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She spoke about the influence of her youth in New York on creativity as well as reinventing herself as a recurring theme in her films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the Red Tent was warming up with <\/span><b>Markus Lehmusruusu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s unique sci-fi film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orava<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The dystopian film takes a sideways glance at man&#8217;s compulsive need for control, while at the same time acknowledging man&#8217;s smallness in relation to his basic needs and the laws of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At noon, people in Lapinsuu were impressed by <\/span><b>Abderrahmane Sissako<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bamako<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2006). The film\u2019s symbolic trial uses absurd humor, rigorous argumentation, and universal language to bring the World Bank and the IMF to justice. The film is one of the most significant works of 21st-century African cinema, and it will not leave its viewer indifferent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, in the Big Tent, curator <\/span><b>Jon Wengstr\u00f6m<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presented a stunning selection of treasures that spanned film genres from beginning to end. The Swedish Film Institute\u2019s archives hold a wealth of fine early European short films that have not survived anywhere else. This included, for example, the restoration of a hand-colored copy of perhaps the world\u2019s first erotic film, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Coucher de la Mari\u00e9e <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1896), based on a cabaret show. British pioneer <\/span><b>J.H. Martin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s versatility was represented by the slapstick comedy <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short-Sighted Sammy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1905), restored from nitrate copies, and the fierce serial killer thriller <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fatal Hand<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1907). Perhaps the biggest impression on the audience was made by <\/span><b>Segundo de Chom\u00f3n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s diabolical trick film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Flammes Diaboliques<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1907), which closed the screening, in which a magician in a devilish costume conjures his assistant out of fire. The performance was accompanied by <\/span><b>Maud Nelissen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on piano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the afternoon, a panel discussion was held at Kitisen Keitaa; Film and All Other Arts. For example, the connection between literature, architecture and music and film was discussed by musician <\/span><b>Marjo Leinonen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, architect <\/span><b>Hannu Salmi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and bookseller and publisher <\/span><b>Hannu Paloviita<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The panel was moderated by journalist <\/span><b>Iida Siimes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The discussants approached the issue, for example, with ways in which art can act as memory. Film can present architecture that no longer exists or has ever existed, and it can bring dead musicians, such as <\/span><b>Elvis Presley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Aretha Franklin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Freddie Mercury<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to life. Only literature has similar abilities to deal with the past, but the relationship between literature and film is not simple, and for example, film adaptations of books often lose the readers&#8217; experience of the text. On the other hand, a film can be an image of the film maker\u2019s interpretation of the text or a part of it, such as <\/span><b>Jonathan Glazer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the Skin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around the same time in the afternoon, the Red Tent was hosting the Song of the Most Beautiful Finland. The film, which warmly depicts a father-son relationship, made the audience laugh out loud. After the film, director <\/span><b>Juho K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explained what the film is about for him, namely that love is the most important thing in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Red Tent hosted Finnish short film premieres in the early evening. In <\/span><b>Mari Mantela<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Ego<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 80-year-old brothers go on a mental and physical border crossing at the border of their property, led by a land surveyor.<\/span><b> Pia Andell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ei pilata juhlia puhumalla kuolemasta<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> brings familiar characters from the short film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kesken <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2024) to spend time together in a villa landscape. Even though summer is at its most beautiful, they do not arrive there free from worries. In <\/span><b>Teemu Niki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Placeholder,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a new platform economy service offers lonely people experience and practice in human relationships with the help of a placeholder, but at the same time the service employee&#8217;s own place in life is in danger of becoming blurred. Before the screening, the producers were given flowers, and after the screening Andell and Mantela, who were present, answered questions from the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around six o&#8217;clock, the festival&#8217;s first Silent Film Concert took place in the Big Tent: <\/span><b>Charlie Chaplin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s first full-length film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chaplin&#8217;s Son<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The charming tramp and resourceful little boy&#8217;s inventive journey was accompanied by Dutch pianist Maud Nelissen. The cheerful century-old classic still provokes laughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Lapinsuu, director <\/span><b>St\u00e9phane Briz\u00e9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> answered questions from the audience after the screening of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2021). Briz\u00e9 said that he is interested in examining dysfunctional systems, such as family and working life, in his art. The final part of the working life trilogy, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2021), deals with a factory manager who realizes how wrong his work has turned out. Most of the performers in the film are not professional actors. Briz\u00e9 considers it important that the lawyers in the film are played by professional lawyers and the factory workers by real workers. According to him, a person&#8217;s profession instills a certain way of speaking, as well as a body language that is difficult to imitate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Red Tent, <\/span><b>Gabe Klinger<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, director of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isabel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2026), and lead actress <\/span><b>Marina Person<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; who will also be visiting the festival as director of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calif\u00f3rnia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2015), which will be screened on Friday &#8211; answered questions from the audience. The filmmakers talked, among other things, about their collaboration and their own relationship with the neighborhoods of S\u00e3o Paulo depicted in the film. Klinger hinted at the film&#8217;s connections to <\/span><b>Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Drifting Clouds<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1996). Perhaps we will hear more about this in Klinger&#8217;s Sunday morning discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the atmosphere in the crowded Big Tent was at its peak when Finnish rhythm &amp; blues legend Marjo Leinonen stepped in front of the screen, ready to sing Elvis Presley&#8217;s greatest hits. However, the rhythm of the <\/span><b>Baz Luhrmann <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">documentary that was shown had a twist: at the beginning the songs are kept to short segments, while Elvis&#8217; archive interviews take up more time. Leinonen reminded us, with a twinkle in her eye, that the segments start with the opening of the voice. In the studio shot, Elvis tried out a few evergreens, such as the <\/span><b>Beatles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. When the film switched to the concert footage of Elvis&#8217;s Las Vegas season, the audience enthusiastically joined in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s All Right (Mama)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; which is also Leinonen&#8217;s favorite song. The audience&#8217;s joy was palpable, as the meticulously restored footage and the music as well as good sound gave the best possible picture of how fast-paced and entertaining Elvis&#8217; shows were at their best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rainbows that formed above the school on Thursday night perhaps predicted the late-night Master Class, as <\/span><b>Olaf M\u00f6ller<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> introduced the Spanish musical <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diferente <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1962), directed by <\/span><b>Luis Mar\u00eda Delgado<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to the audience. The film, full of fast-paced dance numbers, has been described as Spain\u2019s first unequivocally queer film, even though it was produced during the years of <\/span><b>Francisco Franco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s fascist regime. The life story of the son of a wealthy family who leads an artistic life, played by actor-dancer-choreographer <\/span><b>Alfredo Alaria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is full of more or less subtle references that, for one reason or another, did not fall into the hands of the censors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so the second day of the festival descended into the light of a nightless night in all the colors of the rainbow \u2013 from the silence of silent films to the joy of Elvis karaoke, from trick films from a century ago to the questions of tomorrow. Fortunately, the midnight sun does not set, and that\u2019s okay: the silver screen will glow again tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32102\" src=\"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PhotoDeck-Nov-6-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PhotoDeck-Nov-6-2026.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PhotoDeck-Nov-6-2026-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PhotoDeck-Nov-6-2026-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PhotoDeck-Nov-6-2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PhotoDeck-Nov-6-2026-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/msfilmfestival.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PhotoDeck-Nov-6-2026-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Pictures: Taika Marttinen \/ MSFF<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second day of the festival began with a morning discussion, where director, screenwriter and producer Susan Seidelman talked about her path as a filmmaker. 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