Following the transition of our longtime Programme Coordinator, Tytti Rantanen, to the position of executive director of Espoo Ciné film festival, Avreno Heikka has taken on the role of Programme Coordinator at AV-arkki. Avreno Heikka has prior experience in both… Read more »
Our artists’ exhibitions abroad
Several of AV-arkki’s artists are having an exhibition abroad at the moment. Here are some of them: Liinu Grönlund’s and Okku Nuutilainen’s Observe These Words (2020, in featured image) is included in the group exhibition “The Next Renaissance“, opening in… Read more »
Finnish media art at the 20th edition of the Athens Digital Arts Festival
Four media art works by AV-arkki’s artists were selected for the special programme “Techno(s)cene“, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Athens Digital Arts Festival, held in Greece from 16–26 May 2024. The programme includes Pink Twins’ The Transient (2023, in… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Two Wars and Elli Vuorinen’s Flower Show in competitions at IndieLisboa
Jan Ijäs’s Two Wars (2024, in featured image) and Elli Vuorinen’s Flower Show (2024) were selected for competitive programmes of IndieLisboa film festival, held from 23 May to 2 June 2024 in Lisboa, Portugal. Two Wars will be screened in… Read more »
Kristina Laine’s and Albert Laine’s Memories in the Clouds in the international competition of Melbourne International Animation Festival
Kristina Laine’s and Albert Laine’s Memories in the Clouds (2023) was selected for the international competition of Melbourne International Animation Festival, held from 5–12 May 2024 in Australia. Memories in the Clouds is included in the international competition programme 1,… Read more »
August Joensalo’s The Rootless and Azar Saiyar’s Solar Book screened at the International Ethnographic Film Festival Québec, Montréal
August Joensalo’s The Rootless (2024, in featured image) and Azar Saiyar’s Solar Book (2024) will be screened at the International Ethnographic Film Festival Québec (FIFEQ), held in Montréal from May 7–11 2024. Both films are included in a short film… Read more »
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen presents Pilvi Takala’s retrospective
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen presents Pilvi Takala’s retrospective. The programme includes also new shorts by Anssi Kasitonni, Ville Koskinen, Elli Vuorinen, and Matti Harju. Go Short is held from April 3–7 2024 in the Netherlands. Maker in… Read more »
International Women’s Film Fest Dortmund+Cologne presents Nastja Säde Rönkkö’s installation Those Who Kept the Light
Nastja Säde Rönkkö’s multi-channel installation Those Who Kept the Light is included in the Panorama / Formfragen section of International Women’s Film Fest Dortmund+Cologne, held in Cologne from April 16–21 2024. The series will be installed in Filmhaus Köln during… Read more »
Hannaleena Heiska’s, Pasi Autio’s, and Elli Vuorinen’s short films at Filmfest Dresden
Hannaleena Heiska’s Metamorphosis (2022, in featured image), Pasi Autio’s Feel the Heat (2022), and Elli Vuorinen’s Flower Show (2023) will be screened at Filmfest Dresden, held from April 16–21 2024 in Germany. Hannaleena Heiska’s Metamorphosis is included in Short Film… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s Scenic View selected for the short film competition at the 59th International Festival of Science Documentary Films, Olomouc
Maija Blåfield’s Scenic View (2023) was selected for the short film competition of the 59th International Festival of Science Documentary Films, held in Olomouc, Czech Republic, from April 23–28 2024. Finland has the most forest in Europe, but primeval forest… Read more »