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 »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic awarded at Aesthetica Short Film Festival with Best of Fest & Best Documentary Awards
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) received the Best of Fest and the Best Documentary Awards at Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York, UK. The Best of Fest Award is the main award of the festival and includes £1,000 in prize… Read more »
Award for Innovation in Storytelling for Marja Helander’s Suodji at ImagineNative
Marja Helander’s short film Suodji (2020) was awarded with the Award for Innovation in Storytelling at ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, held from October 20 – 25 in Toronto, Canada. Suodji is an adaptation of an old story from… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic awarded as the best short documentary at DOKER, Moscow
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was awarded as the best short documentary at Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKER, held from August 21–30 in Russia. Recently, The Fantastic was also awarded with the Sliced Onion Award for the Best Short… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic awarded at MakeDox
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) won the Sliced Onion Award for the best short documentary film at MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, held from August 19–26 in Macedonia. The Fantastic is a film about encountering the unknown and the relationship between… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Body All Eyes awarded as the best experimental film at Melbourne Short Film Festival
Saara Ekström’s Body All Eyes (2018) was awarded as the Best Experimental Film at Melbourne Short Film Festival, held in February 10 2020 in Australia. Body All Eyes is a requiem for barren skies in which archaic myths of flying… Read more »