A selection of extremely rare old 16 mm Soviet educational documentaries from the era of the Cold War, featuring topics as diverse as public transportation in the future, the anatomy of seeing dreams and the production of environmentally sound energy using mysterious biological methods. The films feature an impressive Soviet-Finnish voiceover, but the imagery speaks a language that used to be universal before the iron curtain finally went up.

 

Siperia kutsuu (Siberia Calling, 16 min, colour, 1981)

Tulevaisuuden liikennettä (Future Traffic, 11 min, colour, 1983)

Unennäkö (Dreaming, 20 min, b/w, 1959)

Vihreä energia (Green Energy, 10 min, colour, 1985)

Metsän näkymätön elämä (Invisible Life of the Forests, 10 min, colour, 1982)

 

 

Cold War Visions are selected and projected by Mr. Tuomas Merilä, a local Super 8 enthusiast, film projectionist and collaborator with various film festival across Finland.