ELO: New Student Films

A varied array of new shorts by film students at Aalto University.

Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 93 min Age Limit: 12+

  • kalenteri-ikoni Fri 6.3.

  • kelloikoni 21:00

  • karttaikoni Arthouse Cinema Niagara

  • 12,50

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  • kalenteri-ikoni Sat 7.3.

  • kelloikoni 18:00

  • karttaikoni Finnkino Cine Atlas 2

  • 12,50

  • F079

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  • Marco Polo

    Director: Pinja Sormunen
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 16 min

    Lidia has been babysitting 13-year-old Toivo for several years. When Lidia gets accepted to study abroad, the two face a new situation. What is it to say goodbye? Marco Polo tells a story of a shared game and the emotional weight of an inevitable goodbye between two people who both are at a turning point in their lives.

  • Tuntematon koirani

    My Unknown Dog
    Director: Alvi Haapamäki
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 24 min

    Four legs, four legs, my dearest has four legs

    The lives of dogs and humans are forever entangled. This film inspects the agency of dogs in a

    world dictated by humans and the possibility of companionship that transcends different species.

    These dogs aren’t interested in film, but what are they interested in?

    On four legs, she legs it, four legs, four legs

  • Akira

    Director: Juho Kankaanpää
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 21 min

    Akira Takaki spends much of his time rewatching his childhood home videos. Although his father filmed some of them nearly 30 years ago, Akira still remembers his favourite scenes by heart. With a truly unique and playful approach, this film explores what happens to childhood memories when they’re brought into the present.

  • Recast

    Director: Severi Vilkko
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 16 min

    Recast is a satirical depiction of the filming of a film, in which a fatal accident sucks Ruben into its own absurd machine. The spinning of the machine causes reality and fiction to mix – at what cost will a person survive?

  • Etäisyyksiä

    Interspace
    Director: Jesse Lähilehto
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2026
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 16 min

    On a dark autumn night, a rabbit and a squirrel set out to recreate an unexplainable phenomenon the rabbit had experienced at a house party. While making their way to a distant field, the rabbit recounts the events of the party shadowed by uncertainty, awe, and a longing for connection.