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Welcome To Day 2 – 10th Annual Toronto Beaches Film Festival
Theme - The Grass Is Greener Right Here

Seeking New Paths
Finnish, w/ English Subtitles - 00:52:00
Dir. Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen - Finland, Spain

Synopsis This is a story of a Finnish woman entrepreneur Melina Holmberg who leaves her home farm and moves with four horses and two dogs to Spain to live. This documentary film tell about the many sides of entrepreneurship, meaning of family and what is valuable for a human being. Before moving abroad Melina managed to fulfill many dreams like having a family with 3 children, moving to the countryside and starting a company of her own.

  • Facebook http://www.facebook.com/melinadocfilm
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  • Twitter @paivikh
  • Trailer https://vimeo.com/429979244
  • Website http://www.facebook.com/melinadocfilm

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Camping Life (The Ephemeral City) Camping Life (la ciudad efímera)
Catalan, English, German, Spanish, w/ English Subtitles - 00:52:03
Dir. Josep Perez - Spain

Synopsis Camping life is a documentary that portrays life on a Costa Brava campsite during the summer of 2020. The camera follows the various stories and anecdotes of the day to day life of the uninhibited campers with the intention to portray the concept of holidays for contemporary man. The film makes a unique portrait of how the coronavirus crisis was experienced during the summer of 2020 by a middle class determined to be able to enjoy their recreation time no matter what. Finally, the concept of an ephemeral city is explored, which comes alive every summer to become an organic entity devoted to leisure, and then just as quickly fades away at the end of the summer as it’s population disappears.

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  • Trailer https://vimeo.com/509388763
  • Website https://www.jopergon.com/camping-life-the-ephemeral-city

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