nevanti A filmmaker with several shorts and creative documentaries for TV and Cinema distribution under her belt, and a characteristic personal style, Nevanti is today working on a fiction script "Personal Files" based on the highly acclaimed writer Asko Sahlberg´s original novel "Hämärän Jäljet". Her earlier work includes the feature length film "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Nov 2006 Idfa Joris Ivens Competition) and the acclaimed “Among the Elves” (Honorary Mention in Nov 1999 Idfa Joris Ivens Competition). She likes experimental work, among them shorts like the animated documentary “Light My Fire” a three screen projection about the Danish Nobel Prize Winner Niels Bohr for the Nobel Museum. 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. Since 2009 Nevanti is also teaching doc.film directing at Dramatiska institutet (DI) University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre in Stockholm.
“good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out."
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.
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.