Cinéma Laika (2024) with filmmaker Q&A
Director: Veljko Vidak Run Time: 81 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2024 Language: French
Starring: Aki Kaurismäki, Anna Karjalainen, Juho Kuosmanen, Kaisa Karjalainen, Mikko Myllylahti
Country: France, Finland
Language: English, Finnish, French
Director Veljko Vidak in attendance on Monday, October 14 to introduce the film and to conduct a Q&A session following the screening! The U.S. tour of filmmaker Veljko Vidak is supported by Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education in the United States.
About the film:
In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki Kaurismäki and his creation of the town’s first cinema.
This film about the beauty of shared dreams will delight Kaurismäki fans as well as cinephiles of all kinds.
“One can consider cinema as a way of seeing and representing the world. When I learned that Aki Kaurismäki was building the first movie theater in the town of Karkkila, Finland, I set out to follow this ambitious initiative at a time when the trend was leaning towards the closure of theaters. On my way to Karkkila, I reflected upon André Bazin’s question, “What is Cinema?” transforming it into “What is a movie theater, and what can it offer people?”
–Veljko Vidak
About the filmmakers:
Veljko Vidak is a Croatian artist and Filmmaker. He grew up in the Dalmatian back country, dividing his time between school and work on the family farm.
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