Festival News 2005 - Web Magazine of the 35th Tampere Film Festival

Cuba
Animation
Trash Movies
Directors
Other Film Festivals
Movie Theaters in Finland
Finnish Cinema
Movie Clubs
Finnish Film Magazines
Miscellaneous

Cuba

Finnish-Cuban Association
http://www.kuubaseura.fi

Conquistadors of Cuba. Arto Halonen's Film on Cuba.
http://www.kuubanvalloittajat.com


Animation


British Animation

Barry Purves. Animator, director and scriptwriter who has made children's movies, commercials and Hollywood movies in addition to his own films.
http://www.barrypurves.com

A website focused on animation. News, columns and a wide collection of links.
http://www.skwigly.co.uk

A portal for finding information on British films, directors and film training in the UK.
http://www.britfilms.com


Estonian Animation

The website of studio Nukufilm. During its 45 years of existence, Nukufilm has produced over 200 animations and cartoons. Studio Nukufilm is situated in Tallinn. Site in English and Estonian.
http://www.nukufilm.ee

Riho Unt. Information on the director on studio Nukufilms' web site. Page in Estonian and English.
http://www.nukufilm.ee/index.php?menyy=11&jutt=33&keel=eng


Finnish Animation /
Turku Arts Academy

Animation Clinic. Web page of the Finnish Animation Association. The organization represents and brings together people working in the field of animation. The web page contains a list of links for anyone interested in animation.
http://www.animaatioklinikka.fi

Pixoff. A site for publishing Finnish film and animation. You can send your movie for free and view and comment on other movies.
http://www.pixoff.net

ANI-MATO. Jan-Erik Nyström’s site on animation. Nyström has made animated commercials for Finnish firms, among other things.
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~animato

The Arts Academy at Turku Polytechnic offers the chance to specialize in animation as part of its Communication and Media Arts Degree Programme.
http://www.turkuamk.fi

Animation World Network. The site contains a lot of information on animation, animation education and animation festivals.
http://www.awn.com

Animatricks. A Finnish animated film festival, which will be held again in 2006.
http://www.animatricks.net


Trash Movies


From the archives of Festival News

What is a Trash Movie?
http://www.uta.fi/festnews/fn2001/en/sat

Trash Video Lives Up to its Name
Directors


Mika Taanila

The Distribution Center for Finnish Media Art. Information on director Mika Taanila and his work
http://www.av-arkki.fi/artist/taanila_mika.htm


Arto Halonen

Home page of Arto Halonen’s company Art Films production AFP Ltd.
http://www.artfilmsartohalonen.fi/


Zbig Rybczinski

Homepage of the company founded by Zbig Rybczynski for research, development and production of visual arts.
http://www.zbigvision.com


Other Film Festivals

Filmfestivals.com – Non Stop Festivals. A site on film festivals from all over the world.
http://www.filmfestivals.com

Helsinki International Film Festival
http://www.hiff.fi

Midnight Sun Film Festival
http://www.msfilmfestival.fi

Espoo ciné
http://www.espoocine.org

Oulu International Children’s Film Festival
http://www.docpoint.info/eng/index.html

A Finnish Animated Film Festival (The Festival will be held again in 2006)
http://www.animatricks.fi

Woman or Artichoke
http://www.artichoke.lasipalatsi.fi/

Norway Festivals. A site on Norwegian film festivals.
http://www.norwayfestivals.com/

Estonian Film Foundation: Film Festivals and Events. A site on Estonian film festivals.
http://www.efsa.ee/eng/estonianfilm.html?op=lugu&id=362

Havana’s Festival International Del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. A site in Spanish.
http://www.habanafilmfestival.com/

Nordisk Panorama – Five Cities Film Festival. A film festival hosted by five Nordic cities (Bergen, Århus, Oulu, Malmö and Reykjavik).
http://www.nordiskpanorama.com/

Kettupäivät, ”Foxdays”. A Finnish short and documentary film festival held in Helsinki in November.
http://www.elokuvakontakti.fi/kettukansio/kettupaivat.htm

