Sodankylä Forever

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle where the sun never sets Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985 the festival has played host to an international whos who of directors and each day begins with a twohour discussion To mark the festivals silver anniversary festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic fourpart choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes insights and wisdom of his allstar cast Coppola Fuller Forman Chabrol Corman Demy Kieslowski Kiarostami Varda Oliveira Erice Rouch Gilliam Jancso and 64 more Ranging across innumerable topics war censorship movie stars formative influences America neorealism these voices many now passed away engage in a personal dialogue across the years thats by turns charming profound hilarious and moving