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Kivun ja ilon työ (The Labour of Pain and Joy) - 85' - feature documentary - Icebreaker Productoins - 2024
Childbirth can be simultaneously a shattering yet magnificent experience. Two Finnish birth experts – midwife Kirsi and doula Anna-Riitta – work to improve birth practices and empower birth givers, believing that giving birth is an experience that affects a person’s entire life. The Labour of Pain and Joy explores the paradox of birth intimately by following the work, preparations, expectations and conversations Kirsi and Anna-Riitta have with their clients and colleagues, both at a labour ward and at home births. The personal stories and views of the two professionals also illuminate their own relationship with childbirth.
Festivals:
CPH:DOX 2024
Rauma Blue Sea Film festival 2024
Theatrical release in Finland 08/2024
YLE Areena
Childbirth can be simultaneously a shattering yet magnificent experience. Two Finnish birth experts – midwife Kirsi and doula Anna-Riitta – work to improve birth practices and empower birth givers, believing that giving birth is an experience that affects a person’s entire life. The Labour of Pain and Joy explores the paradox of birth intimately by following the work, preparations, expectations and conversations Kirsi and Anna-Riitta have with their clients and colleagues, both at a labour ward and at home births. The personal stories and views of the two professionals also illuminate their own relationship with childbirth.
Festivals:
CPH:DOX 2024
Rauma Blue Sea Film festival 2024
Theatrical release in Finland 08/2024
YLE Areena
LINKS:
REVIEWS
https://www.cineclandestino.it/the-labour-of-pain-and-joy/
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/458954
https://www.episodi.fi/elokuvat/kivun-ja-ilon-tyo/
https://www.film-o-holic.com/arvostelut/kivun-ja-ilon-tyo/
https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000010644641.html
https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kulttuuri/kotikatilot-ja-aktivistit-vastustavat-synnytysvakivaltaa-dokumenttielokuvassa/
https://mailnewsgroup.com/danvers/article/2024-03-19/empowerment-and-rights-in-childbirth-explored.html
https://coletivocritico.com/2024/03/21/the-labour-of-pain-and-joy-2024/
https://swapnobunon.org/series-review-the-labour-of-pain-and-joy/
INTERVIEWS
https://businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-nordicdox-the-labour-of-pain-and-joy-by-karoliina-grondahl/
https://www.kirkkojakaupunki.fi/-/-synnytys-oli-kuin-ukkosmyrsky-joka-iski-kehooni-karoliina-grondahl-teki-dokumentin-synnytyksesta-koska-oma-kokemus-ei-jattanyt-rauhaan
OTHER
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/videot/video/prog20843124#gs.hgt0ke
https://www.tehylehti.fi/fi/blogi/sa-pystyt-tahan
REVIEWS
https://www.cineclandestino.it/the-labour-of-pain-and-joy/
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/458954
https://www.episodi.fi/elokuvat/kivun-ja-ilon-tyo/
https://www.film-o-holic.com/arvostelut/kivun-ja-ilon-tyo/
https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000010644641.html
https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kulttuuri/kotikatilot-ja-aktivistit-vastustavat-synnytysvakivaltaa-dokumenttielokuvassa/
https://mailnewsgroup.com/danvers/article/2024-03-19/empowerment-and-rights-in-childbirth-explored.html
https://coletivocritico.com/2024/03/21/the-labour-of-pain-and-joy-2024/
https://swapnobunon.org/series-review-the-labour-of-pain-and-joy/
INTERVIEWS
https://businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-nordicdox-the-labour-of-pain-and-joy-by-karoliina-grondahl/
https://www.kirkkojakaupunki.fi/-/-synnytys-oli-kuin-ukkosmyrsky-joka-iski-kehooni-karoliina-grondahl-teki-dokumentin-synnytyksesta-koska-oma-kokemus-ei-jattanyt-rauhaan
OTHER
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/videot/video/prog20843124#gs.hgt0ke
https://www.tehylehti.fi/fi/blogi/sa-pystyt-tahan
Saturday Sauna - Lauantaisauna
4K /stereo
2024
Duration 20:08
The video installation Lauantaisauna (“Saturday Sauna”) consist of video work projected inside a wooden sauna. Work offers an insight into different saunas and the thoughts of sauna-goers. The people and places shown in the short documentary depict the Finnish way of using the sauna, where the most important thing is to just be yourself and enjoy in your own way. Sauna not only as a physical space but also as a mental refuge from the hustle and bustle of daily life. It takes the viewer into the hot steam, the cold snow and the relaxed atmosphere of the dressing room, and aims to evoke the sauna’s sensory experiences in the viewer. The work opens up perspectives on the Finnish sauna experience, in which community, relaxation and the fostering of tradition are intertwined.
