Sodankylä Forever
Sodankylä Forever

Sodankylä Forever

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2010- 2010
1 Seasons
3 Episodes
6.4(5 votes)
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Documentary

Overview

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.

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10 members
Directing

Peter von Bagh

Self - Narrator

Peter von Bagh
Directing

Robert Parrish

Self

Robert Parrish
Directing

Roy Ward Baker

Self

Roy Ward Baker
Directing

Víctor Erice

Self

Víctor Erice
Directing

Francis Ford Coppola

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Francis Ford Coppola
Directing

Samuel Fuller

Self

Samuel Fuller
Directing

Sergio Sollima

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Sergio Sollima
Directing

Miloš Forman

Self

Miloš Forman
Directing

John Boorman

Self

John Boorman
Production

Roger Corman

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Roger Corman

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