For centuries, a closed institution served as a final destination for socially transgressive women at Själö, an isolated island in the Baltic Sea. The outcast women were kept there in detention, to be observed, studied and measured – in much the same way as the surrounding nature is by scientists at the now converted research center. While a young scientist is collecting samples around the island, the past emerges in the whispers of the unsent letters and empty rooms of the hospital. The space fills up with hidden memories as the invisible archives come alive. Whose stories are remembered and whose are forgotten?
Awards
- Special Mention for Nordic: Dox Award - CPH:DOX
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Screenplay
- Lotta Petronella
- Seppo Parkkinen
- Cinematography
- Kerttu Hakkarainen
- Editing
- Matti Näränen
- Music
- Lau Nau
- Production
- MADE
- Festival Bookings
- THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION
- Sales
- SYNDICADO FILM SALES
Press
Lotta Petronella
Finland
Lotta Petronella is filmmaker, artist and curator based on the island of Ruissalo. Her films have been shown internationally at film festivals, art galleries, and broadcasted widely. Petronella is trained as a fine artist at Chelsea College of Art in London where she worked and lived for 15 years working on a number of film and television productions. She holds a MA in Creative Documentary from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Her latest film SJÄLÖ - THE ISLANDS OF SOULS, a creative documentary film (78min) will premiere at CPH:DOX.