“The reason video and photography are so important to me is probably because they both have that special connection to reality”, says Minna Suoniemi, who has made an extensive career as an artist working with both video and photography but… Read more »
Azar Saiyar’s My Home and Pink Twins’ The Transient selected for the international competition of Videoex, Zürich
Azar Saiyar’s My Home (2022, in featured image) and Pink Twins’ The Transient (2023) are screened in the international competition of Videoex International Video & Experimental Film Festival, held in Zürich, Switzerland, from May 25 – June 4 2023. Recently,… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur awarded at BAFICI, Buenos Aires
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur was awarded with the Jury Special Prize at BAFICI, held from April 19 – May 1 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The film was selected for the avant-garde competition of the festival. In Le Saboteur, an ex-saboteur… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s House of the Wickedest Man in the World awarded as the best short film of the Silvestre competition
Jan Ijäs’s House of the Wickedest Man (2023) was awarded with Escola das Artes Silvestre Award for Best Short Film at IndieLisboa, held from April 27 – May 7 2023 in Portugal. The jury states: “Faithful to its topic and made… Read more »
Jenni Toikka’s and Jan Ijäs’ short films compete at IndieLisboa
Jenni Toikka’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 (2022) and Jan Ijäs’ House of the Wickedest Man in the World (2023) were selected for the Silvestre Competition of IndieLisboa, held from April 27 – May 7 2023 in Portugal. In Prelude Op…. Read more »
Niina Suominen’s Golden Headacher screened at Animafest Zagreb
Niina Suominen’s Golden Headacher (2022) will be screened in the World Panorama selection of Animafest Zagreb, held from June 5–10 2023 in Croatia. Golden Headacher is an experimental animation documentary about women’s hate and aggression and the culturally sanctioned ways… Read more »
Finnish artists’ short films compete at Vienna Shorts
Our artists’ short films have been selected for the international competitions of Vienna Shorts, held from June 1–6 2023 in Austria. The selection of FIDO Fiction & Documentary International Competiton includes Hanna Hovitie’s Square the Circle (2023), Anssi Kasitonni’s Le… Read more »
Mox Mäkelä’s and Matti Harju’s short films in the international competition of International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Mox Mäkelä’s Thinking about That (2023, in featured image) and Matti Harju’s Ecstasy (2022) were selected for the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, held from April 26 – May 1 2023 in Germany. Matti Harju’s Ecstasy is included in the… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s House of the Wickedest Man in the World screened at Hot Docs and IndieLisboa
Jan Ijäs’s House of the Wickedest Man in the World (2023) will start its international festival run at Hot Docs festival, held in Toronto, Canada, from April 27 to May 7 2023. The film is included in the Nightvision Shorts… Read more »
Pink Twins’ The Transient selected for Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Fest Anča International Animation Festival and Vienna Shorts
Pink Twins’ The Transient (2023) was selected for the international competitions of Annecy International Animation Film Festival, held in France from June 11–17 2023 and Vienna Shorts, held in Austria from June 1–6 2023. The Transient will also be screened… Read more »