle ann\u00e9e) and Karin Pennanen (Days of Wonder). 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