Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique (2018) was selected in the international competition of Curtocircuíto International Short Film Festival, held from September 29 to October 7 in Santiago de Compostela. Saladdin Castique is included in the Radar selection, screened on Friday, October… Read more »
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point competes at Milano Film Festival
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point (2017) was selected for the international short film competiton of Milano Film Festival, held from September 28 to October 7. Silokunnas’s film will be screened on Tuesday, October 2, at 19:30 and on Friday, October 5,… Read more »
Risto-Pekka Blom’s, Saara Ekström’s, & Mox Mäkelä’s short films at IFF Pacific Meridian
Risto-Pekka Blom’s Interceptor (2018), Saara Ekström’s Amplifier (2017), and Mox Mäkelä’s Host Sapiens (2018) are screened at IFF Pacific Meridian. The 16th International Film Festival of Asian-Pacific countries in Vladivostok is held from September 21–27. Risto-Pekka Blom’s Interceptor is a short film alluding… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame screened at Reykjavik International Film Festival
Sami van Ingen’s Flame will be screened at the 15th Reykjavik International Film Festival, held from September 27 to October 5. RIFF – Reykjavík International Film Festival – is one of the biggest and most diverse cultural events in Iceland. Flame is… Read more »
Mika Taanila’s special programme and Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene at 25fps festival
Mika Taanila attends the Grand Jury of 25fps Festival – the 14th International Experimental Film and Video Festival, held in Zagreb from September 27–30. Other Jury members are Jesse McLean and Petar Milat. 25fps festival presents a special programme of… Read more »
Minna Suoniemi’s Practical Ecology shortlisted for LOOP Discover Award & screened at Nordisk Panorama
Minna Suoniemi’s Practical Ecology (2017) is shortlisted for LOOP Discover Award 2018. The LOOP Discover Award has been created with the aim to support and recognize the recent production of videos and films by international artists through a free open… Read more »
Laura Horelli’s Namibia Today screened at CineMigrante, Buenos Aires
Laura Horelli’s Namibia Today (2018) will be screened in the Panorama Selection of CineMigrante, held in Buenos Aires from September 18–26. The CineMigrante Film Festival proposes describing the current problems that intercultural movements entail, tackling the migration issue in a way… Read more »
Visual artist Saara Ekström receives the AVEK Award for media arts
The winner of the 2018 AVEK Award is visual artist Saara Ekström. The AVEK Award for media arts, worth EUR 15,000, was presented today at the 40th anniversary celebration of Kopiosto, held in Bio Rex, Helsinki. The AVEK Award, granted… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Saara Ekström
Winner of the AVEK Award 2018, visual artist Saara Ekström, has moved towards more and more cinematic art during her career. Her latest works are inspired by deteriorating buildings with heavy culture-historical heritage – but also moving in time and… Read more »
Minna Rainio’s & Mark Roberts’s They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains screened at Camden IFF
Minna Rainio’s and Mark Roberts’s They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains (2018) will be screened in the short film selection of Camden International Film Festival, held from September 13–16 in Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. The festival highlights craft… Read more »