Submission for the 2027 Competitions of Tampere Film Festival Opens on 1 May, 2026!

Find the rules and guidelines for the International, National, and Genre Competitions on the Competitions page.

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Tampere Film Festival Concludes – Highlights Included Vastavirta, Kasitonni, and the Silent Film at Tampere Cathedral

Ticket sales were once again lively, with several screenings selling out. Sold out screenings include, for example, the world premiere of the Vastavirta Documentary (Finland, 2026, dir. Joona Virtanen), Anssi Kasitonnin maailma (8000: An Art Odyssey, Finland, 2025, dir. Sami Sänpäkkilä), which won the Audience Award in the National Competition, and many themed programme screenings.

The festival programme across venues and online attracted approximately 19,000 visitors in total.

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Tampere Film Festival Awards Presented at Comedy Theatre Palace – Grand Prix to Mariam Khatchvani’s Inherited Silence

The competitions of Tampere Film Festival culminated on Saturday evening, 7 March, with the Awards held at the atmospheric Comedy Theatre Palace, where the winners of the festival’s film competition series were announced. Awards were presented in the National and International Competitions, as well as in the Generation XYZ Competition dedicated to genre films.

All the winners and juries’ arguments can be found at the Awarded Films 2026 page.

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