Maija Blåfield’s and Sami van Ingen’s films were awarded at Ann Arbor Film Festival, held from March 26–31 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This year’s jury consisted of Bryan Konefsky, Akosua Adoma Owusu, and Stacey Steers. Maija Blåfield’s On Destruction and Preservation… Read more »
Liisa Lounila’s Niagara screened at Festival Histoire et Cité, Genève
Liisa Lounila’s Niagara (2009) is screened at Festival Histoire et Cité, held in Genève from March 28–30. Niagara is included in the video art screening “Waterproof“, including e.g. videos by Bill Viola and Jean Painlevé. The screenings take place on… Read more »
Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth screened at Native Cinema Showcase in New York
Marja Helander’s Birds in the Earth is included in the Native Cinema Showcase at the Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian, New York. The Showcase takes place from March 29–31. Helander’s short film is included in the screening “The Land Speaks“,… Read more »
Elli Vuorinen’s new animation Still Lives starts its festival life from International Animation Short FF Roanne
Elli Vuorinen’s new animation Still Lives (2019) starts its festival life at four film festivals. It will premiere in the experimental competition of the International Animation Short Film Festival Roanne, held from March 18–24 in France. The screening takes place… Read more »
Patrik Söderlund’s, Sami van Ingen’s, and Maija Blåfield’s short films compete at Ann Arbor FF
Patrik Söderlund’s Realms (2018), Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018), and Maija Blåfield’s On Destruction and Preservation (2018) were selected for the international competition of the 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Held from March 26–31, Ann Arbor Film Festival is the oldest… Read more »
Anikó Kuikka’s exhibition Wednesday 12 at GAO Gallery, London
Anikó Kuikka‘s exhibition Wednesday 12 is open at GAO Gallery, London, until March 31. Showing in international exhibitions and film festivals, and often featuring a cast of archetypes from traditional fables, Kuikka’s work aims to deconstruct our pre-existing values surrounding… Read more »
Sara Pathirane’s, Azar Saiyar’s, and Timo Wright’s works at Les Rencontres internationales
Sara Pathirane’s Holding Clouds (2018), Azar Saiyar’s Monument of Distance (2018), and Timo Wright’s Ex Nihilo (2018) are screened at Les Rencontres Internationales, held in Paris from March 5–10. Sara Pathirane’s Holding Clouds will be screened on Tuesday, March 5,… Read more »
Laura Horelli’s Namibia Today and Uutisten aika exhibited in E-Werk, Freiburg
Two works by Laura Horelli, Namibia Today (2018) and Uutisten aika (2019) are shown in a joint exhibition Black Women, Art and Resistance | Changes in Direction, curated by Heidi Brunnschweiler for Gallery E-Werk, Freiburg, from February 23 to April 14. In… Read more »
Laura Horelli’s Uutisten aika (Newstime) screened at Berlinale Forum Expanded
Laura Horelli’s Uutisten aika (Newstime, 2019) will be screened at Berlinale Forum Expanded, which marked the world premiere also for Horelli’s earlier works Jokinen (2016) and Namibia Today (2018). Berlinale Forum Expanded will be held from February 7–17. The screenings… 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 »