RESCHEDULED | Strong & Free – Dancing Screen in Caisa

The film screenings at Kino Caisa for the year 2023 are cancelled from Tuesday, November 21st onwards, due to circumstances beyond the control of Cultural Center Caisa and its partners.

These now cancelled screenings will be rescheduled to the programme of spring 2024. Customers who have already purchased tickets will be contacted directly, and the ticket price will be refunded to them. Alternatively, the purchased ticket can be used unchanged for the screenings in spring 2024.

The cancellation applies to the film screenings at Kino Caisa and the films in the Dancing Screen in Caisa series. We apologize for any inconvenience and disappointment that may result from this change.

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The eight films in the ‘Strong & Free’ screening are about liberation and empowerment through dance, nature and imagination.

Nadja Pärssinen and Alisa Javits gain strength from moving. The film “Maailma loittonee suhteessa…” (the world recedes in relation...) explores the embodied memory traces that emerge from wandering in nature. The film is set on a free-roaming route along the Trolltunga hiking trail in Norway.

In the film “Hoitava” (carer), freedom is a fantasy. The film was inspired by the experiences of dancer Hanna Heino as a COVID nurse during the pandemic. The film is directed by Salla Hämäläinen.

Mia Malviniemi and Mervi Junkkonen have made the documentary film “In the Same Boat” about the power of the mind and its limitlessness. In this film, the main character, Rauno, tells the story of a boat trip where his father set at least the Finnish record for swearing.

What would vipers tell us human beings if we understood their language? Matilda Aaltonen, Taru Aho and Riikka Lakea have made the film “terveisin, Kyy” (sincerely, Viper) in which we identify with the body of a snake and are liberated from our old skin.

Kati Kallio and the Ihanat dance group’s joint three-film series, “Gen Z”, puts the spotlight on Vappu Virkkula, Sofia Johansson and Minttu Heinonen, young dance artists with intellectual disabilities.

These films diversify our understanding of one generation by highlighting dancers who are rarely seen as representatives of their generation. Among other things, these films deal with the dreams and aspirations of these young marginalised dancers, without forgetting the superpowers they need to be considered competent and capable actors in our society.

The evening ends with Vilma Tihilä’s film, “Call of the Cranes”, in which people walking in the forest hear the call of freedom. This film was made in cooperation with the Kanta-Häme memory association’s Muistijengi (memory gang).

Credits by film

Duration: approx. 2 h, no intermission
Age limit: 18 (unrated films; beverage service in the cinema)
Language and subtitles: Finnish and/or English