Video installation is exhibited at Die Sauna. exhibition at the cultural centre Felleshus in Nordic Embassies in Berlin 25.1.-12.4.2024.
Video: Karoliina Gröndahl
Sauna: Jaakko Blomberg
4K /stereo
2024
Duration 20:08
The video installation Lauantaisauna (“Saturday Sauna”) consist of video work projected inside a wooden sauna. Work offers an insight into different saunas and the thoughts of sauna-goers. The people and places shown in the short documentary depict the Finnish way of using the sauna, where the most important thing is to just be yourself and enjoy in your own way. Sauna not only as a physical space but also as a mental refuge from the hustle and bustle of daily life. It takes the viewer into the hot steam, the cold snow and the relaxed atmosphere of the dressing room, and aims to evoke the sauna’s sensory experiences in the viewer. The work opens up perspectives on the Finnish sauna experience, in which community, relaxation and the fostering of tradition are intertwined.
Video installation is exhibited at Die Sauna. exhibition at the cultural centre Felleshus in Nordic Embassies in Berlin 25.1.-12.4.2024.
Video: Karoliina Gröndahl
Sauna: Jaakko Blomberg
Ei nimi miestä pahenna (Every Tom, Dick, and Urpo) - 16' - short doc - napafilms oy - 2023
A letter, sent to the Finnish public radio phone-in program, hopes that in this era of #Metoo and many other well-meaning campaigns, attention would be drawn to the unpleasant phenomenon of using the name “Urpo” as a synonym for idiot. Warm-hearted and humorous documentary, four men all called Urpo gather to reflect on the meaning and impact of their name in their lives. Will the use of Urpo still be acceptable in 2023?
Festival selections and awards:
36. Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy, 2023 - New Wave Award
PÖFF 27 | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023
FIPADOC 2024 International Documentary Festival, France
DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2024
Tampere Film Festival, National Competition 2024 - Special Mention
BAFICI 2024, Argentina
VERA Filmfestival 2024, Åland Island
XXXVIII Pärnu International Film Festival 2024
A letter, sent to the Finnish public radio phone-in program, hopes that in this era of #Metoo and many other well-meaning campaigns, attention would be drawn to the unpleasant phenomenon of using the name “Urpo” as a synonym for idiot. Warm-hearted and humorous documentary, four men all called Urpo gather to reflect on the meaning and impact of their name in their lives. Will the use of Urpo still be acceptable in 2023?
Festival selections and awards:
36. Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy, 2023 - New Wave Award
PÖFF 27 | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023
FIPADOC 2024 International Documentary Festival, France
DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2024
Tampere Film Festival, National Competition 2024 - Special Mention
BAFICI 2024, Argentina
VERA Filmfestival 2024, Åland Island
XXXVIII Pärnu International Film Festival 2024
Juror No. 5 - short documentary - Belgium / Finland - 2020
Short film Juror No.5 portrays an inner conflict of a man who is stuck in his vivid memories of a murder trial he participated years ago. He was obliged to be one of the 12 civil jurors at the Court of Assize in Belgium. The story is gathered from several real life testimonies of former jury members. Juror No. 5 is a director's graduation film from a DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree in documentary film directing.
