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2003 9′ Dance Film
2003 9′ Dance Film
ACE/BBC
Adolescent rituals are played out in the wintry landscapes of Northern Finland. A teenage girl skates on a frozen lake, while a teenage boy poses with a guitar in his room. Moving between the city and the wilderness, MAGNETIC NORTH weaves a pattern of imagined ‘calls and answerings’ between its characters, across distances, through sound and movement.
MAGNETIC NORTH was filmed entirely on location in Haukipudas and Oulu, Finland. Commissioned as part of the BBC & Arts Council’s Dancing Across Water series.
C R E D I T S
director & choreographer
MIRANDA PENNELL
music & sound design
GRAEME MILLER
director of photography
MARITA HÄLLFORS
art director
MERJA KOISTINEN
sound recordist
JUHA LINNA
editor
PHILIPPE KOTLARSKI
in co-operation with
POEM – NORTHERN FILM AND MEDIA CENTRE
NORTHERN FINLAND SCREEN COMMISSION
HAUKIPUDAS MUNICIPALITY
PERIFERIA PRODUCTIONS, FINLAND
producers
ANNE BERESFORD
MARGARET WILLIAMS
MJW PRODUCTIONS LTD