Timo Wright’s Ex Nihilo will be screened at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, held from July 6–14. The film is included in the short film programme 1, screened on Sunday, July 8, at 11:30 in Howler Art Space. Ex Nihilo is an… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame screened at Karlovy Vary IFF and Curtas Vila do Conde
Sami van Ingen’s Flame continues its festival circulation. It will be screened in the official programme of one of the A class film festivals, the 53rd Karloy Vary International Film Festival, held from 29.6.–7.7. in Czech Republic. It was also… Read more »
Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Joakim Pusenius, Jan Ijäs, and Pink Twins at Rencontres Internationales Berlin
Short films by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Joakim Pusenius, Jan Ijäs, and Pink Twins are screened at Rencontres Internationales. The festival is held in Berlin from June 19–24 in Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Jan Ijäs’s Social Connection (2016) is included in the screening “Machine… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 1 Money awarded at Huesca IFF
Jan Ijäs’s short documentary film Waste no. 1 Money was awarded with the first prize in the international competition for short documentary films at the 46th Huesca International Film Festival, held from 8.–16.6.2018. The jury states that the director Jan Ijäs… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame & Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene compete at Art Film Fest, Slovakia
Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018) and Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene (2017) are screened in the international competition of short films at Art Film Fest, Slovakia, held in Košice from June 15–23. The screenings of Flame take place on… Read more »
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point at Melbourne International Animation Festival
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point (2017) is selected in the programme of Melbourne International Animation Festival, held from June 14–23. The short video is on display in the installation animation programme. Vanishing Point portrays the visage of decomposition playing out in… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marja Helander
With her stunning short film Birds in the Earth (Eatnanvuloš lottit, 2018), Marja Helander is the latest winner of the legendary Risto Jarva prize, awarded for the 40th time at Tampere Film Festival in March. Helander’s Sámi background contributes to… Read more »
Rovaniemi 50 cent
Marja Helander
New work
Rovaniemi 50 cent is a small story set in a Nordic shopping mall. In an interior imitating the Ancient Rome, there is almost undetectable reference to the Sámi culture. This clue leads the protagonist to an absurd encounter.
Read more »Dolastallat – To Have a Campfire
Marja Helander
New work
Dolastallat – To Have a Campfire is an experimental short film about a Sámi woman going to the mountains in Kola Peninsula, and having a modern campfire with an unexpected creature. The vast landscape bears hints of Arctic mining industry and there is also a reference to the old Sámi myth.
Read more »The Flowers of Kola Peninsula
Marja Helander
New work
The Flowers of Kola peninsula is a single channel video composed of still photos and time lapse footage. The imagery consists of overlapping images portraying the industrial landscape of the Kola peninsula and dried flowers picked from the same locations. In addition, the work includes images of plants from the old... Read more »
Birds in the Earth
Marja Helander
New work
Birds in the Earth is a short film based on dance. The main characters are two young Sámi ballet students; Birit and Katja Haarla. The movie tells a bit melancholic story through their dance performances. At the same time it examines the deeper questions of the ownership of Sámi land.
Read more »Trambo
Marja Helander
New work
Trambo is a portrait of an indigenous Sámi woman wandering on a snowy mountain. She is dragging a big trampoline, a burden she hopes will bring a bit of joy to the monotonous journey of life. The trampoline is a reference to the modern age, but it can also be seen as a prison.
Read more »Sami van Ingen’s Flame screened at Kinodot Experimental FF, St. Petersburg
Sami van Ingen’s Flame will be screened at Kinodot Experimental Film Festival, held in St. Petersburg from June 2–3. The screening of Flame takes place on Sunday, June 3, at 19:00 in Rodina Cinema. Premiered at IFF Rotterdam and awarded… Read more »
Lake Deconstruction
Antti Laitinen
New work
A monolithic formation of ice blocks appears as the lake is changed from its natural state, and place, to a new location and form.
Read more »Tree Reconstruction
Antti Laitinen
New work
The artist cut down a tree and chopped it into small pieces. He then tried to rebuild the tree using a hammer and nails.
Read more »Voyage
Antti Laitinen
New work
The artist rows a palm island.
Read more »Bark Boat
Antti Laitinen
New work
The artist made a boat from bark he collected from the forest floor. He sailed across the Baltic sea with the vessel.
Read more »Lake Shift
Antti Laitinen
New work
The artist attempted to move a lake with two buckets.
Read more »Marionette
Antti Laitinen
New work
The artist has turned a tree into a marionette. With strings he tried to imitate real wind.
Read more »The Sleeping Interview
Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki
New work
Sleeping Myllymäki: “Movie art is free visual art and free audial art together. And the script of my movie is more important than my face and more important than my studio.”
Read more »Meet the Artist: Marja Viitahuhta
Marja Viitahuhta’s work moves from autobiographical elements to current environmental crises and political issues. However, she wants to focus on showing the glimmer of hope instead of sheer bleakness. Marja Viitahuhta (born 1979) is a Finnish media artist and filmmaker… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame selected for the Black Box strand of Edinburgh IFF
Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018) will have its UK premiere at the 72nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. Held from 20.6.–1.7., Edinburgh IFF is the world’s oldest continually running film festival. Van Ingen’s short film was selected for the Black Box programme…. Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 1 Money competes at Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 1 Money is selected for the international competition of documentary short films of Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca. The festival will be held from June 8–16 in Spain. The screening of Waste no. 1 Money… Read more »
Hannaleena Heiska’s Today We Live and Mika Taanila’s Delay of Game at Hamburg ISFF
Hannaleena Heiska’s Today We Live (2013) and Mika Taanila’s Delay of Game (2017) will be screened at the 34th Hamburg International Short Film Festival, held from June 5–11. Heiska’s short film will be screened in the opening screening on Tuesday,… Read more »
Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth at Seattle IFF and Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad
Marja Helander’s Risto Jarva awarded short film Eatnanvuloš lottit – Birds in the Earth (2018) will be screened at Seattle International Film Festival and in the international short film competition of Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad. Held from 17.5.–10.6., Seattle International Film Festival is… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 2 Wreck at the 7th Mostra Ecofalante, Brasil
Jan Ijäs’s short documentary film Waste no. 2 Wreck (2016) is screened at the 7th Mostra Ecofalante, held from 31.5.–13.6. in São Paulo, Brasil. Waste no. 2 Wreck is included in the programme “Panorama Internacional Contemporâneo: Cidades”. Previously screened e.g…. Read more »
Mika Taanila’s exhibition “Partial Head Clog” at La Neomudéjar Art Centre, Madrid
La Neomudéjar Art Centre and Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia present Mika Taanila’s exhibition “Partial Head Clog“. The exhibition is open from 11.5.–29.7.2018 and includes video installations along with photograms from the series “Black and White Movies”. The exhibition kicks off with… Read more »
Dans l’atelier
Salla Myllylä
New work
The video takes a studio in Cité des Arts in Paris as its starting point. The sunlight hits the wall of the studio from seven to nine in the morning. The artist traced the movement of light on the wall during four days in spring 2016.
Read more »Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique awarded with Special Mention at ISFF Oberhausen
Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique (2018) was awarded with a Special Mention at the 64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, held from May 3–8. The Jury of the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia states: “Nonsense… Read more »
Timo Wright’s Solace and Embrace screened at Leiden International Short Film Experience
Two short films by Timo Wright, Solace (2017) and Embrace (2016) are screened at Leiden International Short Film Experience, held from May 11–13. Both short films are screened in experimental programmes on Saturday, May 12: Solace at 13:00 at Old… Read more »