AV-Arkki

Former saboteur gets back on saddle. Every trick will be exposed. A short action film about the joint adventure of indie filmmaking - with all the special effects.

A narrator asks: ‘Do you know this bird?’

What does she explain? Does she speak for herself?

A man goes into the woods looking for berries. Instead, he finds an empty bottle of French dressing salad dressing. A genie from the bottle grants him three wishes. The man uses the wishes in a traditional way, but he expresses them in a vulgar manner, which displeases the genie. The man will learn his lesson.

The documentary takes the viewer on a serene afternoon stroll through the Japanese mental landscape and culture, with death and ageing as its perspectives.

From a Distance allows the forest animals to take the forefront, to be and observe. Humans do not report or explain, but are present only as sounds of passing cars or on a look-out in a bird tower – as if being part of a herd themselves.

There was no room for other animals in the ark. The only one left is the king of creation, the worst of all animals, human.