28 Jan 2020
Carnival Pilgrims
Director-cinematographer Mika Mattila tours the tourist attractions of the world and films inconspicuously the formulaic behaviour of the tourist masses.
Tourists
A reflection on tourism assembled out of amateur videos filmed by tourists during their trips.
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