writer/cinematographer:
Hanna-Mari Pauliina Välkkilä
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My
Childhood Song
3 min. 15 sec. / visual poetry / 2002 / Finland
The basis of Hanna's film is the following poem which she has
written herself. Then she shot some beautiful scenery to match
it, creating a poem that can be experienced through moving images.
"When singing my childhood song I thought of nature, the
sun and angels. Then I wrote a poem which would live as a film."
At the beginning, Hanna sings a Finnish song, a rough translation
of which would be something like:
A child's path goes through a wilderness
But a wonderful angel takes her home.
So long is the way,
Home still far away.
But a wonderful angel
Walks by her side,
A wonderful angel
Walks by her side.
Hanna's poem
Once upon a time there was a forest,
a beautiful flower,
the sun so warm and
the breeze through the trees.
A small bird chirping
as it flies above the beach...
The sea, - golden waves.
Wind - beautiful dreams of
golden angels... golden on the beach.
The warmth of the trees,
heavenly sun, star.
Hanna-Mari Pauliina Välkkilä
- writer/cinematographer
Hanna-Mari was born in Tampere, Finland on Friday, June 13,
1975 with Down Syndrome. She attended schools where creativity
in all its forms was highly respected and she always got encouragement
and guidance.
Her creativity, artistry (poems and drawings radiant with love)
and now the chance of making films with Tähdenlentoja
Ry are all integral parts of her everyday life.
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