Jaana Kokko 2015
Sadam – Satama – Haven
29 min
HD-video, stereo sound
The experimental documentary Haven (filmed in Tallinn, Estonia) draws on the simplicity of everyday life and the politics of a woman’s body and her work in a present-day post-socialist, neoliberal society.
The film begins with black and white photographs that I took in 1999 in the fishing harbour of Tallinn, capturing a woman’s dream to build her own house out of bricks from the ruins of Soviet factories. (I found out only later that director Andrei Tarkovsky had filmed the opening scenes of his film Stalker in the same place in 1979).
Performers:
Diana Paschkovich
Tairi Tuulik
Eleonora Shljanda
Ludmilla Akulina
Valierija Videvik
Helgi Asi
Camera:
Jarkko Virtanen
Production Co-ordinator:
Diana Paschkovich
Model of the Kitchen:
Janne Virkkunen
English Translation:
Tairi Tuulik
Diana Paschkovich
Mai Sööt
Oliver Whitehead
Color Grading:
Jaakko Rinne
Post-production Sound:
Joonatan Hietanen
Director, Editor, Producer, Location Sound:
Jaana Kokko
Financial Support:
Kone Foundation
Avek – Elena Näsänen
Visek
Many Thanks to:
Women and Children of Helgi Asi's Gymnastic Groups
Special Thanks to:
Liina Siib
Hito Steyerl