The Small Kannel
2015 Zooppa International Short Film Festival
Wood and humanity
Honorary: 300$
Film Director: Maris Mitt
Supervisors: Lauri Saluveer, Merit Karise, Oliver Maaker, Madis Vaher
Assistants: Anželika Toll, Kaie Kiil
Film montage by Maris Mitt
Camera operators: Lauri Saluveer, Maris Mitt
Small kannel maker: Mart Aardam
Montage program: Final Cut Pro
Camera: BlackmagicThe video “The Small Kannel” gives a short overview of small kannel, a traditional plucked string instrument of the dulcimer and zither family native to Baltic-Finnic and Baltic people. It is estimated to be at at least 2000 years old, some say even 3000. For almost a hundred years, especially in the Soviet time, it was out of favour, but regained its popularity in the last decade. Mart Aardam is the small kannel maker from Saaremaa portrayed in the video, who has made ca 150 small kannels.
Soundtrack: old Estonian folk tunes "Sikusarve lugu/Buck Horn Tune" and "Paradiisi liblikas/Paradise Butterfly", played by Mart himself. Historical stills in Public Domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ with permission to publish on other websites. Permission obtained to use stills of Estonian Song and Dance Festival for IWCS, a nonprofit organization, which promotes wood culture, to raise awareness and understanding of the key role wood plays in a sustainable world future. "The Small Kannel" is a video made for the contest "Wood and Humanity" sponsored by the International Wood Culture Society (http://www.iwcs.com).