A single window frame; a portal. As the circular nature of time begins to reveal itself, a new decade begins.
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Elian Mikkola
New work
WASTE Vol. 1
Jan Ijäs
New work
An episode film divided into six independent acts about the waste of humanity. The essay film shows how unexpected things like guns, money, and memories can turn into waste and how waste can change into valuables as the symbolic meaning changes.
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Pilvari Pirtola
New work
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment to be dangerous, uncomfortable, or unsafe. These situations can include wide-open spaces, uncontrollable social situations, unfamiliar places, shopping malls, airports, and bridges.
Read more »The Spiritual Life of a Spruce
Gun Holmström
New work
A charcoal animation with a message from nature. Life is flow, diversity, and consciousness – and life is holy. Perhaps trees are not as different from humans as we tend to believe. The text was born during numerous meditation sessions in the forest.
Read more »Shrouds Have No Pockets
Jaakko Pietiläinen
New work
N.N. is on a holiday. He’s enjoying a complimentary stay at a premium hotel accompanied by a curated menu of equally complimentary experiences. In return, N.N. is asked to take a daily trip with the iGum – a proprietary, smartphone operated device, capable of accessing, altering and recording the consciousness... Read more »
Vortex
Paula Lehtonen
New work
Vortex simulates the experience of finding yourself in the eye of the storm; the wind is carrying debris and visibility is poor. Inside the video one can imagine what it would feel like to be caught in the throes of a hurricane on a distant ocean coast.
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HNV Collective
New work
Atomic is a poetic journey, which tells the story of one particular jewel. The jewel was commissioned by the US army in 1945. The ornamental stone is radioactive Trinitite, which was born as a side product of the first nuclear test in New Mexico. In this small object merge total violence, beauty, precious, sublime and... Read more »
Sari Nordman’s Tower installed at The Immigrant Artist Biennial, NYC
Sari Nordman is one the artists contributing to the group exhibition “Mother Tongue”, part of The Immigrant Artist Biennial, held online from October 16 – December 18 2020. Tower is an interdisciplinary installation work utilizing sculpture, video projection, archiving and community… Read more »
Mika Taanila’s and Maija Blåfield’s films at Uppsala Short Film Festival
Mika Taanila’s Patent Nr. 314805 (2020) and Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) were accepted into the International Competition at Uppsala Short Film Festival. Uppsala SFF is held from October 19 – 25 in Uppsala, Sweden. Patent No. 314805 is part… Read more »
Anu Pennanen’s A Poem to Read When I’m Gone at Kino der Kunst
Anu Pennanen’s A Poem to Read When I’m Gone (2020) is part of the International Competition at Kino der Kunst, in Munich, Germany. Kino der Kunst is held from October 27–November 1. The film will be screened in the Home… Read more »
Niina Suominen’s What Time is? in competition at Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Niina Suominen’s What Time is? (2020) has been selected for the Nordic-Baltic Short Film Competition at Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway. The film will be screened on Friday, October 23 at 16:30 and on Saturday, October 24 at 10:00. It… Read more »
The Image of You
Pinja Valja
New work
The Image of You weaves together the themes of love and memory in the spirit of New Wave cinema. It is a story of a couple, Lilja and Laura, who have recently broken up. To find peace of mind, Lilja wants to discuss the past relationship with Laura. Was their love true even though it ended?
Read more »Eeva-Mari's Cries etc.
Eeva-Mari Haikala
New work
In the video, the artist listens to a c-cassette found from her late parents’ belongings. Her mother has recorded various situations of her first year on tape. The video work was shot in a single shot, and she hears the tape in front of the camera for the first time without knowing its contents in advance.
