IFFR to honor Finnish film maker, film historian and festival director Peter von Bagh The International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012 will pay tribute to Peter von Bagh by presenting a selection of his films, as well as showing three rare classics from Finnish cinema history that have been essential in his oeuvre. The tribute program, with Peter von Bagh in attendance, will be part of IFFR’s main Signals section.With over fifty film titles under his belt, Peter von Bagh may still be the better ...
A narrow body of water separates Estonia and Finland and the two cultures have been intertwined for centuries. This special relationship is again being played out with the Focus On Finnish Cinema program at POFF, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which continues through the weekend in the capital city of Estonia. The effort is supported by the Finnish Film Foundation, the Soome Instituut and the Embassy of Finland in Tallinn.
The program is a mix of contemporary and classi...
Border Breaking and Provocation
The DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival programme includes many films that deliberately use provocation to expose something that would otherwise remain hidden. The festival programme also features films dealing with immigration and cultural borders, as well as the Winners & Bestsellers series comprising the most successful documentaries of the festival circuit. DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will take place on t...
Mika Kaurismäki, a renowned Finnish film director and a member of the famous Kaurismäki family of filmmakers, is coming to Motovun Film Festival! Mika Kaurismäki is also the older brother of the world famous Finnish filmmaker Aki. In the first decade of their work, the Kaurismäki brothers marked the new era of Finnish cinema with their joint projects. Their joint works accounted for almost one third of Finnish film production of the time!
Although Mika Kaurismäki started worki...
Mika Kaurismäki, a renowned Finnish film director and a member of the famous Kaurismäki family of filmmakers, is coming to Motovun Film Festival! Mika Kaurismäki is also the older brother of the world famous Finnish filmmaker Aki. In the first decade of their work, the Kaurismäki brothers marked the new era of Finnish cinema with their joint projects. Their joint works accounted for almost one third of Finnish film production of the time! Although Mika Kaurismäki started working on film by...
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is located in the heart of Finnish Lapland, some 120 kilometers above the ArcticCircle, where the sun doesn´t set at all in the summertime. The nightless night provides a setting no other festival can compete!
The Crossroads Co-production Forum, headed by former topper of the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes IFF, Marie-Pierre Macia, was held for the 4th consecutive year in the framework of the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and came to a close on Wednesday, November 19th, with the presentation of its ΝΟΚΙΑ N Series Award to a film project, accompanied by 10.000 euros.
The jury, consisting of Virginie Devesa (Umedia), Mira Staleva (Sofia Meetings)...
Confirmed speakers for The Media Festival. As you can see, they represent the event's global outlook and pan-industry reach and with a packed two-day, dual-stream agenda planned for November, this is just the beginning. • Emily Bell, Director of Digital Content, Guardian News & Media • Rachael Castell, Interactive Producer, English National Opera • Michael Denny, Senior Vice President, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios - Europe • Peter Fincham, Director of Television, ITV...
DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival awards Jörn Donner, the noted Finnish talent of cinema and a documentary film maker, with Apollo Award at the upcoming DocPoint Festival for his contributions to Finnish documentary cinema. To celebrate the award the festival showcases a selection of Donner’s films. DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival is held 23rd-28th January 2008 and the Apollo Award will be given to Donner at the festival opening in Bio Rex, Helsinki on January 23rd.T...
Nordic Shorts will screen in NY on thursday, October 18, 6:30 pm at Scandinavia House2007—For years, Nordic short films have been presented at major film festivals around the world, regularly winning top international prizes. This fall Scandinavia House (58 Park Avenue between 37th & 38th Streets) presents the Nordic Shorts series, a wide-ranging survey spanning many styles and genres that introduces some of the finest new shorts by the next generation of Nordic filmmakers. The series begins w...
I took my videos with this nokia.
Thanks to our Nokia phone, we could take pictures, videos... and it is also a portable phone. Its quality is really good and it's light. As you can see he is small and has a really good design. You can twist it. It's simple to use.
Criticizing the corporate world for unethical conduct has become a commonplace in documentaries these past few years, from The Big One by Michael Moore to the Corporation by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbot, which won an award last year at Ecocinema in Rhodes, Greece. But to get a balanced opinion on this matter, we shouldn't leave so easily in the dark how some of these multinationals use their full clout to enforce a righteous behavior. That's precisely the fair spotlight offered by Ecofilms Int...
