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Documentary | 2007 |
Digibeta / Beta sp / DVCAM / DV |
16:9 | Stereo | 24’
Director, script, cinematography,
editing, sound design: Rostislav Aalto
Sound mixing: Eero Koivunen
Music: Mongolian khuumi
Producer: Rostislav Aalto
Production company:
Zen Media / Zen and Trading Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
Mongolian Afternoon
[ M o n g o l i a l a i n e n i l t a p ä i v ä ]
They are going to slaughter a sheep before dark. Nomads do the slaughtering themselves. But
before its death, the sheep was able to live and graze in the wild.
The film is tranquil in rhythm and very powerful esthetically as the setting sun paints the
Mongolian steppe red. The film climaxes as a young girl washes the sheep’s blood off her hands.
Rostislav Aalto
Rostislav Aalto was born in Moscow, 1971, and moved to Finland eight years later. After studying
at the University of the Industrial Art and Design in Helsinki in the Film department, he has
worked as a photographer, editor and director in numerous productions. Since 1997, he has led
a private enterprise, Zen Media, which produces documentaries and
offers services for other film companies.
Aalto has, for example, directed the films Gunshots in Orimattila
(Orimattilan laukaukset, 2000), Cleaning Up! (2002), Rush (Kiire, 2004),
Take Me in Your Arms (Ota minut syliin, 2006), Just Little Respect
(Vähän kunnioitusta, 2006), and a serial of seven films: Mongo – Moments
from the Far East (Mongo – hetkiä kaukoidästä, 2007)
Aalto is a member of the Guild of Documentarists and member of
the board of The Association of Finnish Film Directors.
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