Everything is Right Before
Short Film (16min.) Finland.
Experimental/Fiction
‘World Premiere’ Status
“When time stretches and choices torment, our freedom is revealed in all its beauty and chaos.”
In Everything is right before, the film captures a moment on the verge of beginning. An actor prepares for a shoot while the crew waits. Instead of moving forward, the actor is overwhelmed by an endless array of choices. The film unveils a bodily state where preparation transforms into an endless stretch of time, revealing the complexity of life’s paths and the intricacies of body and mind. It exposes the borders of our existence, confronting the unknown and unpredictable. With a tragicomic touch, the film takes the viewer to the threshold of being and beyond, exploring the artist's freedom in contrast to the still-waiting crew. Who is truly free?
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Anna Antsalo is a film director and cinematographer living in Helsinki, Finland.
She studied film at Lahti University of Applied Sciences/Institute of Design and Fine Arts 2004- 2008.
She has worked in theatre productions as a set designer and video artist and made art projections for musicians. Her debut documentary film, Momentum (2015), produced by Tuffi Films was awarded at the Helsinki Short Film Festival.
In 2016 she attended Uniondocs Summer documentary Intensive workshop with Walk the Tideline. Walk the tideline is Annas’ debut long documentary film, produced by Venla Hellstedt and Juha Löppönen Tuffi Films. The film was the opening film at Docpoint 2021 and got its international premiere at CPH dox 2021.Walk the tideline was nominated for best documentary film and best music award at the Jussi Awards. Anna also works as a cinematographer.
Her latest work is Neurotypes directed by Maija Hirvonen and produced by Juha Löppönen Mouka films. The film was the opening film at Docpoint 2024. Annas’ main themes tangle around humans’ relationship to nature. Characteristic of Annas’ work is playing with
perspectives and the tension between chaos and discipline.
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Jenni-Elina von Bagh is a choreographer, performer and curator based in Helsinki, Finland.
She is inspired by timely philosophical topics and concepts, and their vibrations and attunements in the world.
Her core research approaches the non-human paradigm in performance through the expressivity of the human body as a compositional element.
She frequently works with body, text and voice as a part of compositional play.
For several decades von Bagh has worked as a performer and dancer internationally with
choreographers including Kenneth Kvarnström, Deborah Hay, Örjan Andersson, Josef Fruzeck,
Linda Kapetanea, Ina Christel Johannesen, Helena Franzen, Jyrki Karttunen, and, more recently, Elina Pirinen. She was company member of the Helsinki City Dance Company between 2006-2015.
She graduated from MA degree programme in Choreography at Theatre Academy Uniarts Helsinki in May 2018. Since February 2023 von Bagh works as the Artistic Director of Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Helsinki.
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CREDITS
Performer
Hanna Raiskinmäki
A film by
Jenni-Elina von Bagh, Anna Antsalo, Hanna Raiskinmäki
Re-imagined from the stage work “As Time Goes By” directed by Jenni-Elina von Bagh. Zodiak - Center for New Dance, 2023
Director, Director of Photography, Editor Anna Antsalo
Director, Performance director Jenni- Elina von Bagh
Concept by Jenni- Elina von Bagh, Hanna Raiskinmäki, Anna Antsalo
Producer Zodiak - Center for New Dance
Production partner PALO Art Productions
Production Designer, Costume Designer Ingvill Fossheim
Supervising sound editor Salla Hämäläinen
Music Composer, Sound editor Tatu Nenonen
Graphic Design Anu Saari
Cast :
Hanna Raiskinmäki
Jenni- Elina von Bagh
Performing crew :
Maaria Sainio
Iitu Virmavirta
Teemu Turunen
Ingvill Fossheim
Salla Hämäläinen
Tuula Kuittinen
Karoliina Kärkkäinen
Unit Production Manager Jenni Tulitie
First Assistant Director Stéphane Querrec
Zodiak Visions project manager Sinem Kayacan
Production Coordinator Teemu Turunen
Camera Operator Anna Antsalo
Gaffer Karoliina Kärkkäinen
Gaffer Assistant Pinja Ylioja
Boom Operator Lou Strömberg, Salla Hämäläinen
Wardrobe Ingvill Fossheim
Hair/Makeup Tuula Kuittinen
Set Operations Iitu Virmavirta
Caterer Maaria Sainio - Kahvila Verso
Editor Assistant Anniina Kauttonen
Foley Artist, Foley mixer Salla Hämäläinen– Aino Sound
Mixing engineer Sami Sarhamaa – Kalevalasound
Colorist Timo Teräväinen
Master Copies Kinokki - Teijo Pellinen
Accounting Elina Ruoho-Kurola - Zodiak
• Special Thanks
Sinem Kayacan, Ari Tenhula, Johanna Flander, Okku Nuutilainen, Sanna Liljander, Ari Suzuki, Juhana von Bagh, The glass workshop at Aalto University: Slate Grove and Zachary Compton, Näyttelijäliitto -Päivi Reinikainen, Mila - koira, Kinuski and Esi-isä - kissat.