A video triptych filmed on Örö Island. On the left, a view from a cliff towards the sea. In the middle, the same landscape filmed through the bore of a cannon. On the right, a video of the moving sea surface magnified 100 000 times. A distinctive landscape depiction and a study of perceiving colors.
Read more »Meet the former residents of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident’s Exclusion Zone, who share their experiences of the loss of home, importance of community, and the fragility of memories. Walk freely in the 3D-captures of former homes and gardens and create your own version of the film.
Read more »Paola reconstructs her past and reflects on the reasons why she is away from her homeland and family. She uses archive material showcasing memories including the graduation of her mother, a family journey to Margarita Island in Venezuela in search of a new life, and the birth of a new member in the family.
Read more »Appu Jasu’s Drift (2022, in featured image) and Hannaleena Heiska’s Metamorphosis (2022) will be screened at WNDX Festival of Moving Image, held in Winnipeg from October 4–8 2023. Both short films are included in the screening Quest: Open Call, screened… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amnion (2023) was awarded as the best experimental film at Blue Danube Film Festival, held from September 20 – 30 2023 in Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. The jury states: “Amnion’s strength is its lightness of touch with relation to… Read more »
Niina Suominen’s Golden Headacher (2022) will be screened at Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, held from October 18–22 2023 in Switzerland. The screening takes place on Thursday, October 19, at 18:30 in Cinématographe, and on Saturday, October 21, at… Read more »
Jenni Toikka’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 (2022) will be screened in the parallel section “Another Double” at FestCurtas, held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from October 13–22 2023. During a single long shot, we see two people taking turns playing… Read more »
Three videos by Marja Helander, Dolastallat – To Have a Campfire (2016), Eatnanvuloš lottit – Birds in the Earth (2018), and Suodji – Shelter (2020, in featured image) – are included in the outdoors exhibition Luminocity, held in Kamloops, the Province… Read more »
August Joensalo’s Space Is Quite a Lot of Things (2021, in featured image), Pasi Autio’s Feel the Heat (2022), and Johanna Lecklin’s Her Subjects (2022) were selected for the programme of Instants Vidéo Festival, held in Marseille, France, and several… Read more »
This year’s doclisboa, taking place October 19–29, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, has Finland as a focus country, supported by the Finnish Film Foundation. The Finnish focus includes a retrospective of Markku Lehmuskallio and Anastasia Lapsui and also an extensive pitching… Read more »
AV-arkki presents a screening titled Dozen Treasures at Image Forum Festival from September 30 – October 6, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. The screening takes place Tuesday October 3 at 18:30 in Theatre Image Forum. As the name suggests, the screening… Read more »
Two Wars is a work of thought, imagination, presentation and narrative divided across two chapters, World War I and World War II. The first chapter is set in Monte Cassino in Central Italy and the second ten kilometres to the south in the village of San Pietro Infine.
Read more »Azar Saiyar’s My Home (2022, in featured image) and Niina Suominen’s Golden Headacher have been selected to compete in Competition 3 and Competition 5 series of the 25th edition of Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris respectively. Competition… Read more »
Pink Twins’ The Transient (2023) has been selected for Videomedeja Media Projects programme. Videomedeja takes place October 12–14, 2023 in Svilara cultural content factory, Novi Sad. It has also been selected for the Compétition Labo at Animatou Geneva Animation Film… Read more »
Nastja Säde Rönkkö’s Milk & Decay (2019) is exhibited in The Inter Media Art Institute‘s (IMAI) four part exhibition series titled Paradise Tossed. The video work will be shown in the chapter Paradise Tossed: In the Name of Life, from… Read more »
Mika Taanila has been entrusted the programming of Light Cone‘s third edition of Scratch Collection biennial film series. The six-part screening series will take place at the Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Paris over the span of October 3–November 21 2023. Ilppo… Read more »
Pasi Autio’s Feel the Heat (2022) was selected to be screened at the 13th edition of Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, taking place September 26–October 10 in Bucharest, Romania. The film will take part in the international short film competition… Read more »
Hanna Hovitie’s Square the Circle (2023) was selected for Vancouver International Film Festival, held from September 28–October 8 2023, Vancouver, Canada. The film is presented in the screening Modes 1, taking place Saturday September 30 at 18:00 in Vancity Theatre… Read more »
Matti Harju’s Ecstasy (2023, in featured image) and Nastja Säde Rönkkö’s Those Who Kept the Light / Seaweed (2022) will be screened at 25FPS International Experimental Film and Media Festival, held from September 27–30 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia. Ecstasy will… Read more »
Panu Johansson’s Water Tower Symphony (2023, in featured image) and Pink Twins’ The Transient (2023) and The Eternal (2021) were selected to the art section at Nordisk Panorama, held in Malmö, Sweden, September 21 – 26 2023. The programme also… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amnion (2023) was picked for the experimental category of Blue Danube Film Festival, held from September 20 – 30 2023 in Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. The screenings will take place September 20th in Kulturzentrum Spittelberg im Amerlinghaus, Vienna,… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur (2022) has been picked for the youth competition of Court Métrange, held from September 21 – October 1 2023. The screening takes place on the 27th of September 2023 at 14:30 in Cinéma Pathé, Rennes, France…. Read more »
Pink Twins’ The Transient (2023, in featured image) and Hanna Hovitie’s Square the Circle (2023) were selected for the competitions of Bueu International Film Festival FICBUEU, held in Bueu, Spain from September 9–23 2023. The Transient is included in the… Read more »
Elian Mikkola’s Man Made (2022, in featured image) and Mika Taanila’s Failed Emptiness. Place (2023) will be screened at Quebec City Film Festival, held from September 13–17 2023 in Quebec, Canada in the screenings Bobines en folie and Terra incognita… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amnion (2023) was selected for the competitive section Ecoshorts at Shorts Mexico, held from September 1–30 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. Landfills on the fringes of cities reveal all about our culture, habits, fears and desires. Here treasures… Read more »