Maija Blåfield’s Scenic View is selected for Braziers International Film Festival held from August 30–September 1, 2024 in Oxfordshire, UK. Scenic View (2023) is a film about how we look at a forest landscape and the reality. Finland has the… Read more »
Submit your new title(s) for our next festival catalogue
Our visiting curator Pamela Cohn. We invite all artists working with moving image to submit their new title(s) for AV-arkki’s distribution catalogue 2024-2025. For the catalogue, we are looking for primarily single channel works that are/will be released in 2024… Read more »
Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh’s You Can’t Get What You Want But You Can Get Me wins National Award at Leiden Shorts
Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh’s You can’t get what you want but you can get me received the Best National Short Film Award at Leiden Shorts, which was held 6–9 June, 2024 in Leiden, Netherlands. You Can’t Get What You… Read more »
Jenni & Lauri Luhta’s Moses included in Visual Front section of New Horizons Film Festival, Poland
Jenni & Lauri Luhta’s film Moses is included in the Visual Front section of New Horizons Film Festival held from July 18–28, 2024 in Wrocław, Poland. The Visual Front section showcases films of visual artists who daringly enter the world… Read more »
Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor to be screened at Minikino Film Week, Bali
Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King (featured image) and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor were selected for the Official Selection of Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival, held from September 11–20, 2024 in Bali, Indonesia. Milja… Read more »
New works in AV-arkki’s archive / Spring 24′
Sara Pathirane: Leda & Friends (2023) Discover AV-arkki’s latest acquisitions for our online archive below. For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Memories, dreams, and family ties Minna Suoniemi: Mothering (2024) In Mothering, an adult daughter carries her mother… Read more »
Samira Elagoz’s and Z Walsh’s You can’t get what you want but you can get me at Seattle International Film Festival and Xposed Queer Film Festival Berlin
After IFF Rotterdam and Hot Docs, Samira Elagoz’s and Z Walsh’s You can’t get what you want but you can get me (2024) continues its festival tour. The film will be screened at Seattle International Film Festival on 11 May… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur screened at Beldocs, Serbia
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur (2022) will be screened at the 17th International Documentary Film Festival Beldocs, taking place from 22–29 May 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia. Le Saboteur is included in the “Fireworks” selection. The screening takes place on Thursday, 26… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Grasshopper screened at Gran Lux, Saint-Etienne, France
Jussi Eerola’s Grasshopper (2023) is included in the screening at Gran Lux art space, Saint-Etienne, France. The screening takes place on 10 May 2024. Grasshopper is a minimalistic musical. Night falls down on empty business premises – and lights go… Read more »
Avreno Heikka appointed as AV-arkki’s Programme Coordinator
Following the transition of our longtime Programme Coordinator, Tytti Rantanen, to the position of executive director of Espoo Ciné film festival, Avreno Heikka has taken on the role of Programme Coordinator at AV-arkki. Avreno Heikka has prior experience in both… Read more »