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Maria Valkeavuolle
New work
The protagonist is shredding a pile of documents, then making new paper from the shreddings. The actions of the protagonist are machine-like in this ritualistic act. The soundtrack gives a rhythm for the film. A mantra-like poem is growing letter by letter, slowly revealing the three-sentence structure, and finally taking... Read more »
Shadow Codex
Saara Ekström
New work
Filmed at the abandoned facilities of Turku County Prison (1835–2007), Shadow Codex documents the layers of messages drawn, burned and scratched on cell walls. The markings are pathways to the shadows of an individual’s psyche and expose an underbelly which a society both generates and hides. The 8mm film... Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amplifier and Body All Eyes screened at Flight International Film Festival, Genoa
Two short films by Saara Ekström, Amplifier (2017) and Body All Eyes (2018) are screened at Flight International Film Festival, held from October 10–18 in Genoa, Italy. The screening of the films takes place on Saturday, October 10, at 16:30… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic screened in Sapporo and Riga
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was chosen to compete at Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market (International Competition) and Riga International Film Festival (SHORT RIGA International Competition). Sapporo Short Fest is held from October 13–18 in Sapporo, Japan. RIFF… Read more »
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s and Juha van Ingen’s films in competition in Paris
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s 3x Minispectacles Out of Tune (2020, in featured image) and Juha van Ingen’s 2020 (2020) have been selected for the International Competition at Paris Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux. The festival is held from October 7–18. The… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’ Waste no.4 New York, New York shown at film festivals across Europe
Jan Ijäs’ Waste no.4 New York, New York (2019) has been selected for competition at Curtas Vila do Conde (International Competition), Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Documentary programme) and Szczecin Film Festival (European Competition). Curtas Vila do Conde is… Read more »
Meet the Artist – Fanni Niemi-Junkola
Artist and lecturer Fanni Niemi-Junkola (b.1962) makes films about power relations in social situations. Most recently her works have involved interactions between humans and animals. In her own words, Niemi-Junkola doesn’t display ‘carcasses’, as in quite a few representations of… Read more »
Daemon
Hannu Karjalainen
New work
Mysterious talking objects are having a conversation in a hostile tone - seemingly on climate change. A woman is sitting motionless in a bathtub listening. The woman embarks on a dreamlike voyage through time and space and goes through a transformation.
Read more »Jan Ijäs’s and Niina Suominen’s short films compete at CurtoCircuito IFF
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 4 New York, New York (2019) and Niina Suominen’s What Time Is? (2020, in featured image) were selected for international competitions of CurtoCircuito International Film Festival, held from October 3–11 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Jan… Read more »
Teemu Mäki’s How Many Genders Are There? exhibited at Panoramic Festival, Spain
Teemu Mäki’s How Many Genders Are There? (2018) will be part of the L’altre Ubic exhibition at Panoramic Festival in Spain. The exhibition will be open from 20 October – 15 November at Arts Santa Monica in Barcelona. How Many… Read more »
Carolin Koss’ Copper Mountains in competition at EKOFILM, Czech Republic
Carolin Koss’ Copper Mountains (2018) has been chosen to compete at EKOFILM, Czech Republic. EKOFILM International Film Festival is held from 14 – 17 October. Copper Mountains will be screened on Friday, October 16 at 13:45. Avoiding sensationalism, Copper Mountains… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic in the International Short Film Competition at Black Canvas Film Festival, Mexico
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) has been selected for the International Short Film Competition at Black Canvas Film Festival in Mexico City. Black Canvas Film Festival will be held from 1 – 10 October. Blue Honda Civic was also… Read more »
Mika Taanila’s film shown at Light Cone’s Cinema for the Ear
Mika Taanila’s Patent Nr. 314805 will be screened at Light Cone’s Cinema for the Ear screening in Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France. The screening will be held on Wednesday, October 14 at 20:30 (CEST). The screening, which will alternate… Read more »
Marja Helander’s new short film Suodji presented in Iceland, Norway, and Canada
New short film by Marja Helander, Suodji – Shelter (2020) has started it international film festival life. Produced originally for the International Sámi Film Institute’s Home Sweet Home VoD series, the film was first screened in the national short film… Read more »
Observe These Words
Okku Nuutilainen Liinu Grönlund
New work
Small endangered amphibians live their life in enclosures created by researchers. The wild and the artificial, the past and the future are simultaneously present. Should we fight against the prophecy of destruction, or should we just surrender to the apocalyptic story? What kind of realities and futures do we construct... Read more »
Sex and the shitty
Lauri Ainala
New work
Experimental, partly fictive documentary depicts the lonely, alcoholic life of a single man during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more »The Bystander
Pinja Valja
New work
Topi is a retiree living on the island of Utö. He used to work at Utö, and also met his Swedish-speaking wife on the island. During the years Topi also learned Swedish, but lost the language due to a stroke. Via Topi’s story, the film deals with the relationship of man and language with nature. What remains... Read more »