CCA Cinema, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
5.30pm, Wednesday 24th April 2013
Moomintroll and the Moomin family are characters loved by
children and parents worldwide who have grown up listening to Finnish writer
Tove Jansson's delightful stories about a group of philosophical trolls who
face a range of adventures in Moominland.
This documentary, made for BBC Four in 2012 by UWS
doctoral researcher Eleanor Yule, reveals the strong autobiographical slant in
the Moomins series, tracing the author's own extraordinary story from living
the bohemian life of an artist in war-torn Helsinki to becoming a recluse on a
remote island in the Gulf of Finland.
Enjoying unprecedented access to Jansson's personal archive, the
film reveals an unconventional, brave and compelling woman whose creative
genius extended beyond Moominland to satire, fine art and masterful adult
fiction - not least her highly-regarded The
Summer Book. With home movie footage shot by her long-term female lover and
companion, it offers a unique glimpse of an uncompromising fun-loving woman who
developed love as the central theme of her work.
A screening of the film will be followed by a discussion between
director Eleanor Yule and Graham Jeffery, Reader in Music and Performance at
UWS.
Eleanor Yule is an award-winning
director with a wide range of experience across film drama and broadcast
documentary. Documentary highlights include a profile on Scots psychiatrist
R.D.Laing, a critically acclaimed 'Omnibus' on French painter Pierre Bonnard,
and a BAFTA nominated 'Bookmark' on celebrated novelist Muriel Spark. She also collaborated with ex - Python,
Michael Palin, to produce one off documentaries about painters. Drama output
includes Ghost Stories for Christmas
starring veteran actor Christopher Lee, Lost,
which she wrote and directed, and was nominated for a BAFTA new talent award,
and her first feature Blinded, which
won the Jury Award at the Celtic International Film Festival and a Silver
Screen Award in L.A.
Free but ticketed: to book please call the CCA Box Office on 0141 352 4900 or online at http://ccaglasgow.ticketsolve.com
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