Jan Ijäs’s On the Art of the Set Design (2018) will be screened at DMZ Docs, held from September 20–27 in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Ijäs’s short documentary is included in the programme DMZ Vision: Inter-Korea with a screening on Wednesday,… Read more »
Nordic Avant-Garde presented in a thorough showcase at IFF Message to Man, St. Petersburg
A thorough showcase “Nordic Avant-Garde – Moving Images from the North”, including several treasures from AV-arkki’s archive, will be screened at International Film Festival Message to Man. The programme is curated by Swedish curator Martin Grennberger. IFF Message to Man… Read more »
Azar Saiyar’s Monument of Distance awarded at Festival Silhouette, Paris
Azar Saiyar’s Monument of Distance (2018) was awarded with the Prix du Jury Hybride at Festival Silhouette, held in Paris from August 30 to September 7. In Monument of Distance, Googoosh, a popular and loved iranian-azerbaijani singer, performs a version of… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s, Pilvi Takala’s, & Elli Vuorinen’s short films at Cairo Video Festival
Jan Ijäs’s On the Art of the Set Design (2018), Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker (2019), and Elli Vuorinen’s Still Lives (2019) will be screened at Cairo Video Festival, held from September 9–30. Jan Ijäs’s On the Art of the Set… Read more »
Elli Vuorinen’s Still Lives screened at Fantoche International Animation FF and RGB Balkan Arts Festival
Elli Vuorinen’s Still Lives continues its festival life. It was selected for the international competition of Fantoche International Animation Film Festival in the competition programme 1. Fantoche IAFF is held from September 3–8 in Baden, Switzerland. It is also included… Read more »
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s and Jan Ijäs’s short documentaries selected to IDFA
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s Miniscpectacles Albuquerque Straight (2016) and Jan Ijäs’s Time Capsule (2016) are selected to International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam through AV-arkki’s distribution. Held from November 16–27, IDFA is the world’s largest documentary film festival. The films are screened at Paradocs,… Read more »
Focus on Finnish Media Art @ NEMAF, Seoul, Aug 4–12
A focus on Finnish media art at the 16th Seoul International New Media Festival (NEMAF) kicks off the new exchange programme between Finland, Korea and Japan. The programme is a fruit of AV-arkki’s extensive collaboration with HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme) and… Read more »
Salla Tykkä’s Retrospective in the competition @ Curtas Vila do Conde
Salla Tykkä’s Retrospective is selected for the international competition of Curtas Vila do Conde, held from July 9–17 in Vila do Conde, Portugal. The festival is a major cinematographic and cultural event in Portugal. Premiered in the international competition of… Read more »
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s The Powder of Sympathy at the competition of Hamburg ISFF
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s The Powder of Sympathy is screened at “No Budget Competition” of the 32nd Hamburg International Short Film Festival, held from May 31 to June 6. Premiered at Rotterdam International Film Festival in January, The Powder of Sympathy… Read more »
Finnish media art @ MOI Helsinki, Beijing, May 13–15
A selection of Finnish media art is is screened as a part of MOI Helsinki event in Beijing from May 13–15. The programme is curated by Kaisa Salmi and features both single channel video works and multi-channel installations by a… Read more »