Ruuhka selected to Minimalen Short Film Festival

The new year has started off nicely and a lot of things are going on at the moment. Some really terrific news are about to be announced, but not quite yet. In the meantime we're happy to announce that Ruuhka aka Traffic Jam got selected among other fine short films to Minimalen Short Film Festival in Trondheim, Norway. The festival will take place March 16-20.2011, so if you happen to be in the neighborhood and want to enjoy some fine pieces of sweet short cinema you should be finding yourself right there. For additional info visit the festival homepage.

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That's all for now, we'll be back soon with more exciting stuff. Have a good one, peeps.

On God's frequency on national television

Greetings new and old friends.

We're gonna kick off the new year by a little blast from the past. This Thursday our documentary On God's Frequency (På Guds frekvens / Jumalan taajuudella) is airing at Yle FST5 20.45 local time. If you're not able to check it out you can catch the re-run on Saturday at 15.35 and it's also going to be available for streaming on Yle Areena. Great? Great!

If your anticipation gets out of hands you can blast the trailer on your computer on the reg until it's showtime. Enjoy!

På Guds frekvens / Jumalan taajuudella TRAILER from 4KRS films on Vimeo.

Drop us some feedback and win a special prize!

As you should know by now our film Källmans Kval will be airing at Yle FST5 tonight, Thursday 28.10.2010. Now we want you to send us your feedback on the film and in return we will reward one you with a very special prize:

Drop a comment here, look us up on facebook or in any other way you choose to: Send us some feedback and win booze. Doesn't get easier, does it?


Trailer for Källmans Kval:

KÄLLMANS KVAL trailer from Arthur Franck on Vimeo.

Tv-premiere: KÄLLMANS KVAL

Our new documentary KÄLLMANS KVAL (finnish title Källmanin koitokset) airs this Thursday (28.10.2010) on YLE-FST5 at 21.00 and Saturday at 16.55.

The 30 minute film is a portrait of the legendary handboll player Mikael Källman, once regarded as one of the top players in the world. In 2009 Källman was appointed head coach for the Finnish national team, and the documentary follows him during his first world cup qualification campaign in January 2010. The film contains amazing archive clips from Källmans playing career, both in Finland and in the German Bundesliga. Källmans kval is essentially a study of what goes on behind the scenes of a handball team during a high stakes tournament. The viewer is invited to explore what goes on in the mind of the coach, how he tries to achieve his goals and deals with the pressure.

Check out the trailer below:

KÄLLMANS KVAL trailer from Arthur Franck on Vimeo.

Mobile office part 1.

2100 hours. Time to deadline: 12 hours. Location: Producers kitchen. Drug of choice: FairMary breakfast tea.

Making of shortfilm FUNKTION27 Day1

Oskar took these pics of me shooting the first rolls of Super8-film for our new short documentary project "Funktion27". The film features an artist who has specialised in mobile kinetic sculptures. Our goal is to have the film finished by the end of the year and available at festivals in 2011.

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Making of UFO-documentary Day4&5

Day 4&5 of shooting took place in Pohjanmaa, aka Botnia Orientalis. This picture was taken in Pietarsaari by the famous local ufologist "Mr Mike". The bathtub on the left witnessed a UFO 19 years ago(how strange indeed). Our Cinematographer JP is stuck in a tree, while Oskar and me are relaxing below.


The second picture features me and Mr Mike in front of his very cool vehicle. JP is framing a shot of Mr Mikes garage.

Arthur

Making of UFO-documentary Day1

Welcome to our new blog. Here you can stay updated on what goes on in the world of 4KRS. We start off with some behind the scenes -pictures from the first day of shooting our UFO-documentary. Enjoy!


Shooting finally began on september 9th with a rowing scene outside Kaivopuisto in Helsinki. The legendary scifi-artist/kite-o-tect "Mr OK" is transporting himself to his studio by boat. It was a beautiful day (too beautiful for Werner Herzog), and we managed to shoot some very interesting footage!


Cinematographer JP Passi and Producer/co-director/temp.soundguy Oskar getting ready for the next scene.

More to follow...

Arthur