Eino Ruutsalo

A short collage film inspired by the lettristic movement, created in collaboration by experimental filmmaker Eino Ruutsalo and modernist poet Väinö Kirstinä.

Tree of processed film material is intended to KINEMATOGRAF movement of the backbone using to base the new pictorial movement and phrase. Movie Screen efficacy has been added to paintings. Different kinds of film material is painted, scratched, punched or etched. This has resulted in different directions and at different speeds, functional movement sequences and the "normal film" outside the functional image.

A bohemian writer travels to the countryside for inspiration and falls for a woman who lives in an unhappy marriage.

The strange, disjointed love story in the existentialist film Windy Day transported the young lovers to an island off the town of Kotka.

Young actors drift around Paris looking for job opportunities in pursuit of their happiness. The Finnish film, made with a French cast, follows the paths signaled by nouvelle vague and cinéma vérité.

A short avant-garde film from Finnish director Eino Ruutsalo.

An experimental short film based on Don Quixote by Cervantes.

Experimental Finnish movie from 1961, about one night in the city. In 1960, the director Eino Ruutsalo spoke of the movie with these words: "The camera moves around the night - loose images are created - they create memories, consortia in us, or do not create. Man as such is interesting. Woman for a man. Man for a woman. There is no final destiny - there are only events. Different people touch each other - nothing is too solid and not ready. Everything hovers and gets new shapes".

A boat trip in the Helsinki archipelago: images of water, light and people on the cruise. The same people are met in the city in different situations: at work, with their family, in conversations with a circle of friends, meditating and figuring out their duties. Work and aspirations are important and encouraging to them. They all seem to have something personal to say about their time, their views and their imaginations.

A portrait of the renowned Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto by the radical experimental filmmaker Eino Ruutsalo. Shot in the summer of 1972 at Aalto’s experimental house in Muuratsalo the film briefly and accurately covers the growth, development and creativity of the master architect, presenting his most important work.

An experimental short film from Finnish director Eino Ruutsalo.

An experimental short film combining modern dance and depiction of sculpting.