Pilvi Takala’s short film The Stroker (2019) was awarded with a special mention at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Bilbao – Zinebi 61, held from November 8–15 in the Basque Country, Spain. The Stroker is based on… Read more »
Marjo Viitala’s Mirror and Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker screened at the 33th Braunschweig International Film Festival
Marjo Viitala’s Mirror (2019, in featured image) and Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker (2019) were selected for the 33th Braunschweig International Film Festival, held from November 19–24 in Germany. The Stroker will be screened in the programme “Different Touch” on Friday,… Read more »
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s, Azar Saiyar’s, and Pilvi Takala’s videos at Kasseler Dokfest
Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker (2019), Azar Saiyar’s Monument of Distance (2018), and Jaakko Pallasvuo’s Heterosexual Love Story (2018) will be shown at the 36th Kasseler Dokfest held from 12-17 November in Kassel, Germany. Pilvi Takala‘s The Stroker will be screened… Read more »
Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth screened at Brest Short Film Festival
Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth, recently screened at the konstazer kurz.film.spiele, will be shown at Brest Short Film Festival held from November 12–17. Birds in the Earth is selected as part of the UFO Competition and will be shown… Read more »
The Stroker screened at International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao & Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker (2019) is screened at International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao from November 8-15 and Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival from November 6-10. At International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, The… Read more »
Patrik Söderlund’s Realms screened at Reggio Film Festival
Patrik Söderlund’s Realms (2018) will be screened at Reggio Film Festival, held from November 5–18 in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Realms will be screened in the short film programme “Earth Section” on Tuesday, November 12, at 21:00 in Teatro San Prospero…. Read more »
Johanna Lecklin’s and Pilvi Takala’s short films at Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Johanna Lecklin’s Not Just a Matter of Passion (2019) and Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker (2019) are included in the selection of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival, held in York, England, from November 6-10. Johanna Lecklin‘s Not Just a Matter of Passion… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Body All Eyes & Sami van Ingen’s Flame at Festival Instants Vidéo
Saara Ekström’s Body All Eyes (2018) and Sami van Ingens Flame (2018) are included in the selection of the Festival Les Instants Vidéo, held in Marseilles, France, from October 24 to December 31. Both Body All Eyes and Flame are… Read more »
AV-arkki presents a showcase on the latest generation of the Finnish Artists’ Moving Image in St. Petersburg
AV-arkki presents a lecture and a showcase on the latest generation of the Finnish artists’ moving image in St. Petersburg on Saturday, November 2. The event is part of the screening programme hosted by the New Holland Island International Debut… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Reija Meriläinen
The latest AVEK Award laureate, Reija Meriläinen (b.1987), works with moving image, sculpture and installation. She is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, and her work often explores social dynamics and power. We discuss her work Survivor, and… Read more »