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Three year wait was over as the Midnight Sun Film Festival returned to its familiar form on the shore of river Kitinen. In the opening day the weather was chilly but the atmosphere warm. Queues were present too, only shorter than before thanks to the new ticket pre-sale system.<\/p>\n

The first screening launched already before noon as the cavalcade of awarded novelties was headed with Japanese Wheel of Fortune<\/em> and Fantasy<\/em> pulling a large flock to Lapinsuu cinema. Later that night we saw the pre-premiere screening of a modern French romance Paris, 13th District<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Critic Olaf M\u00f6ller<\/strong> opened this years’ masterclass with The Rider in Blue<\/em> (1959). M\u00f6ller connected its
\ndirector Arne Mattson<\/strong> to the genre’s wider European currencies. M\u00f6ller, a regular MSFF guest, has
\ncurated this years’\u00a0 festival’s Screaming Europe<\/em> series that presents European crime film genre of 1960’s.<\/p>\n

The official opening screening in Lapinsuu presented, as usual, the festival’s international main guests,
\nall of whom had some films shown already during the opening night. Festival’s artistic director Timo<\/strong>
\nMalmi<\/strong> commended the program for its’ variety of genres \u2013 from animation to western and from comedy to horror.<\/p>\n

The opening screening, Nicholas Meyer<\/strong>‘s The Day After<\/em> (1983) muted a full house of Lapinsuu
\naudience with a depiction of nuclear war. The director himself noted that the film is actually a rather
\noptimistic vision of nuclear annihilation. The aim of the TV movie was not to frighten viewers too much for them to change channel. After the screening Meyer recounted the attempts to censor the film and told about praising reception on both sides of the Cold War front. \u201cMy most significant achievement\u201d, he
\npondered.<\/p>\n

The opening day’s biggest attractions included the charming Finnish films of last year, Compartment<\/em>
\nNumber 6<\/em> and Girl Picture<\/em>. Night turned to morning accompanied by the sounds of The Sparks Brothers <\/em>musical.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Sami Sorasalmi<\/p>\n

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