Jenni Luhta’s and Lauri Luhta’s feature-length fiction film The Deluge (2020) was awarded for the Best Writing at Austin Arthouse Film Festival, held online from December 26–31 2021. The film was also nominated for the Best Arthouse film and the… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s and Mika Taanila’s short films in the international competition of Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Anssi Kasitonni’s Deus ex Machina (2021, in featured image) and Mika Taanila’s Failed Emptiness. Time (2021) were selected for the International Competition of Stuttgarter Filmwinter, held online from January 7–16 2022. The online screenings are available in Germany only. Mika… Read more »
They Go Gentle Into That Night Work by Soile Mottisenkangas awarded as the Best Experimental Documentary at Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest
They Go Gentle Into That Night Work (2020) by Soile Mottisenkangas was awarded as the Best Experimental Documentary at Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest, held from December 16–17 2021 in Cameo Picturehouse. In this creative short documentary about rhythm of work, a… Read more »
Short films by Azar Saiyar, Mika Taanila, Matti Harju, and Risto-Pekka Blom in the Nordic Competition of Minimalen Short Film Festival
The 34th Minimalen Short Film Festival will be held from January 11–16 2022 in Trondheim, Norway. Four short films by our artists were selected for the Nordic Competition: Mika Taanila’s Failed Emptiness. Time (2021), Matti Harju’s El Centro (2021), Azar… Read more »
AV-arkki will host two INFO seminars for member artists in January
As a follow-up for our first AV-arkki INFO seminars held in October 2020, we will host two online seminars for our member artists in January 2022. The seminars will be held in English. The sign-up for the attendees is open,… Read more »
New Fiction in Our Archive / Fall ’21
Risto-Pekka Blom: The Human Torch (2022) Discover new fiction in our online archive! For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Risto-Pekka Blom: The Human Torch (2022, 05:56) We have acted according to the demands of society. We have followed… Read more »
New Installations and Performative Videos in Our Archive / Fall ’21
Featured image from: Maija Tammi & Charles Quevillon: The 1m3 Human Experiment (2018) Discover these recent acquisitions in our online archive! For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Annette Arlander: Sunday with a Pine – with text (2017, 08:12)… Read more »
AV-arkki’s Distribution Catalogue 2021–2022 is published now!
Featured image: Salla Tykkä: Europe – Europa (2021) Our catalogue offers a diverse portrait of recent single channel art works by artists and filmmakers based in Finland. AV-arkki’s Distribution Catalogue 2021-2022 is intended for professional preview. The catalogue is distributed via AV-arkki’s… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s and Maija Tammi’s short films awarded at Festival Tous Courts, Aix-en-Provence
Festival Tous Courts, held from November 30 to December 4 2021 in Aix-en-Provence, France, proved to be successful. Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) was awarded with the Grand Prix of the experimental competition, and Maija Tammi’s The Problem of… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic in competition screenings in Italy and Iran
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was selected for competition programmes of Laceno d’Oro International Film Festival, held from December 1–8 2021 in Avellino, Italy, and online, and Iran DocFest CinemaVerite, held from December 9–16 2021 in the Documentary and Experimental… Read more »