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Seeker (Etsijä)
Project type
Film
Date
2025
Location
Finland
The Seeker (18 min)
The Seeker, the first part of the BeneathGround trilogy, is a cinematic journey into the underground and our bodily connection to the underground. The work follows three archetypal figures—the Wanderer, the Merger, and the Seeker—in a world where darkness, folklore, and animism intertwine. In the shelter of the forest, the Seeker enters a rite of passage on the threshold of perimenopause, celebrating the body’s and life’s transformations. The Seeker is a ritual of love, embodiment, and connection with the layers of the earth.
The Seeker asks: To what realms can the fairy — or her alter ego, the radical fairy — extend her power of love?
Clad in the lilac cloak, the figure seeks her kin, preparing for a journey into darkness, beyond the moon, toward the crone, toward the line between heart and womb. This ritual is dedicated to the darkness, to cunt-power, to the living pleasure of the body, and to the love for all that is born, dying, and existing.
Film by: Ninni Kaminen
Directed, Produced, Written & Edited by: Ninni Kaminen
Based on ideas and stories by:
Kaivanto Collective (Ninni Kaminen, Noora Kauppila, Kaisa Käärmemaa & Jussi Salminen)
Cast
Seeker: Ninni Kaminen
Pieta: Pieta Koskenniemi
Seer: Noora Kauppila
The One Who Melds: Kaisa Käärmemaa
Wanderer: Jussi Salminen
Crew
Cinematography:Anna Antsalo
Sound Design: Jyri Pirinen
Editorial support: Anna Antsalo
End Song: Melody: traditional from Ingria
Lyrics: traditional & Noora Kauppila
Support
Supported by: City of Outokumpu
Funded by: Kone Foundation
Special Thanks
People of Outokumpu
Outokumpu Old mine mining museum
Satu Palokangas
Ilari and Kalle Fincobalt