A waterfall, a moose, a swamp. Graceful swans, owls and woodpeckers. A change of seasons and, finally, an invasion of human civilisation through the sounds of chainsaws and gunshots. Lehmuskallio shows, from the point of view of animals, the pressure of man and technology on the natural world. Despite the concise duration of the film, a labour-intensive and time-consuming production was required in order to capture this mosaic of natural events and undisturbed forest inhabitants. A symphony of the sounds and images of Northern Finland that won the prestigious Jussi Award for Best Short Film.
Sounds of the Northern Forests
Pohjoisten metsien äänet
Markku Lehmuskallio
1973
Finland
16’