This year’s Nordisk Panorama pays homage to the diversity of Finnish films. Experimental film, animation and media art have an extensive presence in the overall programme of the festival. Founded in 1990, Nordisk Panorama is an annual film festival for short… Read more »
Cameraless Excursions and Narrative Tremor with Mika Taanila at Nordisk Panorama
Filmmaker and visual artist Mika Taanila plays a prominent year at this year’s Nordisk Panorama and its Finnish focus. Founded in 1990, Nordisk Panorama is an annual film festival for short and documentary films by filmmakers from the Nordic countries. The festival will… Read more »
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s short film Filter picked for the 55th New York Film Festival
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s short film Filter (2017) will have its World Festival Premiere at the 55th New York Film Festival, held from 28.9.–15.10 by Film Society Lincoln Center. The film is included in the experimental Projections section, curated by Dennis Lim (FSLC… Read more »
Erkki Kurenniemi’s Florence selected to Wavelengths Programme of Toronto IFF
The late Erkki Kurenniemi’s Florence (1970) will have its North American premiere through AV-arkki’s distribution. It will be screened as one of the archival pics of the acknowledged Wavelengths Programme at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held from September 7–17. Curated by Andréa… Read more »
Azar Saiyar’s and Jani Ruscica’s videos at Seoul International NewMedia Festival
Azar Saiyar’s and Jan Ruscica’s videos were selected to Seoul International NewMedia Festival (NEMAF), held from August 17–25 in South Korea. Saiyar’s short documentary film History Bleeds Under Your Fingernails (2016) is picked in the international competition called “Glocal Propose.”… Read more »
Risto-Pekka Blom’s Theme Park screened at Rooftop Films, New York
Risto-Pekka Blom’s short film Theme Park (2015) opens the closing night screening of the Rooftop Films series on Saturday, August 19 at 20:00. Rooftop Films travels around the New York City presenting events on rooftops, parks, and other scenic spots, celebrating… Read more »
Salla Tykkä’s Lasso in VISITE Film Programme at Het Bos, Antwerpen
Salla Tykkä’s Lasso (2000) is screened in VISITE film programme at the cultural centre Het Bos, Antwerpen, Belgium from August 11–19. Visite is a multi-day film festival in the presence of the makers. The festival has invited nine artists to present their… Read more »
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point at Open-Air Film Fest Weiterstadt
Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point (2017) is screened at Open-Air Film Fest Weiterstadt, held from August 10–14. The screening of Vanishing Point takes place on Sunday, August 13, at 21:30. When the artist was a kid they used to traveler a lot with… Read more »
Marikki Hakola’s The Time Is Right for installed at Summerhall, Edinburgh
Marikki Hakola’s installation The Time Is Right for… (1984) is in view in the namesake exhibition in Summerhall, Edinburgh, from August 2 to September 24. Part of Summerhall’s 2017 Edinburgh Festival Programme, the exhibition is produced by European Women’s Video Art… Read more »
Minna Rainio’s and Mark Roberts’s Entangled in the international competition of Filmski Festival, Montenegro
A short documentary film by Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts, Entangled (2016) is competing at Filmski Festival, held in Herceg Novi, Monte Negro, from August 1–7. The screening of Entangled takes place on Sunday, August 6, at 21:00. Entangled illuminates… Read more »