Cold Storage is a short dance film that pays homage to the virtuosic physical performances and melancholy comedy of the classic silent screen. As a lonely ice fisherman discovers his frozen prehistoric soul brother in the ice, multiple levels of time and reality blend together into a cinematic and kinetic exploration of alienation, dependency and friendship.
Direction and cinematography: Thomas Freundlich
Choreography: Valtteri Raekallio
Performers: Eero Vesterinen & Valtteri Raekallio
Music: Kimmo Pohjonen
Editor: Jukka Nykänen
Production designer: Aino Koski
Costume designer: Venla Takkinen
Producer: Aino Halonen
Production support: Finnish Film Foundation (SES), YLE, Loikka dance film festival, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Duration: 8:45
Premiere: Loikka festival, Helsinki, Finland April 7th 2016
Screening formats: 2K DCP, 4K DCP, HD 1080p, UHD 2140p
Produced by Lumikinos Production Oy / lumikinosproduction.com
International sales: yle.fi/sales
List of awards and festival selections: lumikinosproduction.com/coldstorage