Memories Move Like Distant Islands
Short Film | 2025
A documentary fairy tale drawing from folklore, exploring drifting islands, vanished lakes and the complex relationship between humans and the mire.
“With a 16mm camera and a quiet sense of melancholy, filmmaker Saarlotta Virri reflects on how a country that drains its lands may also be draining its stories — and reshaping its very identity. Her film reveals the unforeseen, often whimsical and at times tragic consequences of this slow desiccation, while also illuminating the ways in which past landscapes persist in the present. Weaving together oral myth, archival fragments, and observational footage, the film becomes a playful and poignant meditation on time, memory, and the quiet magic that lingers in everyday life.”
Visions du Réel
Director, Writer:
Saarlotta Virri
Cinematographer: Annika Miettinen
Editor:Venla Monni
Sound Designer:Juhana Vihervaara
Production & Costume Designer: Tuulia Jalava
Music:Timo Tikka
Producers:Ida Karoskoski,
Senni Rissanen
Film Lab: Color by DeJonghe
Release:2025
Runtime: 29 min
Shooting Format: 16mm
Distribution Format: DCP, Colour, 1.66
Selections and screenings:
2025 Visions du Réel, world premiere
2025 Oberhausen
Cinematographer: Annika Miettinen
Editor:
Sound Designer:
Production & Costume Designer: Tuulia Jalava
Music:
Producers:
Film Lab: Color by DeJonghe
Release:
Runtime: 29 min
Shooting Format: 16mm
Distribution Format: DCP, Colour, 1.66
Selections and screenings:
2025 Visions du Réel, world premiere
2025 Oberhausen
