Circus Tuomento
Sirkus TuomentoDetails
Circus Tuomento is a documentary about Finland’s most famous tightrope walker, Antti Tuomento (b. 1968). After the tragic end of his circus career, he focuses on building his own city. About a dozen fascinating, organic buildings have been made in his garden. The city has a museum, church and a theater. This private city is a piece of art, but its main function can be seen in Antti’s attempt to take fate into his own hands – and to build an entire alternative world.
The second narrator of the film is Antti’s father, novel writer Matti Tuomento (1933–2016), who lived in the crosswalk of a failed artisthood and his own childhood trauma, which he transferred over to his family. Trauma, which has moved from one generation to the next, has turned now into Antti’s fascinating city, which he has declared an independent kingdom.
DIRECTOR: Veli Granö
SCRIPT: Veli Granö, Antti Tuomento
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Veli Granö
SOUND: Milja Viita, Veli Granö
EDITING: Veli Granö
PRODUCER: Veli Granö
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Filemo Films
Director
Veli Granö
Veli Granö works with photography, installation and film, and often deals with the theme of alternative realities in his works. Circus Tuomento is a continuation of Granö's previous production where he has given voice to different ways of seeing and experiencing. Granö is a photographer by training. He has taught photography, installation art, experimental film expression and visual design in numerous art schools. Since 1983, his works have been widely presented in solo and group exhibitions, biennials and festivals in Finland, Europe and the US. He has directed numerous documentary short films that have been shown in art museums and film festivals.
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