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nevanti A producer/filmmaker with several shorts and creative documentaries under her belt, and a characteristic personal style. In her work as a director, Nevanti has learned that “good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out." Also, she says "Making documentaries is interpreting reality; not necessarily as it appears to be; the key is that the film must be ‘true to the spirit’ of what is portrayed. This gives you the freedom to select the cinematic expressions best suited to the subject matter. Basically it’s all about telling a story you want the rest of the world to know about.  Now she has finalized her second feature length film, after the acclaimed “Among the Elves”  namely “Tomorrow Never Knows” - Selected to Idfa/Amsterdam VPRO-Joris Ivens Award  Film Competition 2006.

Earlier Work:

En Släkting Till Älvorna - Among The Elves (1999). 35 mm /Digibeta/DVD

A portrait of Swedish vocalist Freddie Wadling, a legend among musicians in Sweden. In this impressionistic journey through Freddie Wadling’s life and thoughts, he moves from punk to medieval songs by John Dowland without missing a beat. It becomes a drama about improvisation as a way of life and music as a way of survival. Filled with music, the film also gradually reveals the image of a fascinating personality, with connections among the elves - „Nothing is true, everything is possible.“

by Kirsi Nevanti and the precious team; Robert Nordström, Jan Alvermark, Owe Svensson,

producer Anders Bohman. /A Third Man Film Production. Original idea Kirsi Nevanti. DVD out in November 2007 please contact robert@folketsbio.se for additional information regarding the release.

1999-12-02 A Special Mention in Film Competition International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam 

"The jury of the VPRO-JORIS IVENS AWARD 1999 decided to give a Special Mention for the film 'En släkting till Älvorna'  [Among The Elves] directed by Kirsi Nevanti from Sweden.

The jury was moved by the loving and poetic approach of the protagonist, an artist with a strong authentic power.

This documentary struck the jury by it´s daring camerawork and editing.

Alltogether a film of great beauty and expressiviness!

".. And go on with filmmaking. For you are, and that's what all the jury-members thought, a real filmtalent."Pieter Verhoeff, member of the jury in  film competition

Education
Director’s degree: University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre/DI/ in Stockholm, 1992–1995. Visions, Workshop for European film students in Berlin, Prague and Amsterdam, headed by Michael Rabiger (1994–1995). Sociology at Stockholm University five credits short of a bachelor’s degree (1982–1985). Worked in radio in the 80s until film took over – a decision that developed on a trip through Eastern Europe just days after the Berlin Wall began to crumble.

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CINEVATOR5 PRINT/EXPERIENCES 2006-2007

Unfortunately the 35 mm print screened in Amsterdam/Ifda was greenish and without contrast and brilliance due to the new technics (Cinevator5) used in the lab process, also badly punctuating the sound but after a numerous trials and errors and a shift from the lab in Oslo to the one in Copenhagen a new & shiny 35 mm print is about to be processed. According to our experience Cinevator5 suits perfectly video material but is so far less usable/reliable for original material shot in 35 mm.

 
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Tomorrow Never Knows

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Far from the image of IKEA, sumptuous smorgasbord and exemplary welfare state, the Swedish homeless live in disused tunnels and box trailers. Pontus and his girlfriend Marina, bankrupted writers, nowadays collect scrap metal, stand by braziers to get warm, and live on the road. Despite the pressures of being social outcasts, they manage to stay together, though are no strangers to squabbling.

Then Pontus’s dream comes true which changes everything. He is accepted to study Mathematics at university, achieves top marks in his year, and becomes a media celebrity to boot. Meanwhile, Marina sinks into depression, her survival without Pontus unlikely. Apparently Pontus has escaped the vicious circle she is trapped in, though he is still homeless, and is openly critical of Marina’s tendency to blame others for her situation. What will become of these two oddballs?

An insider’s view of the minds of vagrants whose human spirits survive against all odds in a land where the sea easily freezes ( Soon at Osaka European Film Festival)

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About Nevanti

Screenings in October  & November 2007 Tokyo and Osaka, Japan:

http://www.momat.go.jp/ for Tokyo

http://www.oeff.jp/1099-Om-morgondagen-vet-man-aldrig.html for Osaka

Betyg 5

Tomorrow Never Knows - A review

I’m home! For many of us, those words are commonplace. For Marina and Pontus, they’re – the Dream. She collects scrap metal and sleeps in a little trailer. He is putting his all into his studies, after being homeless many years. The timeline of this documentary is skillfully broken up. Every scene is important, yet we don’t lose the bigger story of homelessness, hypocritical charity, hard work and dignity. A solid, personal film with brilliant musical choices, humor (yes, really!) and images you won’t easily forget. They lodge in the pit of your stomach. /Dan Lindberg Svt

Ifda/ Joris Ivens Award Film Competition November 2006:

In an unrestricted documentary style and not devoid of surprising jokes and splendid cinematography, this film is about a homeless couple in Stockholm awaiting a better future.Their existence looks pretty hopeless but you never know what tomorrow might bring.  By Kirsi Nevanti.

With: Pontus Torpefält, Marina Hållén, Kjell Sühr, Markku Holmström.

Shooting format 35mm/dvcam.

Screening format 35 mm 1:1,85. / Digibeta 16:9 Anamorphic /Hdcam on demand.

Subtitled 35 mm print available  from 5th of September 2007

International festival distribution: Sara.YamashitaRuster@sfi.se

If You wish to get in contact with Kirsi please send a mail to: mail@camera32.com

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