Jussi Eerola’s Grasshopper will be awarded the Eisenstein Award at Blow-Up Arthouse Film Festival, held in Chicago, US. Grasshopper (2023) is a minimalistic musical. Night falls down on empty business premises – and lights go up! Finnish filmmaker and cinematographer… Read more »
Hanna Kaihlanen’s Hovering Over Us nominated for the Golden Key, Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor included in Short & Sweet section at 41st Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival
Hanna Kaihlanen’s Hovering Over Us (featured image) has been nominated for the Golden Key for the best documentary short film by the selection committees of the 41st Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, held from 12–17 November, 2024 in Kassel,… Read more »
Mika Taanila to be presented with Underground Spirit Award at Palić European Film Festival
Mika Taanila is this year’s laureate of the Underground Spirit Award at Palić European Film Festival, held from July 20–26, 2024 in Palić, Serbia. The Underground Spirit Award is awarded for outstanding work in the field of independent film and… Read more »
Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh’s You Can’t Get What You Want But You Can Get Me wins National Award at Leiden Shorts
Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh’s You can’t get what you want but you can get me received the Best National Short Film Award at Leiden Shorts, which was held 6–9 June, 2024 in Leiden, Netherlands. You Can’t Get What You… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars receives a Special Mention at IndieLisboa 2024
Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars has received a Special Mention at IndieLisboa International Film Festival taking place May 23–June 2, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Read the Jury Statement here. Two Wars (2024) is a work of thought, imagination, presentation and narrative… Read more »
Hanna Hovitie’s Square the Circle awarded at Videoformes International Hybrid and Digital Arts Festival
Hanna Hovitie’s Square the Circle (2023) was awarded at Videoformes International Hybrid and Digital Arts Festival, held from March 14–31 2024 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Square the Circle won the Mention of Prix Videoformes awarded by the city of Clermont-Ferrand. In… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amnion awarded as the best experimental film at Blue Danube Film Festival
Saara Ekström’s Amnion (2023) was awarded as the best experimental film at Blue Danube Film Festival, held from September 20 – 30 2023 in Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. The jury states: “Amnion’s strength is its lightness of touch with relation to… Read more »
Special Mention for Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur at Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur was awarded with Special Mention at Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, held from June 19–24 2023 in Slovenia. The special mention was awarded by the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation Méliès, which stated: “This film… 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 »