Azar Saiyar’s History Bleeds Under Your Fingernails (2016) and Pekka Sassi’s Making Art Video (2016) are selected in the international short film competition of the 300th Stuttgarter Filmwinter, held from January 18–22. The festival programme includes also works from Maarit… Read more »
Samuli Alapuranen’s Drag Me to Kempele and Milja Viita’s Q at Minimalen Short FF, Trondheim
Samuli Alapuranen’s Drag Me to Kempele (2017) and Milja Viita’s Q (2016) have been selected to the Nordic Competition of Minimalen Short Film Festival, held from January 25–29 in Trondheim, Norway. Alapuranen’s Drag Me to Kempele will have its international… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Masa and Hanna Saarikoski’s See Paris and Die at KOTI Sleepover, Paris
AV-arkki collaborates with Institut finlandais, Paris, in their Mobile Home 2017 project KOTI Sleepover from late January to May. Designed by Linda Bergroth, KOTI is a 100-day living installation celebrating the Finnish home. Cottages are available for guests to stay… Read more »
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s and Jan Ijäs’s short documentaries selected to IDFA
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s Miniscpectacles Albuquerque Straight (2016) and Jan Ijäs’s Time Capsule (2016) are selected to International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam through AV-arkki’s distribution. Held from November 16–27, IDFA is the world’s largest documentary film festival. The films are screened at Paradocs,… Read more »
Focus on Finnish Media Art @ NEMAF, Seoul, Aug 4–12
A focus on Finnish media art at the 16th Seoul International New Media Festival (NEMAF) kicks off the new exchange programme between Finland, Korea and Japan. The programme is a fruit of AV-arkki’s extensive collaboration with HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme) and… Read more »
Salla Tykkä’s Retrospective in the competition @ Curtas Vila do Conde
Salla Tykkä’s Retrospective is selected for the international competition of Curtas Vila do Conde, held from July 9–17 in Vila do Conde, Portugal. The festival is a major cinematographic and cultural event in Portugal. Premiered in the international competition of… Read more »
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s The Powder of Sympathy at the competition of Hamburg ISFF
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s The Powder of Sympathy is screened at “No Budget Competition” of the 32nd Hamburg International Short Film Festival, held from May 31 to June 6. Premiered at Rotterdam International Film Festival in January, The Powder of Sympathy… Read more »
Finnish media art @ MOI Helsinki, Beijing, May 13–15
A selection of Finnish media art is is screened as a part of MOI Helsinki event in Beijing from May 13–15. The programme is curated by Kaisa Salmi and features both single channel video works and multi-channel installations by a… Read more »
Suomi-Väänänen and SUPER NORTH WORKSHOP @ Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque
A complete retrospective of Maarit Suomi-Väänänen‘s works is shown at Experiments in Cinema, held April 5—10 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival marks the U.S. premiere for Log Head (2015) and the world premiere for Minispectacles 19—24: Albuquerque Straight (2016),… Read more »
Tykkä and Kasitonni selected to the international competition @ Oberhausen Film Festival
Retrospective by Salla Tykkä (b. 1973) and Finnish Midsummer 2169 by Anssi Kasitonni (b. 1978) have been selected to the international competition of the 62nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen through AV-arkki’s distribution. The festival will mark the world premiere for Tykkä’s Retrospective, an… Read more »