Jan Ijäs’s short documentary film Waste no. 2 Wreck (2016) is screened at the 7th Mostra Ecofalante, held from 31.5.–13.6. in São Paulo, Brasil. Waste no. 2 Wreck is included in the programme “Panorama Internacional Contemporâneo: Cidades”. Previously screened e.g…. Read more »
Mika Taanila’s exhibition “Partial Head Clog” at La Neomudéjar Art Centre, Madrid
La Neomudéjar Art Centre and Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia present Mika Taanila’s exhibition “Partial Head Clog“. The exhibition is open from 11.5.–29.7.2018 and includes video installations along with photograms from the series “Black and White Movies”. The exhibition kicks off with… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique awarded with Special Mention at ISFF Oberhausen
Anssi Kasitonni’s Saladdin Castique (2018) was awarded with a Special Mention at the 64th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, held from May 3–8. The Jury of the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia states: “Nonsense… Read more »
Amnesty International Award for Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 5 The Raft of the Medusa at IndieLisboa
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 5 The Raft of the Medusa (2017) was awarded with Amnesty International Award at the 15th IndieLisboa, held in Portugal from 26.4.–6.5.2018. The jury communicated the following statement: “It is with subtle irony and with a lot… Read more »
Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene selected for Sheffield Doc/Fest
Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene (2017) will be screened at Sheffield Doc/Fest. Held from June 7–12, the festival is the third largest documentary film festival in the world. Included in the Doc/Rhythm strand, the screening of Arr. for a… Read more »
AV-arkki’s screening, Horelli & Kasitonni in competition & programme by Mika Taanila at ISFF Oberhausen
AV-arkki will present a distributor’s screening at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, held from May 3–8. AV-arkki’s screening is a compilation of recent short films in distribution and takes place on Friday, May 4 at 22:00 in Lichtburg Filmpalast Star. The films… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amplifier in the Fugas Short Film competition of DocumentaMadrid
Saara Ekström’s Amplifier will have its world festival premiere in the Fugas Short Film Competition of the 15th International Documentary Film Festival DocumentaMadrid, held from May 3–13. The screenings of Amplifier take place on Friday, May 4, at 21:30 and… Read more »
Films by Mika Taanila and Marja Helander at Finnish Film Week in the Cineteca Nacional, Mexico
La Cineteca Nacional in Mexico celebrates Finnish cinema with a special programme of eight feature-length films and nine short films. The event is held from April 12–19. The selection includes films by Mika Taanila and Marja Helander. Mika Taanila‘s Tectonic… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 3 Boom and Waste no. 1 Money at Trento FF & Kyiv ISFF
Two short documentary films by Jan Ijäs, Waste no. 1 Money (2017) and Waste no. 3 Boom (2017) are screened this spring at Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine) and Trento Film Festival (Italy). Waste no. 1 Money is selected… Read more »
Sami van Ingen’s Flame in the international competition of Fronteira IFF, Brasil
Sami van Ingen’s experimental short film Flame (2018) will be screened in the international short film competition of Fronteira International Film Festival. Held from April 12–21 in Goiânia, Brasil, the festival focuses on documentary and experimental film. The screening of… Read more »