Film

Väylä

Oil Blue
Petrolio azzurro

The majestic calm of the sea set side by side with man's often invasive intervention. In Väylä, Rintala's final year film, she rides the oil tanker Mastera on its route across the Baltic Sea: on board is the busy crew, surrounding them are the waves and silence, as the ship heads towards a refinery where its precious yet dangerous cargo will be unloaded. The relationship between man and the sea told in a slowly advancing narrative, with poetic, visually intense images representing the ambivalence between admiration—the spectacular, evocative camera shots—and recognition of the exploitation and pollution that the ship symbolizes.

Il regista / The Director

Elli Rintala (b. Finland, 1978) currently studies Documentary Direction at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, where she has been enrolled since 2004, after earning a degree in Film and Television Studies from the University of Turku. She worked as second assistant director on the feature Pietà (2007) and the screenplay for the TV short Tyttöjen ilta (Girls’ Night, 2008). Her directorial debut film was the short documentary Eilisen eväät (Throwaways, 2007), followed by Väylä (Oil Blue, 2008), her final year film.

Edizione 2009
Concorso Internazionale Cortometraggi /International Short Film Competition

documentario
Finlandia/Finland, 2008, 25'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
Elli Rintala

TAGS:
ENERGIA E FONTI ENERGETICHE - ENERGY AND ENERGY SOURCES / PETROLIO - OIL / RAPPORTO UOMO-NATURA - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE