Kenyan children are playing under a canopy of bamboo trees when, suddenly, the harmonious atmosphere gets broken.

Biography
Born 1974 in Karjalohja, Finland, MILJA VIITA studied in the Time and Space-based Art Department at Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, leading to an MA degree in 2005. She works with film, video and installations – with her creations characterised by memories and small and familiar phenomena.

Films by Milja Viita
Femme d’Afrique 2011 | Return of Birdsong 2009 | Ceremony 2007 | A Tale of a Dead Man 2006 | The Bomb Factory Girl 2006 | Love Story 2005 | The Room 2005 | Boob 2004 | 11th of May 1918 2004

Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 8 p.m., Filmforum