NAPA / NAVEL by Mox Mäkelä | Finland | 2026 

Duration: 00:14:30

Who is this outcast girl who swims to the shores of an important island and what does she think she’ll get there?

Where did the treasures collected in the cave where the priestess is playing the harmonium come from? It’s kind of strange, so it’s only fair that someone sorts things out in the end.

”Of course, that island, to whose shore some unfortunate person swims with his bags, is not deserted. Everything is there, even the navel. How deeply penetrating holiness surrounds it! Will the begging outcast get a warm welcome there? We’ll see, but soon all that will be subjected to a downright scientific gingerbread island and rolling in the planet’s time wheel. Finally, let’s eat well!”

DIRECTOR, ARTIST : Mox Mäkelä
SOUND DESIGN : Mox Mäkelä
SOUND FROM : Richard Wagner, George Frideric Hendel, Manuel de Falla, Johan Sebastian Bach, Mox Mäkelä, Emil Kauppi, Oskar Merikanto, American Indian Dances, Traditional music.
The filmmaker thanks everyone who helped with the film. Nature and the universe are not used to public thanks and are aware of the level of the author’s gratitude.

CONTACTS / LINKS : https://moxworks.blogspot.com/ 

Director’s statement
How delightful it is to see great artistic, well-served film productions, where supportive priestly figures share life wisdom, when you also know that the creators eat and drink well in their own lives. Can we not make a little parody of that, especially when our planet is shrinking under the burden of all this high and lower priesthood – especially when the troll ends up eating everything.

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