Nordic Film Days Lübeck is held on November 2-6 2022. Festival program includes short films by many Finnish artist such as Helka Heinonen, Anssi Kasitonni, Jenni Toikka, Risto-Pekka Blom, August Joensalo and Marja Helander. The festival is held in Lübeck,… Read more »
The Transient
Pink Twins
New work
What is The Transient? It is that fleeting moment when you question what you are seeing, when uncanny valley takes over and when harmonious wildlife is revealed as a monstrous result of cloning and obsessive manipulation of nature. Or the moment when you ignore the lure of the real and give in to the overwhelming beauty of... Read more »
7 P.M. on a Sunday
Sevgi Emel Eker
New work
The point of no return. Laura's life falls apart when she hears that her 14-year-old daughter Ida is suspected of a serious crime.
Read more »Short films by Risto-Pekka Blom, Flis Holland, Anssi Kasitonni, and Leena Pukki at Uppsala International Short Film Festival
Uppsala International Short Film Festival was held from October 24–30 2022 in Sweden. Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur (2022) and Risto-Pekka Blom’s The Human Torch (2022) were selected for the international competition, while Flis Holland’s Subserotic Bulge (2021) and Leena Pukki’s… Read more »
Mika Taanila’s and Seppo Renvall’s short films at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Mika Taanila’s Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (1998, in featured image) and Seppo Renvall’s Parting (2022) were screened at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, held from October 24–29 2022 in Czech Republic. Seppo Renvall’s Parting was selected for… Read more »
Man Made
Elian Mikkola
New work
Man Made, a repurposed narrative of a boy who gets introduced to the wonders of life by a beautiful shining trumpet. But the struggle to be oneself has only begun. Utilizing found 16mm footage and both digital and analog manipulation techniques, the filmmaker pierces conventional masculinity with a transformative queer... Read more »
Metamorphosis
Hannaleena Heiska
New work
What happens when the audience and staff have left and the art begins to live its own life? The work suggests indulging in a viewing experience and surrendering to the introduction of non-verbal narration. Metamorphosis is an experimental short film shot on 16mm black and white film that combines painting and contemporary... Read more »
Risto-Pekka Blom’s Please Leave a Message After the Tone in the international selection of Teheran International Short Film Festival
Risto-Pekka Blom’s Please Leave a Message After the Tone (2021) was screened in the international selection of Teheran International Short Film Festival, held from October 19–24 2022 in Iran. In Please Leave a Message After the Tone, calls go to… Read more »
Pinja Valja’s To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera awarded as the best video at Videomedeja
Pinja Valja’s To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera (2021) was awarded with the Sphinx Award for the Best Video at International New Media Art Festival Videomedeja, held in Novi Sad, Serbia from October 7–9 2022. The jury states:… Read more »
Jenni Toikka’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 screened at Contemporanea Film Festival, Turin
Jenni Toikka’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 (2022) was screened at Contemporanea Film Festival, held in Turin, Italy, from October 5–9 2022. Toikka’s short film was included in the video art section Visioni Parallele. In Prelude Op. 28 No. 2,… Read more »
Azar Saiyar’s My Home screened at AricaDoc, Chile
Azar Saiyar’s My Home (2022) was screened at AricaDoc documentary film festival, held from September 28 – October 9 2022 in Chile. Saiyar’s short documentary was screened on Saturday, October 8 in Ex Cine Colón. “A bee stung me on my… Read more »
Paula Lehtonen’s and Jenni Toikka’s short films at WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Canada
Paula Lehtonen’s Morrison & Friends (2022, in featured image) and Jenni Toikka’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 (2022) were screened at WNDX Festival of Moving Image, held from October 5–9 2022 in Winnipeg, Canada. Both films were screened on Thursday,… Read more »
Meet the Artist – Hinni Huttunen
“Art and being an artist has been a part of my life for as long as I have lived. For me, there has never been another plan”, says artist Hinni Huttunen. In the era of body positivity and breaking stereotypes,… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur awarded for the best direction at Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur was awarded for the best direction at Drama International Short Film Festival, held in Drama, Greece, from September 5–11 2022. The jury gave the award “to a fearless director who made a memorable film that captures… Read more »
Finnish media art on display at Miettinen Collection in Berlin
Miettinen Collection‘s new exhibition “And I Trust You” includes works from many Finnish media artists, such as Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Elina Brotherus, Noora Geagea, Terike Haapoja, Aurora Reinhard and Minna Havukainen. The exhibition is curated by Anna Miettinen and Linda Peitz… Read more »
Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 by Jenni Toikka screened at Vancouver International Film Festival
Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 (2022) by Jenni Toikka is part of Vancouver International Film Festival’s short film program “MODES 2“. The short film will be screened on Saturday, October 1, on Tuesday, October 4, and on Saturday, October 8… Read more »
Scope
Liinu Grönlund
New work
Spontaneous recording on a stormy day. I try to get closer to my thoughts and my way of working. What is left when so much is reduced? Patagonia comest to my mind through various details and memories.
