Sami van Ingen’s Flame will be screened at Kinodot Experimental Film Festival, held in St. Petersburg from June 2–3. The screening of Flame takes place on Sunday, June 3, at 19:00 in Rodina Cinema. Premiered at IFF Rotterdam and awarded… Read more »
Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth at Seattle IFF and Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad
Marja Helander’s Risto Jarva awarded short film Eatnanvuloš lottit – Birds in the Earth (2018) will be screened at Seattle International Film Festival and in the international short film competition of Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad. Held from 17.5.–10.6., Seattle International Film Festival is… Read more »
Hannaleena Heiska’s Today We Live and Mika Taanila’s Delay of Game at Hamburg ISFF
Hannaleena Heiska’s Today We Live (2013) and Mika Taanila’s Delay of Game (2017) will be screened at the 34th Hamburg International Short Film Festival, held from June 5–11. Heiska’s short film will be screened in the opening screening on Tuesday,… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 1 Money competes at Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 1 Money is selected for the international competition of documentary short films of Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca. The festival will be held from June 8–16 in Spain. The screening of Waste no. 1 Money… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame selected for the Black Box strand of Edinburgh IFF
Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018) will have its UK premiere at the 72nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. Held from 20.6.–1.7., Edinburgh IFF is the world’s oldest continually running film festival. Van Ingen’s short film was selected for the Black Box programme…. Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marja Viitahuhta
Marja Viitahuhta’s work moves from autobiographical elements to current environmental crises and political issues. However, she wants to focus on showing the glimmer of hope instead of sheer bleakness. Marja Viitahuhta (born 1979) is a Finnish media artist and filmmaker… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 2 Wreck at the 7th Mostra Ecofalante, Brasil
Jan Ijäs’s short documentary film Waste no. 2 Wreck (2016) is screened at the 7th Mostra Ecofalante, held from 31.5.–13.6. in São Paulo, Brasil. Waste no. 2 Wreck is included in the programme “Panorama Internacional Contemporâneo: Cidades”. Previously screened e.g…. Read more »
Mika Taanila’s exhibition “Partial Head Clog” at La Neomudéjar Art Centre, Madrid
La Neomudéjar Art Centre and Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia present Mika Taanila’s exhibition “Partial Head Clog“. The exhibition is open from 11.5.–29.7.2018 and includes video installations along with photograms from the series “Black and White Movies”. The exhibition kicks off with… Read more »
Timo Wright’s Solace and Embrace screened at Leiden International Short Film Experience
Two short films by Timo Wright, Solace (2017) and Embrace (2016) are screened at Leiden International Short Film Experience, held from May 11–13. Both short films are screened in experimental programmes on Saturday, May 12: Solace at 13:00 at Old… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique awarded with Special Mention at ISFF Oberhausen
Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique (2018) was awarded with a Special Mention at the 64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, held from May 3–8. The Jury of the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia states: “Nonsense… Read more »