Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 2 Wreck (2016) will have its Spanish premiere in the Short Film Programme of Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival, held in Navarra, Pamplona, from March 6–11. Waste no. 2 Wreck was filmed in 2014 and 2015… Read more »
Pink Twins and Johanna Lecklin at the 8th Cairo Video Festival
The 8th Cairo Video Festival, held from February 5–28, features works by Pink Twins and Johanna Lecklin. The festival programme includes the single-channel version of Pink Twins’ Parametronomicon (2015). Parametronomicon presents a model of parametric virtual life. A biomechanic organism moves,… Read more »
Finnish media art at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
The programme of the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) features four Finnish experimental short films by Mika Taanila, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Antti Jussila & Jari Kallio, Jan Ijäs, and Sasha Huber & Petri Saarikko. Held from January 25 to February… Read more »
Azar Saiyar, Pekka Sassi, Maarit Suomi-Väänänen and Pilvi Takala at Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Azar Saiyar’s History Bleeds Under Your Fingernails (2016) and Pekka Sassi’s Making Art Video (2016) are selected in the international short film competition of the 300th Stuttgarter Filmwinter, held from January 18–22. The festival programme includes also works from Maarit… Read more »
Samuli Alapuranen’s Drag Me to Kempele and Milja Viita’s Q at Minimalen Short FF, Trondheim
Samuli Alapuranen’s Drag Me to Kempele (2017) and Milja Viita’s Q (2016) have been selected to the Nordic Competition of Minimalen Short Film Festival, held from January 25–29 in Trondheim, Norway. Alapuranen’s Drag Me to Kempele will have its international… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Masa and Hanna Saarikoski’s See Paris and Die at KOTI Sleepover, Paris
AV-arkki collaborates with Institut finlandais, Paris, in their Mobile Home 2017 project KOTI Sleepover from late January to May. Designed by Linda Bergroth, KOTI is a 100-day living installation celebrating the Finnish home. Cottages are available for guests to stay… 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 »