Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Movies

  • 1987
    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia

    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia

    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia

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    An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne,...

    T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
  • 1989
    In Fading Light

    In Fading Light

    In Fading Light

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    A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the film centres on the upheaval caused in a traditional fishing community by...

    In Fading Light
  • 2001
    Like Father

    Like Father

    Like Father

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    The last pits have closed, the redundancy money has been spent and a family is in crisis. 70 year old pigeon man Arthur Elliott is losing his...

    Like Father
  • 1991
    The Writing in the Sand

    The Writing in the Sand

    The Writing in the Sand

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    A richly lyrical documentary celebration of the vibrant beach life in the North East of England, constructed entirely out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's...

    The Writing in the Sand
  • 2017
    Song For Billy

    Song For Billy

    Song For Billy

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    A meditation on a lost era and the regenerative power of the sea, Song For Billy grew out of the haunting photographs of Sirkka-Liisa...

    Song For Billy
  • 2010
    Today I'm With You

    Today I'm With You

    Today I'm With You

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    A documentary arising out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s Byker Revisited portraits from the different communities that now live on the Byker Wall...

    Today I'm With You
  • 1983
    Byker

    Byker

    Byker

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    A partly dramatised documentary built around Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photographs of the Newcastle terraced community, demolished to make way...

    Byker
  • 1994
    Letters to Katja

    Letters to Katja

    Letters to Katja

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    A chronicle of Finnish-born photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's return to her roots in Finland with her daughter Katja, after 23 years in Britain.

    Letters to Katja