Circology

Runtime

16 min

Year

2023

Country

Finland

Language

No Dialogue

Type / Genre

Experimental, Short, Dance, Fantasy, Community, Nature, Circle of life

Director

Tero Peltoniemi

Writer

Tero Peltoniemi

Producer

Jukka Rajala, Annika Sillander

Key Cast

Antti Seppänen, Viivi Sjöblom, Marika Styrylska-Palka

Atlas spins his arm beneath a wind turbine each day, part of a village ritual as old as the wind itself. When fire destroys his turbine – and the only life he knows – he must find a direction that isn't round.

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Director

Tero Peltoniemi

Nordic filmmaker and visual storyteller who believes the most profound truths cannot be spoken, only experienced. I craft cinematic experiences that dance between science and mythology, drawing from the ancient wisdom that stories exist somewhere beyond us—waiting to be brought into form. My work serves as a conduit between the formless and the tangible, creating what I call "indescribable experiences" for audiences.