Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene (2017) and Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth (2018) are screened at the traditional Finnish Film Days, organized by FinnAgora and held in Toldi film theater, Budapest, from February 6–10. Kina’s and Helander’s short… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marika Orenius
Reflecting the female bodily experience and perspective has always been the starting point in Marika Orenius‘s video art and photography. During the past few years, however, she has consciously elaborated her style and methods towards revisiting the pre-existing and fragmented… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amplifier in the Videonale.17 exhibition
Saara Ekström’s Amplifier (2017) is among 29 art works included in the exhibition “Refracted Realities” of Videonale.17 – Festival for Video and Time-Based Arts. The exhibition is open from February 21 to April 14 in Kunstmuseum Bonn. Amplifier is an experimental short… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Marko Lampisuo
Landscape is not just a background but a protagonist in Marko Lampisuo‘s (born in 1970) video works. He does not portray nature per se but as repeated and revisited via an old television set over and over again. Lampisuo’s most… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique in the international competition of 32. Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique (2019) was selected for the international competition of 32. Stuttgarter Filmwinter. The Festival for Expanded Media is held from January 17–20. Saladdin Castique is screened on Friday, January 18, at 19:00 in International Competition 2, FITZ! Cinema Previously, Saladdin… Read more »
A versatile selection of Finnish media art at international film festival Rotterdam
Works by Pilvi Takala, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Antti Jussila, and Jari Kallio, Patrik Söderlund, Mika Taanila, and Marja Helander are included in the programme of International Film Festival Rotterdam, held from January 23 – February 3. Established in 1971 and known for… Read more »
Meet the Artist: Heidi Tikka
Heidi Tikka (born in 1959) is a Finnish visual artist who lives and works in Helsinki. Her installations and participatory projects are the result of what she calls a curiosity-driven practice. “I’m really interested in experimenting with technology and different… Read more »
AV-ARKKI’S DISTRIBUTION CATALOGUE FOR 2018–2019 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 2018–2019 is intended for professional preview. The catalogue is distributed via AV-arkki’s international distribution programme for professional audiences in numerous events, film… Read more »
Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth selected for the Official Short Film Section of Sundance FF
Marja Helander’s Eatnanvuloš Lottit – Birds in the Earth (2018) was picked through AV-arkki’s distribution among 20 international short films competing in the Official Short Film Section of Sundance Film Festival, held from January 24 to February 3 in Park City, Utah…. Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame screened at Bogoshorts, Colombia
Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018) will be screened at he 16th Bogotá Short Film Festival Bogoshorts, held from December 4–11 in Colombia. Flame is a fractured melodrama, based on damaged frames from the last minutes of the only remaining nitrate reel… Read more »