Risto-Pekka Blom’s Human Torch (2022) was awarded with a Honorable Mention in the Nordic Competition of Minimalen Short Film Festival, held from January 11–16 2022 in Trondheim, Norway. The Jury gave the mention “To a film that not only experiments… Read more »
Jenni Luhta’s and Lauri Luhta’s The Deluge awarded for the Best Writing at Austin Arthouse Film Festival
Jenni Luhta’s and Lauri Luhta’s feature-length fiction film The Deluge (2020) was awarded for the Best Writing at Austin Arthouse Film Festival, held online from December 26–31 2021. The film was also nominated for the Best Arthouse film and the… Read more »
They Go Gentle Into That Night Work by Soile Mottisenkangas awarded as the Best Experimental Documentary at Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest
They Go Gentle Into That Night Work (2020) by Soile Mottisenkangas was awarded as the Best Experimental Documentary at Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest, held from December 16–17 2021 in Cameo Picturehouse. In this creative short documentary about rhythm of work, a… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic awarded with the First Prize at Videoex, Zürich – also in view in Canada, Lanzarote, and Luxembourg
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was awarded with the first prize (ex aequo with Suneil Sanzgiri’s Letter from Your Far-Off Country, 2020) at Videoex Experimental Film & Video Festival, held in Zürich from October 1–10 2021. “Both films employ experimental,… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic won the main prize of the experimental film LABO competition of Prague Shorts
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) was awarded as the Best Film LABO in the experimental competition of Prague Shorts, held as a hybrid festival from June 2–27 2021. The jury states: “A jury of representatives from the domestic art… Read more »
Maija Tammi’s The Problem of the Hydra won the Audience Award in the New Point of View competition of THIS IS SHORT online festival
Maija Tammi’s The Problem of the Hydra was awarded with the Audience Award in the New Point of View competition of THIS IS SHORT online festival. From April 1 to June 30, the online festival THIS IS SHORT thrilled audiences… Read more »
Blue Honda Civic awarded at Short Waves Festival
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) was awarded with the third prize in the international competition of Short Waves Festival, held from June 14–20 in Poznań, Poland. The jury gave the award to Eerola’s short film for “taking the viewer… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic awarded with the first prize in the documentary short film competition of Ciné de Huesca
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was awarded with the first prize “Danzante” in the documentary short film competition of Ciné de Huesca, held from June 11–19 in Huesca, Spain. The award is worth 5000 € and a trophy. The award… Read more »
Honorable Mention for Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic at FEMCINE11, Chile
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic was awarded with Honorable Mention at FEMCINE11 International Short Film Competition, held from March 23–28 in Chile. The jury states: “For being an audiovisual proposal that threads very well the materials, the documentary record, the sound… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic awarded as the Best Nordic Film at Minimalen Short Film Festival
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was awarded as the Best Nordic Film at the 33rd Minimalen Short Film Festival, held online from January 12–17. The jury states: “The film strikes a beautiful balance between imagination, reality and what we choose… Read more »