ANIMATION FESTIVAL/ 15.-18.10.2020/ HELSINKI

Tatu Pohjavirta -retrospective

Saturday 17.10. 5.pm, Bio Rex
Running time 83 min

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All Tender Things

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration:  13 min
Year: 2020

All Tender Things tells a story about six characters gathered around a campfire. When the flames starts to fade the fire needs to be fed. Books are sufficient at first, but as the night grows darker, the fire demands more sacrifices.

Animal

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration:  28 min
Year: 2005

Animal is a story about a single parent father who is turning into a werewolf, his son who has mixed his body with a lamb in an accident, and a female doctor – the subject of the father’s desire.

Virtavalta

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta & Mark Ståhle
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration:  2 min
Year: 2008

Breakfast and weightlifting?

Reflector

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration:  10 min
Year: 2001

Flapping

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration:  5 min 9 sec
Year: 2015

A naked man stands on a mountain. He leans into the wind and flaps.

Animals for animals

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta & Mark Ståhle
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration:  10 min
Year: 2011

A fragile saleswoman and a huge workman fall in love, but their physical differences cause problems.

MET

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration:  2 min 55 sec
Year: 2008

MET is a journey  in to the heart of forest.

Torso

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration:  2 min 4 sec
Year: 2002

Story about tow disabled men and how they both have own problems.

The Pig eclipse

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration:  5 min 25 sec
Year: 1999

Love story of a pig and a moon – a story about longing and lust.

Backup

Director: Tatu Pohjavirta & Aki Viikilä
Technique: Mixed media
Duration:  5 min 25 sec
Year: 2013

If you are not like everybody else, you might have to dive deeper to find friends.