In GIANT by Salla Tykkä, the seemingly distant observation of the very young gymnasts from the Deva sports-center becomes a subtle stylization of reality, creating an alternative space-time, ripe for contemplation and reflection. Through the elegance of the camera’s choreography and the soundtrack’s sensuality, which skillfully relies on the play between silence and noise, Giant (Tiger Award for Short Film at Rotterdam 2014) offers a sensorial experience that makes us viscerally experience the tension between human fascination with grace and beauty and the dehumanizing process of attaining them.
