Short film
Hanasaari A
2009 · 16 min
A hypnotic, quietly melancholic meditation on industrial decay and urban change, built from time-lapse and animation.
- Directed by
- Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Hanasaari A is an experimental documentary about the changing cityscape of Helsinki and the final moments of a coal-fired power plant. The old industrial milieu is being destroyed to make space for modern housing units. The film is a combination of animation, live action cinematography, and graphic elements. It is based on 500 000 photographs taken during the final two years of the existence of the power plant.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, eerie and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Memory, isolation, environment, aging
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
- Genres
- Documentary