LYNX MAN
Finland 2022 – Director: Juha Suonpää – Original language: Finnish – Subtitles: English – Length: 75 min.
Hannu lives alone on the edge of the forests in Finland and talks to Lynxes. He watches the shy animals with his wildlife cameras. He becomes consumed by a drive to protect them. So he dives deeper and deeper into their lives, puts on masks and becomes an animal himself and yet he can’t deny his humanity. A strange voyage into nature that crosses dream and reality with breathtakingly beautiful images. Selime Schauer-Altinbilek
Biography
Juha Suonpää is one of Finland's most important photographers and teaches as associate professor of art, environmental and nature photography at Tampere University of Applied Sciences. Numerous international exhibitions and work as a documentary filmmaker.
Filmography
WOLFMAN, FI 2013, 75 min.
VUORES, FI 2000, 56 min.
English/Original Title: LLVESKUISKAAJA. Production: Wacky Tie Films. Producer: Pasi Hakkio & Niina Virtanen.
