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Anerca, Breath of Life 2020 star_border 5
Markku Lehmuskallio has devoted a large part of his documentary work to the indigenous people of the Arctic Circle. In this latest film, co-directed with his son Johannes Lehmuskallio, he composes a fascinating poetic ethnography inspired by the singing, dancing, forms of contemporary existence and, above all, the vital breath of these nomad communities mistreated by History.

Minja 2014
A fertilized egg develops into a human. He is born, lives his life and eventually dies. Human life is a journey, the path we take from birth to death. The film is a story about the journey of Minja's life. At the end of the film, there is a dedication to Minja, Minja’s mother and grandmother. There are no other texts at the end of the film. The film also lacks a director as it is cut from existing film material. The Creator has directed Minja's life.

Earth Evocation 2009 star_border 6
The history of Finland through traces of the past.

Travelling 2007
Nedarma (Travelling) is one of several documentary features co-directed by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio that portray the daily lives of the Nenets, Lapsui’s tribe based in the northern tundra of Siberia. The film invokes Nenets cosmology as a way of leading into a filmic structure that portrays the arc of life from birth to death.

Jäähyväisten kronikka 1995

Lost Paradise 1994
Ethnographic documentary.

In Reindeer Shape Across the Sky... 1993
This Finnish documentary film directed, written, produced and shot by Markku Lehmuskallio is the first part of a documentary trilogy about the Nenets people. It's a folkloric documentary describing the traditional nomadic life of the Nenets on the Yamal Peninsula. It includes Nenets songs sung by Anastasia Lapsui and her mother Maria Lapsui. The film was the first film collaboration of Markku Lehmuskallio and Anastasia Lapsui.

The Blue Mammy 1985 star_border 5
Deaf artist Joel lives with his parents on a small farm, where he and his paintings are not appreciated.

Skierri – vaivaiskoivujen maa 1982 star_border 5
A film about herder Niila and Sami environment in the time of change and plight. First partly Saami language fiction film in Finland.

Tapiola 1974
Short documentary by Markku Lehmuskallio.