Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s Miniscpectacles Albuquerque Straight (2016) and Jan Ijäs’s Time Capsule (2016) are selected to International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam through AV-arkki’s distribution. Held from November 16–27, IDFA is the world’s largest documentary film festival. The films are screened at Paradocs,… Read more »
Focus on Finnish Media Art @ NEMAF, Seoul, Aug 4–12
A focus on Finnish media art at the 16th Seoul International New Media Festival (NEMAF) kicks off the new exchange programme between Finland, Korea and Japan. The programme is a fruit of AV-arkki’s extensive collaboration with HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme) and… Read more »
Salla Tykkä’s Retrospective in the competition @ Curtas Vila do Conde
Salla Tykkä’s Retrospective is selected for the international competition of Curtas Vila do Conde, held from July 9–17 in Vila do Conde, Portugal. The festival is a major cinematographic and cultural event in Portugal. Premiered in the international competition of… Read more »
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s The Powder of Sympathy at the competition of Hamburg ISFF
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s The Powder of Sympathy is screened at “No Budget Competition” of the 32nd Hamburg International Short Film Festival, held from May 31 to June 6. Premiered at Rotterdam International Film Festival in January, The Powder of Sympathy… Read more »
Finnish media art @ MOI Helsinki, Beijing, May 13–15
A selection of Finnish media art is is screened as a part of MOI Helsinki event in Beijing from May 13–15. The programme is curated by Kaisa Salmi and features both single channel video works and multi-channel installations by a… Read more »
Suomi-Väänänen and SUPER NORTH WORKSHOP @ Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque
A complete retrospective of Maarit Suomi-Väänänen‘s works is shown at Experiments in Cinema, held April 5—10 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival marks the U.S. premiere for Log Head (2015) and the world premiere for Minispectacles 19—24: Albuquerque Straight (2016),… Read more »
Tykkä and Kasitonni selected to the international competition @ Oberhausen Film Festival
Retrospective by Salla Tykkä (b. 1973) and Finnish Midsummer 2169 by Anssi Kasitonni (b. 1978) have been selected to the international competition of the 62nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen through AV-arkki’s distribution. The festival will mark the world premiere for Tykkä’s Retrospective, an… Read more »
Experimental films and media art featured widely at Tampere Film Festival 2016
AV-arkki has a strong presence at Tampere Film Festival. Held between March 9 and 13, Tampere Film Festival is the oldest short film festival in Northern Europe. The internationally distinguished event is AV-arkki’s main associate in Finland. The national competition of… Read more »
AV-arkki proudly presents Maija Blåfield’s film Golden Age @ Moving Image Art Fair, New York, March 3-6, 2016
AV-arkki is proud to participate in the upcoming 2016 edition of Moving Image, the contemporary video art fair in Chelsea, New York. AV-arkki´s selection for the fair is Maija Blåfield’s delicate piece Golden Age (2015). Golden Age is a film… Read more »
Diego Bruno, Jaakko Pallasvuo and Sasha Huber at IFFR 2016
Diego Bruno’s, Jaakko Pallasvuo’s and Sasha Huber’s films have been selected to The International Film Festival Rotterdam’s programme. Tuomas Laitinen’s, Timo Wright’s and Petra Lindholm’s films will be featured at AV-arkki’s press and industry screening. IFFR 2016 takes place between 27 January –… Read more »