99 Years of My Life

Viitahuhta Marja

One fictional biography depicted from birth to death, based on the lives and memories of four women of different age. Each year in the film is reduced to three sentences, a list that runs from 0 to 99. This narration is illustrated as a variety of cinematographic styles and media: archive footage, home video, still photography, animation, film noir-styled scenes, and performance documentation. The film was awarded at Mediawave, Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation), L'Alternativa, and Stuttgarter Filmwinter and it is included in the collections of MoMA (New York) and Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art (Helsinki).

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Production Year

2003

Duration

00:32:55

Type

Single channel

Genre

documentary, experimental

Tags

age, animation, archival materials, families, fiction, growth, life, memories (mental objects), performance (art forms), personal narrative, portraits (works of art ), stories

Original Title

99 Years of My Life

Finnish Title

99 vuotta elämästäni

English Title

99 Years of My Life

Production Countries

Finland

Dialogue

Yes

Sound

Yes

Cast

Marja Viitahuhta (Author), Sini Liimatainen (Cinematographer), Marja Viitahuhta (Composer), Antti Tolvi (Composer), Jussi Vuola (Composer), Marja Viitahuhta (Director), Azar Saiyar (Editor), Marja Viitahuhta (Producer), Marja Viitahuhta (Script), Marja Viitahuhta (Actor), Lars Wingård (Actor), Aapo Korkeaoja (Actor), Irma Truhponen (Actor), Sakari Luhtala (Actor), Sini Liimatainen (Actor), Ronja Oksanen (Actor), Topi Äikäs (Actor), Essi Kausalainen (Actor), Tuomo Truhponen (Actor), Anja Saiyar (Actor), Lahja Tuominen (Actor), Maija Hirvanen (Actor), Sakari Luhtala (Animation), Veera Luhtala (Animation), Turun AMK:n Taideakatemia (Funder)

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