Synopsis:
“Taiga” is an elegy to boreal forest.
In south Finland taiga has already started to change to temperate forest.
This tactile film is made on16mm film without camera. It combines hand scratched animation with real tiny plants and moss collected in subarctic region in Finland.
Title: Taiga
Year: 2021
Director & cinematographer: Leena Lehti
Duration: 2min 41sec
Soundtrack: Ambient sound with spoken word. Language is Finnish gibberish plant names.
Colour
16:9
Stereo
Digital files: mov, mp4, etc.
Original material: cameraless 16mm film