{"id":18295,"date":"2022-06-02T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T09:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/?p=18295"},"modified":"2022-06-03T10:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T07:42:19","slug":"world-premiere-of-restored-eight-fatal-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/world-premiere-of-restored-eight-fatal-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"World Premiere of restored Eight Fatal Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mikko Niskanen\u2019s 50-year-old masterpiece is screened in all its glory at Sodankyl\u00e4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter von Bagh<\/strong>\u2019s dream of a proper 35 mm film copy of the Finnish classic is realised by <strong>Martin Scorsese<\/strong>-led foundations international project. Half a century after its television premiere, the full-length original version of Niskanen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/movies\/eight-fatal-shots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Eight Fatal Shots<\/em><\/a>, will re-premiere at Sodankyl\u00e4\u2019s Lapinsuu Cinema. The gala screening is on Thursday 16th June at 3 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s long-term artistic director von Bagh\u2019s biggest legacy project was the restoring of <em>Eight Fatal Shots<\/em>. Scorsese had managed to drive the project forward at The Film Foundation, where he, one of Hollywood&#8217;s most prestigious directors, has served as Chair for decades. When major funding for the restoration was secured also thanks to Fiction Finland Association, Niskanen\u2019s film became the first entry into the Nordic project of the Film Foundation\u2019s World Cinema Project.<\/p>\n<p>The guest of honor at the gala screening, Mikko Niskanen\u2019s oldest son <strong>Jorma Niskanen <\/strong>will talk about the production memories of Eight Fatal Shots from 50 years back. As a young man he got to oversee the camera work in the endearing owl boy episode of this true story-based tragedy of Finnish farmers.<\/p>\n<p>The practical implementation of the restoration has been the responsibility of the world\u2019s leading center of excellence in Bologna\u2019s film archive. <strong>Cecilia Cenciarelli<\/strong> shall introduce the project on behalf of the center of excellence. She is one of the artistic directors of Bologna\u2019s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival. Cenciarelli shall also present other World Cinema Project social classics screened at Sodankyl\u00e4. These films are Guadalupean<strong> Sarah Maldoror<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/movies\/sambizanga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sambizanga <\/em><\/a>(1972), set in the liberation struggle of Angola, and Haitian <strong>Raoul Peck<\/strong>\u2019s documentary film <a href=\"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/en\/movies\/lumumba-death-of-a-prophet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lumumba: Death of a Prophet<\/em><\/a> (1991).<\/p>\n<p>In March-April 1972 <em>Eight Fatal Shots<\/em> premiered as a four-part television film on YLE\/The Finnish Broadcasting Company channel to glowing reviews and very high viewership.<\/p>\n<p>In 1980 Finnish experts voted Niskanen\u2019s film as the most significant domestic film of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mikko Niskanen\u2019s 50-year-old masterpiece is screened in all its glory at Sodankyl\u00e4 Peter von Bagh\u2019s dream of a proper 35 mm film copy of the Finnish classic is realised by Martin Scorsese-led foundations international project. 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