Through the supermarket in five easy pieces (AM Hutri, Finland 2017)

Through the supermarket in five easy pieces

In this dance film a family tries to manage through the weekly grocery shopping without disintegrating. The moment they enter the supermarket the children go off in separate directions and the parents face the ovewhelming load of merchandise under the time pressure of a closing store. Will they be able to gather the supplies for existence and still come out of the store with all the children? The story is also a metaphor to the five classical elements earth, air, fire, water and aether, of how they strive into different directions but still keep together as one.

Work title: Through the supermarket in five easy pieces
Director: Anna Maria Joakimsdottir-Hutri
 Duration: 8 min 40 sec

Year of production: 2017
Choreographers: Maria Saivosalmi & Andrius Katinas Script: Anna Maria Joakimsdottir-Hutri Cinematography: Daniel Lindholm / FSC
Sound: Markko Nyberg & Akseli Soini
Editing: Timo Montonen
Music: Markko Nyberg
Producer: Petteri Lehtinen
Dancers & Choreographers: Elina von Bagh, Andrius Katinas & Maria Saivosalmi
Financed by: The Finnish Film Foundation

Anna Maria Joakimsdottir-Hutri

I am a filmmaker and storyteller based in the heart of Scandinavia. With roots from both the Icelandic sagas and the Danish new wave drama I’ve been nourishing my talent of storytelling in the compelling silence of the Finnish marshlands. First art school brought me to Finland but then love made me stay now twenty years later it is time to move on to new horizons.

In my Mary Poppins bag I have films, theatre play, scripts and short stories as well as some commercial videos. With a base in the field of Photography I have a strong visual language that emphasises on atmosphere and moods. My strongest tool for creating something is a deep sympathetic emotional connection to the surrounding world and the people and life within it. I have a detailed and specific sense of changes in energies and subtle intentions and often I anticipate the upcoming just by picking up the present moment in all its multitude.