Edinburgh International Film Festival. The oldest annual film festival in the world will be held for the 58th time this year.
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk

Tromssa International Film Festival.
http://www.tiff.no


Movie Theaters in Finland

Finnkino
http://www.finnkino.fi/teatterit/default.asp

Niagara
http://www.elokuvakeskus.com/niagara/

Sandrew Metronome
http://www.sandrewmetronome.fi/templates/Page_information_main.asp?id=1926

Kinocity
http://www.kinocity.fi/

Europa Cinemas. A guide for European cinemas in English and French.
http://europa.itnetwork.fr/en/index.php


Finnish Cinema

Finnish Film Archive (FFA). A state institution that acquires and restores films and related material.
http://www.sea.fi/english

Finnish Society for Cinema Studies. The society promotes research in the field of films and audiovisual culture. Its members include professionals of cinema studies as well as students and teachers.
http://www.uta.fi/jarjestot/sets

Finnish Film Foundation. The task of the foundation is to support and promote Finnish film production. Information about grants provided by the foundation can be found on the site.
http://www.ses.fi

The Finnish Film Contact. The film distribution organization has a collection of over 600 films, including documentaries, children’s films, musicals, animations and experimental films.
http://www.elokuvakontakti.fi

Pirkanmaa Film Center. The Film Center aims at advancing knowledge of film culture in the Tampere region by organizing screenings and education.
http://www.elokuvakeskus.com/english.html

Oulu Film Center. A cinema organization situated in Northern Finland which organizes the International Children’s Film Festival annually.
http://www.ouka.fi/oek

Finnish Board of Film Classification. The Board classifies the films and audiovisual programs exhibited or distributed to persons under 18 years of age. The site contains information on legislation and the classification process.
http://www.vet.fi

The Finnish Film Chamber. Central organisation of Finnish film.
http://www.filmikamari.fi

The Union of Finnish Film and Video Employees.
http://www.teme.fi/set/


Movie Clubs

Monroe (Tampere)
http://www.uta.fi/jarjestot/monroe

Betty Blue (Tampere)
http://www.geocities.com/tm61516/bettyblue

Kinokopla (Turku)
http://org.utu.fi/tyyala/kinokopla

Movie Club of Kajaani (Kajaani)
http://www.saunalahti.fi/elokuvat/

Movie Club of Kuhmo (Kuhmo)
http://www.geocities.com/elokuvakerho/

Hyvät kuvat (Kuopio)
http://www.kyy.fi/hyvatkuvat/

Montaasi (Otaniemi)
http://www.tky.hut.fi/~montaasi/

Skinkino (Lappeenranta)
http://www.ltky.lut.fi/org/skinkino/

The Film Society of Helsinki University (Helsinki)
http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/elokuva/

Outolempi (Kokkola)
http://www.outolempi.kpnet.com/index2.htm


Finnish Film Magazines

Filmihullu. The oldest Film magazine in Finland. The site contains extracts from the latest issues of the magazine.
http://www.kaapeli.fi/~filmihul

Film-O-Holic. A web magazine containing reviews of recent films and interviews related to them.
http://www.film-o-holic.com

Hohto. Reviews of recent films, a discussion forum, and information on future issues of Hohto magazine.
http://www.hohto.to


Miscellanious

European Coordination of Film Festivals. A network of European films.
http://www.eurofilmfest.org

Norwegian Film Institute. In Norwegian and English.
http://www.nfi.no/hovedside.html

Whoops! Movie Goofs. Movie mistakes and discussion on them. Search by movie name.
http://www.moviegoofs.cjb.net

Arvostelut.net. Reviews of movies, books and games written by the site visitors.
http://www.arvostelut.net

The web site of Cleaning Women. The band will perform a soundtrack for the silent film Battleship Potemkin in the Tampere Film Festival. As instruments they use, for example, clothes horses.
http://www.cleaningwomen.com

The Internet Movie Database. A big and extensive movie site.
http://www.imdb.com