Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Movies
- 1987
T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia
T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia01987HD
An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne,...
- 1989
In Fading Light
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A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the film centres on the upheaval caused in a traditional fishing community by...
- 2001
Like Father
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The last pits have closed, the redundancy money has been spent and a family is in crisis. 70 year old pigeon man Arthur Elliott is losing his...
- 1991
The Writing in the Sand
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A richly lyrical documentary celebration of the vibrant beach life in the North East of England, constructed entirely out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's...
- 2017
Song For Billy
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A meditation on a lost era and the regenerative power of the sea, Song For Billy grew out of the haunting photographs of Sirkka-Liisa...
- 1983
Byker
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A partly dramatised documentary built around Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photographs of the Newcastle terraced community, demolished to make way...
- 2010
Today I'm With You
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A documentary arising out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s Byker Revisited portraits from the different communities that now live on the Byker Wall...
- 1994
Letters to Katja
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A chronicle of Finnish-born photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's return to her roots in Finland with her daughter Katja, after 23 years in Britain.