Festivals:
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland 2021
PORTO FEMME - International Film Festival, Portugal 2021
Short film Juror No.5 portrays an inner conflict of a man who is stuck in his vivid memories of a murder trial he participated years ago. He was obliged to be one of the 12 civil jurors at the Court of Assize in Belgium. The story is gathered from several real life testimonies of former jury members. Juror No. 5 is a director's graduation film from a DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree in documentary film directing.
Festivals:
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland 2021
PORTO FEMME - International Film Festival, Portugal 2021
Between the Trees and Bushes - short docu fiction - Belgium - 2018
In the middle of the city of Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the whole Europe is a park, Parc de Bruxelles. The hidden pathways, trees and bushes of the park witnesses anonymous encounters.
Film is is part of director's studies at the international DocNomads Joint Master Degree in documentary film directing.
Festivals:
QFest: The Houston International LGBTQ Film Festival, United States 2019
LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival, United States 2019
In the middle of the city of Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the whole Europe is a park, Parc de Bruxelles. The hidden pathways, trees and bushes of the park witnesses anonymous encounters.
Film is is part of director's studies at the international DocNomads Joint Master Degree in documentary film directing.
Festivals:
QFest: The Houston International LGBTQ Film Festival, United States 2019
LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival, United States 2019
Senki fiáról (EN: Nobody’s Son) - short documentary - Hungary - 2018
Miki is a 56 year old public transportation ticket controller in Budapest Hungary. Life has not treated him so gently and now Miki has decided to take care of himself. The film Nobody's Son raises the universal question of how much a person is responsible of his own actions and what is the effect of the given circumstances in which one is born into.
Festivals:
Finnish Film Days, Fresh Perspectives! -screening, Budapest, 2019
Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest 2019
Nahal international Student Short Film Festival 2019
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/285149101
Miki is a 56 year old public transportation ticket controller in Budapest Hungary. Life has not treated him so gently and now Miki has decided to take care of himself. The film Nobody's Son raises the universal question of how much a person is responsible of his own actions and what is the effect of the given circumstances in which one is born into.
Festivals:
Finnish Film Days, Fresh Perspectives! -screening, Budapest, 2019
Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest 2019
Nahal international Student Short Film Festival 2019
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/285149101
Exist, Non-Exist - short documentary - Portugal - 2018
Just outside of Lisbon locates self-built neighbourhood Bairro 6 de Maio, which is facing the consequences of gentrification in postcolonial Portugal.
Festivals and screenings:
PORTO FEMME International Film Festival, Portugal 2019
SUBURBINALE, Austria 2019
The Independent Documentary Film Festival Legendary Doc 2019
Arquiteturas Film Festival, Portugal 2019
Lisbon Film Rendezvous, Portugal 2019
Social Short Film Awards, Portugal 2019
Festival CinemaZERO, Italy 2018
Cine Terraço, Brazil 2018
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/255191652
Just outside of Lisbon locates self-built neighbourhood Bairro 6 de Maio, which is facing the consequences of gentrification in postcolonial Portugal.
Festivals and screenings:
PORTO FEMME International Film Festival, Portugal 2019
SUBURBINALE, Austria 2019
The Independent Documentary Film Festival Legendary Doc 2019
Arquiteturas Film Festival, Portugal 2019
Lisbon Film Rendezvous, Portugal 2019
Social Short Film Awards, Portugal 2019
Festival CinemaZERO, Italy 2018
Cine Terraço, Brazil 2018
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/255191652
Dans La Chambre D'Aprhodite (EN: In Aphrodite's Room) - short docu-fiction - Portugal - 2017
The film questions the universal myth trough the gaze of a curious woman who is fascinated by other's intimacy.
Short film created in collaboration with seven documentary film students during a field trip to the north of Portugal in November 2017.
