Prolific movie director and writer Matti Kassila, a giant of Finnish cinema who helmed 33 features from 1949-1994, died Friday in his hometown of Vantaa, Finland. He was 94.
His death was announced Monday by Finland's National Audiovisual Institute. Kassila, who saw his 1957 film Elokuu screen in competition in Cannes, was born on Jan. 12, 1924, in the town of Keuruu.
He eventually moved to Helsinki, at first to become a theater actor, but Kassila soon found his calling in front of the camera.
In 1949, he was hired by T. J. Sarkka, then head of Finland's ...
His death was announced Monday by Finland's National Audiovisual Institute. Kassila, who saw his 1957 film Elokuu screen in competition in Cannes, was born on Jan. 12, 1924, in the town of Keuruu.
He eventually moved to Helsinki, at first to become a theater actor, but Kassila soon found his calling in front of the camera.
In 1949, he was hired by T. J. Sarkka, then head of Finland's ...
- 12/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Prolific movie director and writer Matti Kassila, a giant of Finnish cinema who helmed 33 features from 1949-1994, died Friday in his hometown of Vantaa, Finland. He was 94.
His death was announced Monday by Finland's National Audiovisual Institute. Kassila, who saw his 1957 film Elokuu screen in competition in Cannes, was born on Jan. 12, 1924, in the town of Keuruu.
He eventually moved to Helsinki, at first to become a theater actor, but Kassila soon found his calling in front of the camera.
In 1949, he was hired by T. J. Sarkka, then head of Finland's ...
His death was announced Monday by Finland's National Audiovisual Institute. Kassila, who saw his 1957 film Elokuu screen in competition in Cannes, was born on Jan. 12, 1924, in the town of Keuruu.
He eventually moved to Helsinki, at first to become a theater actor, but Kassila soon found his calling in front of the camera.
In 1949, he was hired by T. J. Sarkka, then head of Finland's ...
- 12/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Above: a publicity still from Avoveteen (1938), the absent inspiration behind this retrospective.
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When Simon Popek of the Ljubljana International Film Festival invited us to present a carte blanche at these year's edition (November 9th - 20th), our first thoughts went into totally different directions from the one we finally followed. Problem was: Once we got going, the going... To cut a long story short: We either ended up with programs that were too complex and huge to do inside Simon's parameters (six slots; majority of films should be from Europe) or long lists of titles that didn't add up to anything varied, inspiring and fun.
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