Two short films by Mika Taanila, The World (2017) and Optical Sound (2005) will be screened at Leuven International Short Film Festival, held from December 1–8 in Belgium. The World is included in the programme The Labo 1, screened on… Read more »
Mox Mäkelä’s Host Sapiens screened at Swedenborg Film Festival
Mox Mäkelä’s Host Sapiens (2018) was screened at Swedenborg Film Festival, held in November 23, in the Swedenborg Society, London. Mox Mäkelä’s Host Sapiens is an experimental ecocritical video art poem. “Mass extinction is here. Our plate will be soon bigger than… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame at PÖFF Shorts
Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018) is screened at the International Short Film and Animation Festival PÖFF Shorts, held in Tallinn from November 20–28. Flame is included in the programme “Rebels With a Cause“, screened on Friday, November 23, at 20:30,… Read more »
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s Heterosexual Love Story at Close-Up Film Centre
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s Heterosexual Love Story (2018) is screened at Close-Up Film Centre‘s November Film Festival, held from November 22–24. Pallasvuo’s short film is included in the screening 4, on Friday, November 23, at 20:30. In Heterosexual Love Story, the filmmaker… Read more »
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point competes at Amarcort FF
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point competes at Amarcort Film Festival, held from November 14–18 in Rimini. Vanishing Point is included in the competition of experimental short films, Gironzalon, screened on Friday, November 16, at 18:30. Vanishing Point portrays the visage of decomposition… Read more »
Laura Horelli’s Namibia Today screened at Exground Filmfest
Laura Horelli’s Namibia Today (2018) will be screened at Exground Filmfest, held from November 16–25 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Namibia Today is included in the short film programme Colonial, screened on Saturday, November 24, at 15:00 in Caligari FilmBühne. Namibia Today premiered at… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s solo exhibition Amnion at Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo
Saara Ekström’s solo exhibition Amnion is open at the Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, from November 3–23. Amnion is a thin membrane forming a fluid filled sac, which provides protection for the developing embryo. Landfill sites on the fringes of cities are… Read more »
Special Mention for Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point at Alter-Native ISFF
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point (2017) was awarded with the Special Mention of the Jury in the international competition of Alter-Native Film Festival, held from November 7–11, Targu Mures, Romania. Vanishing Point portrays the visage of decomposition playing out in unreal time. “When I… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Rita Jokiranta
Rita Jokiranta is known for her installations that use water as a symbol – but essentially, her art focuses on the dynamic between the image and the viewer’s interpretation of it. Her new, puzzle-like installation In the Minds of Others deals… Read more »
Special Mention for Minna Rainio’s & Mark Roberts’s They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains at FrontDoc
Minna Rainio’s and Mark Roberts’s They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains was awarded with a Special Mention of the Youth Jury. The Jury lauded the film for its touching story, topical theme, and appealing scenographic and cinematographic realisation. FrontDoc International… Read more »