Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was awarded as the Best Nordic Film at the 33rd Minimalen Short Film Festival, held online from January 12–17. The jury states: “The film strikes a beautiful balance between imagination, reality and what we choose… Read more »
Several shorts by our artists in the Nordic Competition of Minimalen Short Film Festival
The Nordic Competition of the 33rd Minimalen Short Film Festival includes several short films by our artists. The Norwegian festival is held online from January 12–17 2021. Niina Suominen’s experimental animation What Time Is? (2020) and Maija Blåfield’s award-winning documentary… Read more »
Pilvi Takala’s If Your Heart Wants It (Remix) in the international short film competition of Stuttgart Filmwinter
Pilvi Takala’s If Your Heart Wants It (Remix) (2020) was selected for the international short film competition of Stuttgarter Filmwinter, held online from January 6–20 2021. Takala’s film is included in the International Short Film Competition 3, available from January… Read more »
Our artists’ videos in Ouroboros online film programme hosted by the Finnish Institute in Estonia
Ouroboros is an online film programme hosted by the Finnish Institute in Estonia from December 21–31 2020. You can view the programme here. Connecting the Earth’s oceans and the cosmos, the five video works included in the programme Ouroboros speak… Read more »
New artists’ moving image in our online archive / December ’20 pt II
Discover these recent acquisitions in our online archive! For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Installations: Annette Arlander: With an Alder in Kaivopuisto (2018, 01:40:10) This time-lapse video is part of the project “Performing with Plants”. I sat on… Read more »
New artists’ moving image in our online archive / December ’20 pt I
Discover these recent acquisitions in our online archive! For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Saara Ekström: Shadow Codex (2020, 12:30) Filmed in the empty Turku County Prison, Finland, (active between 1835–2007) Shadow Codex documents the surveillance machinery, architecture… Read more »
AV-arkki’s Distribution Catalogue for 2020-2021 is now available online!
Our catalogue offers a diverse portrait of recent single channel art works by artists and filmmakers based in Finland. AV-arkki’s Distribution Catalogue 2020-2021 is intended for professional preview. The catalogue is distributed via AV-arkki’s international distribution programme for professional audiences… Read more »
Meet the Artist – Sini Pelkki
Sini Pelkki (b.1978) works with photography and moving image. In her works, landscapes, figures and objects turn into layered narratives that lead to various paths and ambiguous readings. We discussed her inspirations, her style and her working methods. Inspirations and… Read more »
Instants Vidéo opens its exhibition and part of its projections in December
Festival Instants Vidéo has faced some changes due to COVID-19 situation in France and Italy. Some of the programme was cancelled while the exhibition and part of the screening programme were postponed to December and are about to open. The… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame screened in the Contemporary Art Centre “Typography” in Krasdonar, Russia
Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018) is screened in the programme “Fireworks” in the Contemporary Art Centre “Typography” in Krasdonar, Russia, on Saturday, December 5. The programme, curated by Dmitry Frolov, was initially part of the Moscow International Experimental Film Festival… Read more »