Official Selection 2026 · Day 2 · Sun 06.12 · Finland
Circology
16 min · 2023 · Finland · No Dialogue
- 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
Synopsis
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.