The film peeks behind the pretty facades of middle-class life, as the protagonists tell their stories about relationships, love, and disappointment. The scenes of action are their gardens, which offer an unorthodox point of view to the hopes and anxieties people have in our society. After all, the garden contains the many ways in which life can flourish: it gives strength and unity, but it also becomes a place of farewells. A declaration of love to beauty and the healing power of nature, with beautiful and magical pictures flowing into relationships, conflicts, and joys.
Garden Lovers
Eedenistä pohjoiseen
24th TDF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Virpi Suutari
- Script: Virpi Suutari
- Cinematography: Heikki Färm
- Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi
- Sound: Olli Huhtanen
- Music: Sanna Salmenkallio
- Production: MADE
- Producers: Ulla Simonen
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Finland
- Production Year: 2014
- Duration: 73΄
- Contact: Autlook Filmsales
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Documentary Film Award, Best Music Award – Jussi Awards 2014, Documentary Special Jury Award to Virpi Suutari – Seattle International Film Festival 2014, Special Mention (International Competition) – ZagrebDox 2015
Virpi Suutari
Virpi Suutari is an awarded filmmaker, known for her personal cinematic style and emotional narratives. Her documentary The Idle Ones (2002) was nominated for the EFA prize and won several awards as the Best Nordic Documentary. Her work has been screened in numerous international film festivals, also in the form of a retrospective, and has been distributed all over the world. Virpi Suutari is a member of the European Film Academy and she has served as a jury member in many festivals.
Filmography
2001 The Idle Ones
2005 Along the Road Little Child
2010 Auf Wiedersehen Finnland
2013 Hilton!
2014 Garden Lovers
2016 Elegance (short)
2018 Entrepreneur
2020 Aalto
2021 A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country (short)
2005 Along the Road Little Child
2010 Auf Wiedersehen Finnland
2013 Hilton!
2014 Garden Lovers
2016 Elegance (short)
2018 Entrepreneur
2020 Aalto
2021 A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country (short)