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Saturday 10.3.2001
Six Hours of Trash at Yo-talo
"We don't have any specific definition for trash films. All kinds of films from underground to trash to low budget and even no-budget films can be seen in this event. What all these films have in common is independence. These films are self-financed and done by a group of friends without professional help," says Kaj Mäkelä, the programme designer for Trash Film Festival.
On Saturday afternoon and evening all sorts of Finnish amateur films can be seen at Yo-talo. The Trash Film Festival is held for the first time. Stylistically, geographically and qualitatively varying films by Finnish aficionados have been collected for this review.
Guth Murgh.
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The Idea from Hard-Working Aficionados
"The idea of organizing an entire festival of trash came to me when I followed a group of my friends devotedly working on their own projects. There was a clear niche for a film review such as this, because there are several excellent independent groups who devotedly make films that no-one really never sees."
"We were afraid that the name Trash Film Festival would scare off some of the more "serious" film enthusiasts but fortunately this wasn't the case. 59 films registered for the festival and the jury chose 27 works to be screened. There were surprisingly few splatters, which are the most typical of independent films, and surprisingly many animations."
A Marathon of Five Screenings
The Trash Film Festival lasts almost six hours and it has been split into five screenings. Almost the entire spectrum of film can be seen at the festival: comedy, drama, sci-fi, action and horror are all represented.
"We tried to choose films by different groups but there are several works from some of the most industrious groups, such as the Acid Cinema from Oulu. There is also a film made by people who are more known from other types of art: Tomi Riionheimo, who usually draws comic strips, and the Eläkeläiset-band (the Pensioners) have made a strict, 20-second comment on the alcohol policy."
The Trash Film Festival on Saturday 10 March from 2 p.m at Yo-talo.
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