Spontaneous recording on a stormy day. I try to get closer to my thoughts and my way of working. What is left when so much is reduced? Patagonia comest to my mind through various details and memories.
Read more »Saara Ekström is part of ‘Nature Morte – Still Alive. Contemporary still lifes in Finnish art‘ exhibition in Germany. The exhibition is open from Sunday September 18 to November 27 2022 at Stadtgalerie Kiel. Works from nine Finnish artists are… Read more »
The Human Torch (2022) by Risto-Pekka Blom and The Swirl (2022, in featured image) by Helka Heinonen are screened in Shorts Mexico – Mexico International Short Film Festival. The festival is held in Mexico City. The Human Torch, which is… Read more »
They Go Gentle into That Night Work (2020) directed by Soile Mottisenkangas and produced by Kimmo Koskinen was awarded as of the best Nordic short documentary at Västerås Film Festival last weekend. The film festival was held in Västerås Sweden… Read more »
Le Saboteur (2022, in featured image) by Anssi Kasitonni and Flames (2021) by Marja Viitahuhta are part of this year’s Nordisk Panorama Film Festival. The festival will take place in Malmö Sweden, on September 22-27 2022. Le Saboteur is part… Read more »
Marja Helander’s shortfilm Áfruvvá – Mermaid (2022) will premier at ÁRRAN 360° in Venice Biennale. ÁRRAN 360° premiers as part of The Sámi Pavilion in Venice Biennale on Friday August 26 2022. ÁRRAN 360° is a new initiative realised by… Read more »
Azar Saiyar, Anssi Kasitonni and Elina Oikari are part of Encounters Film Festival’s international competition. Azar Saiyar’s short film My home (2022, in featured image) and Elina Oikari’s Flying Potato and Other Misunderstandings (2021) will be screened in “Stories of… Read more »
Le Saboteur (2022) by Anssi Kasitonni is part of Drama International Short Film Festival’s International Competition. Elena Näsänen’s short film Turbulent Waters (2022) will also be screened at the festival. Drama International Short Film Festival which takes place on September… Read more »
Mini Kino Film Week has a wide selection of works from finnish media artist such as Helka Heinonen, Joel Kappanen, Anssi Kasitonni and Leena Pukki. The films are part of the festivals international competition. Mini Kino Film Week – Bali… Read more »
August Joensalo’s Space is Quite a Lot of Things (2021) will be screened at Concorto Film Festival, on Saturday August 20 2022, at 12:15 AM. Concorto Film Festival will be held at Parco Raggio and Greenhouse, in Pontenure Italy. In Space… Read more »
Azar Saiyar’s My Home (2022) is part of MakeDox Festival’s Kids and Youth program. My Home will be screened at the Youth Cultural Center Skopje, in North Macedonia during weekend, August 20-21 2022. My Home is distributed in collaboration between… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur (2022) is screened at festival Silhouette in Paris, France. The screening of Le Saboteur is part of the programme “Hybride” and takes place on Saturday, September 3 2022. In Le Saboteur, an ex-saboteur gets back in the… Read more »
The Rencontres Internationales festival will be held in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin from August 16–21 2022. The programme includes moving image works by Saara Ekström, Jonna Kina, Jussi Eerola, and Matti Harju. Jonna Kina’s After Life followed by… Read more »
Lauri Astala’s Sketch for the Last Map (2022) will be screened at Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, held in Germany from August 11–15 2022. The screening of Astala’s film takes place on Sunday, August 14, at 19:01. In the core of Sketch… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste Vol. 1 (2020) is screened at Mostra Ecofalante de Cinema, held in Brazil from July 27 to August 17 2022. Waste Vol 1. is available in the festival’s online programme from Monday, August 8 to Wednesday, August… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur (2022) will have its international premiere in the international short film competition of DokuFest, held in Prizren, Kosovo, from August 5-13 2022. In Le Saboteur, an ex-saboteur gets back in the game and every trick will… Read more »
Our office will be closed from July 11-31 2022 due to our annual leave. We thank all our artists, clients, collaborators, and friends for this spring season – see you in August!
Azar Saiyar’s Laila’s Apple (2021, in featured image) and Sami van Ingen’s Flame (2018) will be screened in an experimental film screening “The Archival Impulse” at Suspaustas Laikas experimental film festival, taking place in the MO Museum of Vilnius, Lithuania,… Read more »
Two videos by Jarkko Räsänen, Change (2022) and Supertelevision (2022, in featured image) are screened at international film events. Change is included in “Black Out“, an international short film exhibition open from July 2-17 2022 in Alten Kino, Frankfurt (Oder),… Read more »
Marja Viitahuhta’s Flames was recently screened at Māoriland Film Festival, held from June 29 – July 3 2022 in Māoriland, Ōtaki, Kāpiti Coast. The screening took place on Sunday, July 3. “When we pass from this world to another, the… Read more »
22nd IFF New Horizons will be held on July 21-31, 2022 in Wrocław, Poland. This year’s programme includes a focus on the global North, including moving image works by our artists. Pasi Autio‘s Feel the Heat (2022, in featured image) and Marja Helander‘s Birds… Read more »
Feel the Heat depicts a one-man disco in a forest at night, and the atmosphere is magnificent – the lights are flashing, birds are singing, dancing continues and time disappears. The night cannot go on forever and, in the morning, the surrounding reality is revealed.
Read more »Once Wanted portrays pieces of trash – the most underestimated creatures in the world – behaving like human beings. The trash struggle between their self-image, as well as their sense of reality, like people do. The film plays with guilt and shame related to both overconsumption and human needs.
Read more »Risto-Pekka Blom’s The Human Torch was awarded as the best international short film at the Norwegian Short Film Festival, held in Grimstad from June 8-12 2022. The jury states: “Seemingly simple, this surprisingly dense film makes us question inherited codes… Read more »
Jenni Toikka’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 (2022) will be screened in “Other Gems” programme at International Film Festival FID Marseille, held from July 5-11 2022 in France. The screenings of Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 take place on Saturday,… Read more »
We invite our member artists to submit their new title(s) for AV-arkki’s distribution catalogue 2022-2023, deadline Monday, July 31! For the catalogue, we are looking for primarily single channel works that will be released in 2022 or 2023. The works… Read more »
The days are long. Their core is hot. Thermographic camera looks at a new residential area in eastern Helsinki.
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