Sari Nordman is one the artists contributing to the group exhibition “Mother Tongue”, part of The Immigrant Artist Biennial, held online from October 16 – December 18 2020. Tower is an interdisciplinary installation work utilizing sculpture, video projection, archiving and community… Read more »
Mika Taanila’s and Maija Blåfield’s films at Uppsala Short Film Festival
Mika Taanila’s Patent Nr. 314805 (2020) and Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) were accepted into the International Competition at Uppsala Short Film Festival. Uppsala SFF is held from October 19 – 25 in Uppsala, Sweden. Patent No. 314805 is part… Read more »
Anu Pennanen’s A Poem to Read When I’m Gone at Kino der Kunst
Anu Pennanen’s A Poem to Read When I’m Gone (2020) is part of the International Competition at Kino der Kunst, in Munich, Germany. Kino der Kunst is held from October 27–November 1. The film will be screened in the Home… Read more »
Niina Suominen’s What Time is? in competition at Fredrikstad Animation Festival
Niina Suominen’s What Time is? (2020) has been selected for the Nordic-Baltic Short Film Competition at Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway. The film will be screened on Friday, October 23 at 16:30 and on Saturday, October 24 at 10:00. It… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amplifier and Body All Eyes screened at Flight International Film Festival, Genoa
Two short films by Saara Ekström, Amplifier (2017) and Body All Eyes (2018) are screened at Flight International Film Festival, held from October 10–18 in Genoa, Italy. The screening of the films takes place on Saturday, October 10, at 16:30… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic screened in Sapporo and Riga
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was chosen to compete at Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market (International Competition) and Riga International Film Festival (SHORT RIGA International Competition). Sapporo Short Fest is held from October 13–18 in Sapporo, Japan. RIFF… Read more »
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s and Juha van Ingen’s films in competition in Paris
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s 3x Minispectacles Out of Tune (2020, in featured image) and Juha van Ingen’s 2020 (2020) have been selected for the International Competition at Paris Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux. The festival is held from October 7–18. The… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’ Waste no.4 New York, New York shown at film festivals across Europe
Jan Ijäs’ Waste no.4 New York, New York (2019) has been selected for competition at Curtas Vila do Conde (International Competition), Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Documentary programme) and Szczecin Film Festival (European Competition). Curtas Vila do Conde is… Read more »
Meet the Artist – Fanni Niemi-Junkola
Artist and lecturer Fanni Niemi-Junkola (b.1962) makes films about power relations in social situations. Most recently her works have involved interactions between humans and animals. In her own words, Niemi-Junkola doesn’t display ‘carcasses’, as in quite a few representations of… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s and Niina Suominen’s short films compete at CurtoCircuito IFF
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 4 New York, New York (2019) and Niina Suominen’s What Time Is? (2020, in featured image) were selected for international competitions of CurtoCircuito International Film Festival, held from October 3–11 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Jan… Read more »