Ville Koskinen’s teeth (featured image) and Azar Saiyar’s Solar Book are selected in the programme of San Francisco Cinematheque’s annual film festival CROSSROADS, held from August 30–September 1, 2024 in San Francisco, US. CROSSROADS celebrates recent (and rediscovered) artist-made film,… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Pena’s Special Hauling (2024) to be screened at Murf/Murw festival, Netherlands
Anssi Kasitonni’s film Pena’s Special Hauling (2024) will be screened at Murf/Murw festival, held from September 27–29, 2024 in Tilburg, Netherlands. Pena’s Special Hauling (2024) features Pena, who has been driving a semi-truck for 50 years and that’s the way… Read more »
Mika Taanila to be presented with Underground Spirit Award at Palić European Film Festival
Mika Taanila is this year’s laureate of the Underground Spirit Award at Palić European Film Festival, held from July 20–26, 2024 in Palić, Serbia. The Underground Spirit Award is awarded for outstanding work in the field of independent film and… Read more »
Mika Taanila’s Tectonic Plate included in Lost Lost Lost section of New Horizons Film Festival, Poland
Mika Taanila’s Tectonic Plate is included in the Lost Lost Lost section of New Horizons Film Festival held from July 18–28, 2024 in Wrocław, Poland. The Lost Lost Lost section presents films from previous years that were overlooked in the… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s Scenic View selected for Braziers International Film Festival, UK
Maija Blåfield’s Scenic View is selected for Braziers International Film Festival held from August 30–September 1, 2024 in Oxfordshire, UK. Scenic View (2023) is a film about how we look at a forest landscape and the reality. Finland has the… Read more »
Submit your new title(s) for our next festival catalogue
Our visiting curator Pamela Cohn. We invite all artists working with moving image to submit their new title(s) for AV-arkki’s distribution catalogue 2024-2025. For the catalogue, we are looking for primarily single channel works that are/will be released in 2024… Read more »
Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh’s You Can’t Get What You Want But You Can Get Me wins National Award at Leiden Shorts
Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh’s You can’t get what you want but you can get me received the Best National Short Film Award at Leiden Shorts, which was held 6–9 June, 2024 in Leiden, Netherlands. You Can’t Get What You… Read more »
Jenni & Lauri Luhta’s Moses included in Visual Front section of New Horizons Film Festival, Poland
Jenni & Lauri Luhta’s film Moses is included in the Visual Front section of New Horizons Film Festival held from July 18–28, 2024 in Wrocław, Poland. The Visual Front section showcases films of visual artists who daringly enter the world… Read more »
Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor to be screened at Minikino Film Week, Bali
Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King (featured image) and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor were selected for the Official Selection of Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival, held from September 11–20, 2024 in Bali, Indonesia. Milja… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars receives a Special Mention at IndieLisboa 2024
Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars has received a Special Mention at IndieLisboa International Film Festival taking place May 23–June 2, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Read the Jury Statement here. Two Wars (2024) is a work of thought, imagination, presentation and narrative… Read more »