Read more »Saara Ekström part of Nature Morte – Still Alive exhibition in Germany
Saara Ekström is part of ‘Nature Morte – Still Alive. Contemporary still lifes in Finnish art‘ exhibition in Germany. The exhibition is open from Sunday September 18 to November 27 2022 at Stadtgalerie Kiel. Works from nine Finnish artists are… Read more »
Short films by Risto-Pekka Blom and Helka Heinonen screened at Mexico International Short Film Festival
The Human Torch (2022) by Risto-Pekka Blom and The Swirl (2022, in featured image) by Helka Heinonen are screened in Shorts Mexico – Mexico International Short Film Festival. The festival is held in Mexico City. The Human Torch, which is… Read more »
They Go Gentle into That Night Work by Soile Mottisenkangas awarded the best Nordic short documentary at Västerås Film Festival 2022
They Go Gentle into That Night Work (2020) directed by Soile Mottisenkangas and produced by Kimmo Koskinen was awarded as of the best Nordic short documentary at Västerås Film Festival last weekend. The film festival was held in Västerås Sweden… Read more »
Short films by Anssi Kasitonni and Marja Viitahuhta screened at Nordisk Panorama Film Festival
Le Saboteur (2022, in featured image) by Anssi Kasitonni and Flames (2021) by Marja Viitahuhta are part of this year’s Nordisk Panorama Film Festival. The festival will take place in Malmö Sweden, on September 22-27 2022. Le Saboteur is part… Read more »
Three Days of Rain
Matti Harju
New work
Part time Twitch streamer, part time drug courier; both low level. Slithering between life and death, online and offline. The carefree summer of global progress seems to be over - are these the final days of both, the illusion of overarching narrative, and of Jerome the Saint.
Read more »Marja Helander contributes to ÁRRAN 360° showcase at The Sámi Pavilion in Venice Biennale
Marja Helander’s shortfilm Áfruvvá – Mermaid (2022) will premier at ÁRRAN 360° in Venice Biennale. ÁRRAN 360° premiers as part of The Sámi Pavilion in Venice Biennale on Friday August 26 2022. ÁRRAN 360° is a new initiative realised by… Read more »
Azar Saiyar, Anssi Kasitonni and Elina Oikari part of Encounters Film Festival’s International Competition in UK
Azar Saiyar, Anssi Kasitonni and Elina Oikari are part of Encounters Film Festival’s international competition. Azar Saiyar’s short film My home (2022, in featured image) and Elina Oikari’s Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings (2021) will be screened in “Stories of… Read more »
Short films by Anssi Kasitonni and Elena Näsänen screened at Drama International Short Film Festival
Le Saboteur (2022) by Anssi Kasitonni is part of Drama International Short Film Festival’s International Competition. Elena Näsänen’s short film Turbulent Waters (2022) will also be screened at the festival. Drama International Short Film Festival which takes place on September… Read more »
Finnish media art in the competition at Mini Kino Film Week in Bali
Mini Kino Film Week has a wide selection of works from finnish media artist such as Helka Heinonen, Joel Kappanen, Anssi Kasitonni and Leena Pukki. The films are part of the festivals international competition. Mini Kino Film Week – Bali… Read more »
Golden Headacher
Niina Suominen
New work
Golden Headacher is an experimental animation documentary about women’s hate and aggression and the culturally sanctioned ways to express or suppress these uneasy feelings. The dialogue is constructed from experiences of women dealing with feelings of aggression towards children and spouses and between women. At the... Read more »
Space Is Quite a Lot of Things by August Joensalo screened at Concorto Film Festival
August Joensalo’s Space is Quite a Lot of Things (2021) will be screened at Concorto Film Festival, on Saturday August 20 2022, at 12:15 AM. Concorto Film Festival will be held at Parco Raggio and Greenhouse, in Pontenure Italy. In Space… Read more »
Azar Saiyar’s My Home screened at MakeDox
Azar Saiyar’s My Home (2022) is part of MakeDox Festival’s Kids and Youth program. My Home will be screened at the Youth Cultural Center Skopje, in North Macedonia during weekend, August 20-21 2022. My Home is distributed in collaboration between… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur screened at Silhoutte festival
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur (2022) is screened at festival Silhouette in Paris, France. The screening of Le Saboteur is part of the programme “Hybride” and takes place on Saturday, September 3 2022. In Le Saboteur, an ex-saboteur gets back in the… Read more »