Link for the Finnish version here The insecurities in the funding status of AVEK (The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture) has made Finnish creators and producers of audiovisual art extremely concerned. The Finnish audiovisual culture is tightly attached to the… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic won the main prize of the experimental film LABO competition of Prague Shorts
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) was awarded as the Best Film LABO in the experimental competition of Prague Shorts, held as a hybrid festival from June 2–27 2021. The jury states: “A jury of representatives from the domestic art… Read more »
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s Haemocyanin in the screening “Queer Ecology” in Bremen
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s Haemocyanin (2019) will be screened in the programme “Queer Ecology” on Wednesday, June 23, in Kukoon im Park, Bremen, Germany. The screening is curated and presented by Christine Rüffert. Haemocyanin is based on a strand of artworks… Read more »
Finnish media art at Chronotop Festival, Vyborg
CYLAND MediaArtLab presents a video art exhibition and screenings as a part of the Chronotop Summer Festival in Vyborg, Russia, held from June 25 – September 25. The programme includes several works from Finnish artists. The exhibition takes place in… Read more »
Maija Tammi’s The Problem of the Hydra won the Audience Award in the New Point of View competition of THIS IS SHORT online festival
Maija Tammi’s The Problem of the Hydra was awarded with the Audience Award in the New Point of View competition of THIS IS SHORT online festival. From April 1 to June 30, the online festival THIS IS SHORT thrilled audiences… Read more »
Blue Honda Civic awarded at Short Waves Festival
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) was awarded with the third prize in the international competition of Short Waves Festival, held from June 14–20 in Poznań, Poland. The jury gave the award to Eerola’s short film for “taking the viewer… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic awarded with the first prize in the documentary short film competition of Ciné de Huesca
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was awarded with the first prize “Danzante” in the documentary short film competition of Ciné de Huesca, held from June 11–19 in Huesca, Spain. The award is worth 5000 € and a trophy. The award… Read more »
Jenni and Lauri Luhta’s new feature-length film Deluge screened at Buzz Vicious Underground Film Festival, Brazil
Jenni and Lauri Luhta’s new feature-length film Deluge (2020) will be screened at Buzz Vicious Underground Film Festival, held in Amazonas, Brazil in July 2021. Syndafloden (The Deluge) is the first joint full-length film by Jenni and Lauri Luhta. The work… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s and Jan Ijäs’ films in competition at Short Waves Festival
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) and Jan Ijäs’ Absolute Street (2019) have been chosen to be screened at Short Waves Festival in Poland. Short Waves is held June 14 – 20 in Poznań, Poland, and online. Blue Honda Civic (shown… Read more »
Anni Puolakka’s Diamond Belly screened at Frauen Film Fest
Anni Puolakka’s Diamond Belly (2018) has been chosen to be screened at Frauen Film Fest in Germany. IFFF is held in Dortmund and online from June 15 – 20. The film has been chosen to be screened as part of… Read more »