2018

They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains

ABOUT

Divisions––us and them, past and present––blur through stories of Finnish World War II refugees and current Iraqi refugees travelling to Finland.

Program Short
Section Shorts First
Runtime 0:20
Country Finland
Language English, Farsi

Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts are award-winning filmmakers and artists producing short films and large-scale, moving-image installations. They are based in Helsinki, Finland. Their work often investigates topics such as migration, global inequality and climate change through their impact on people’s individual experiences and histories. Their installations create immersive spaces that mirror the subjects of their artworks, and implicate the spectator as a participant in the implementation of power relations. Their visual language employs documentary fiction to reveal connections between the personal, political, social, commercial, and ecological spheres, and to destabilize perceived boundaries and perceptions of time, space, and society.

CREDITS

Director
Minna Rainio
Mark Roberts
Producer
Maria Gullsten
Editor
Jani Johanssen

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