Most Popular Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Trailers
Total trailers found: 8
T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in 1974 for corruption.
Song For Billy Trailer (2017)
01 January 2017
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 Konttinen’s photography project The Coal Coast.
Byker Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
A partly dramatised documentary built around Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photographs of the Newcastle terraced community, demolished to make way for the Byker Wall.
Like Father Trailer (2001)
15 June 2001
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 allotment to the local authority’s coastal redevelopment scheme.
The Writing in the Sand Trailer (1991)
16 April 1991
A richly lyrical documentary celebration of the vibrant beach life in the North East of England, constructed entirely out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's black & white photographs.
Letters to Katja Trailer (1994)
17 February 1994
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.
Today I'm With You Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
A documentary arising out of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s Byker Revisited portraits from the different communities that now live on the Byker Wall Estate.
In Fading Light Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
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 the unexpected arrival of a young woman.
