Matkalla (On The Journey) (Short film, 2022)

Matkalla [On The Journey] is the first in the Mothers|Lands Series by dance filmmaker Scotty Hardwig, co-created and performed by Andrea Olsen and Eeva-Maria Mutka. Shot on location in the Tornio Valley region of Lapland in northern Finland and Sweden, the film follows a suitcase, a basket, and two women on a midsummer's journey from the sea to the river, dancing their way across the landscapes of the arctic circle along the axis of time and myth.

WINNER: Best Dance Film (Short) 

Brussels Capital Film Festival, Belgium 2023

Swedish International Film Festival, The SIFF, CineSweden 2023

Alternative Film Festival/Toronto, Canada (ALTFF), 2022

Athens International Digital Film Festival, Greece (AIDFF), 2022

Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany, 2022

Honorable Mention

Silk Road Film Award Cannes: Best Dance Film category. 

Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival: BEST MUSIC/DANCE/ART FILM category

Nominated for the Best Art, Music or Poetry Short:

Dreamer of Dreams Festival (London): screened as part of the hybrid festival through an online Video-on-Demand series “VOD block E shorts” 2022

Selected for Screenings at Festivals

Frame x Frame Festival, Houston, Texas 2023

Cannes World Film Festival 2023

Dance Camera West 2020: Los Angeles, CA

Unitaly International Film Festival: Salerno, Italy

Festival Video[An]Danza Internacional: Puerto Rico

Oaxaca Film Festival: Oaxaca, MX

DANCINEMA: accepted for screening, likely at one of the festivals in Toronto or D.C.

ARTS x SDGS Festival // (Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs.)