Collective:
Pilar Bebea
Mirna Everhard
Karoliina Gröndahl
Luisa Mello
Charlotte Müller
Ananthakrishnan Pillai
Ahsan Mahmood
Claudia Sul
Festivals & awards:
Best Short Film, Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival, Autumn Edition 2018
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/271462156
The film questions the universal myth trough the gaze of a curious woman who is fascinated by other's intimacy.
Short film created in collaboration with seven documentary film students during a field trip to the north of Portugal in November 2017.
Collective:
Pilar Bebea
Mirna Everhard
Karoliina Gröndahl
Luisa Mello
Charlotte Müller
Ananthakrishnan Pillai
Ahsan Mahmood
Claudia Sul
Festivals & awards:
Best Short Film, Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival, Autumn Edition 2018
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/271462156
Inside - short docu-fiction - Hungary - 2018 - Work in progress.
#Mommylife - short fiction - Finland - 2017 - Co-directed with Milla Puolakanaho
Short film of an everyday life of a woman on the edge.
Producer: Euphoria Borealis ry / Kino Love
Screened:
Nordic Cultural Point HIFF, Finland 2019
Tampere Film Festival - Kino Euphoria Finland 2018
Suomalaisen Elokuvan Festivaalin klubi #1, Finland 2018
Link: https://vimeo.com/228205005
Short film of an everyday life of a woman on the edge.
Producer: Euphoria Borealis ry / Kino Love
Screened:
Nordic Cultural Point HIFF, Finland 2019
Tampere Film Festival - Kino Euphoria Finland 2018
Suomalaisen Elokuvan Festivaalin klubi #1, Finland 2018
Link: https://vimeo.com/228205005
Elinkautinen (EN: Sentenced for Life) - documentary - Finland - 2016
How is life of a long term prisoner Henkka, who has spent almost all of his adult life in prison in Finland sentenced for a murder?
Now he is 32 years old and trying to get back to society serving in open prison, which allows him to make rap music and study.
How the Finnish society responds to him?
Duration: 72min
Producer: Yle Dokumenttiprojekti
Broadcasted: Yle TV1 2016
Watch the film: https://areena.yle.fi/1-3868153
How is life of a long term prisoner Henkka, who has spent almost all of his adult life in prison in Finland sentenced for a murder?
Now he is 32 years old and trying to get back to society serving in open prison, which allows him to make rap music and study.
How the Finnish society responds to him?
Duration: 72min
Producer: Yle Dokumenttiprojekti
Broadcasted: Yle TV1 2016
Watch the film: https://areena.yle.fi/1-3868153
About Adulthood (original title: Aikuisuudesta) - short documentary - Finland - 2014
"I will turn 30 this year. I'm grown up. Still I don't know how adulthood should feel. I don't have a steady job,
mortgage, I am not in relationship, i don't have kids or neither pension savings account"
Short personal documentary film about getting older, friendship and family.
Producer: Helsinki Vocational College of Audiovisual Communications
Screened: Tampere Film Festival, Finland 2015, Kelaamo -screening
Blue Sea Film Festival, Finland 2014, film school series
Tyttöjen Talo Tour 2015, film toured in several Girls’ Houses in Finland were it was screened for audience consisting of teenagers and youth workers
Film is part of the film association Kelaamo’s learning material offered for high school students
Link: https://vimeo.com/108458422
"I will turn 30 this year. I'm grown up. Still I don't know how adulthood should feel. I don't have a steady job,
mortgage, I am not in relationship, i don't have kids or neither pension savings account"
Short personal documentary film about getting older, friendship and family.
Producer: Helsinki Vocational College of Audiovisual Communications
Screened: Tampere Film Festival, Finland 2015, Kelaamo -screening
Blue Sea Film Festival, Finland 2014, film school series
Tyttöjen Talo Tour 2015, film toured in several Girls’ Houses in Finland were it was screened for audience consisting of teenagers and youth workers
Film is part of the film association Kelaamo’s learning material offered for high school students
Link: https://vimeo.com/108458422
