GIANT

Giant

Finlandia. 2014. Color. 13 min. Documental. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Salla Tykkä.
"Giant" features leading junior team gymnasts of Romania. The film is shot in two boarding schools for artistic gymnastics in Onesti and Deva. A soundtrack of interviews with the gymnasts accompanies images of them training and of empty gymnasiums.

Salla Tykkä
Salla Tykkä was born in 1973 in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki 2003. She has been working with photography, video and film since 1996, and she had her first solo show in 1997. She has participated in numerous group shows in museums and public institutions and her films have been shown at various international film festivals.