Hold Still

Client

Northfold

Credited as

Director

Role on this film

Direction

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Runtime · Format

1′45″

· 2.39:1

The film

Northfold asked for a film about their heaviest parka and gave us one rule: no product shots. So we made a film about the moment you stop fighting the cold — two days on the frozen Gulf of Bothnia with one actor, one lens and a forecast that never improved.

We shot almost everything on a 75mm, close enough to hear him breathe, and let the whiteout do the art direction.

My part

Directed from treatment to final grade. Cinematography by Mira Saarinen; cut by Leah Okafor with me in the room.

Details

Client

Northfold

Agency

Little North

Production

Harbour & Gale

Location

Gulf of Bothnia, Finland