\u2013 I am extremely happy that we are able to organize the Festival yet again this year and as for the quality of the programme, we have not had to compromise one bit. To carry out the festival online is a new challenge for us but all the while a great opportunity. I hope that the festival not only reaches its old visitors, but also gains new audiences now that the programme is more widely accessible.<\/i><\/p>\n
Laaksonen is proud of the impressive screening and event repertoire:<\/p>\n
\u2013 It is challenging to pick favourites from an array of such interesting screenings, but the Moodkino<\/a>\u00a0screenings dealing with mental health issues of the youth hold a special place in my heart. I hope that these screenings would find an audience, for example, through schools and teachers or that young people would take to watching them at home together with their parents.<\/i><\/p>\n Created to act as conversation starters, Moodkino <\/i>screenings consist of short films that \u2013 \u00a0despite the serious topics such as bullying, racism and eating disorders \u2013\u00a0 look at the world through a positive lens. These screenings, organised in cooperation with The Church Media Foundation, are free of charge.<\/p>\n Lisa Rovner<\/strong>\u2019s feature-length documentary Sisters with Transistors<\/a> <\/i>(United Kingdom, 2020) will have its Finnish premiere at the festival. The film tells an untold story of electronic music\u2019s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today. In addition the screening will include an interview with Rovner as well as a short concert recording of The Space Lady, who is also featured in the film.<\/p>\n Sj\u00e4l\u00f6 \u2013 Island of Souls<\/i><\/a> (Finland, 2020), a film directed by Lotta Petronella<\/strong>, will be broadcast live from G Livelab on Wednesday March 10th. The documentary sheds light on a closed institution \u2013 operating on the island of Sj\u00e4l\u00f6 for centuries \u2013 meant for socially transgressive women.\u00a0 Music for the film is composed by Laura Naukkarinen<\/strong> (Lau Nau) and the Festival screening will be accompanied live.<\/p>\n Once again multiple screenings at the Festival are dedicated to current filmmakers. Polish up-and-coming filmmaker Tomek Popakul<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s screening will feature unique and hypnotic animation. Katja Gauriloff<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s documentary films Canned Dreams <\/i>(2011) and Kaisa\u2019s Enchanted Forest<\/i> (2016) will be featured in screenings organized by WIFT Finland<\/a>, in addition to which Gauriloff will host a Womarts Masterclass<\/i> -event at the Festival. The Huber&Saarikko<\/i><\/a> screening, co-organised by The Centre for Finnish Media Art and Tampere Film Festival, will in turn provide a snapshot into the various aspects of Sasha<\/strong> Huber<\/strong>\u2019s and Petri Saarikko<\/strong>\u2019s production spanning over a decade.<\/p>\n The Humanity<\/a><\/em> programme deals with humanity and the human relation towards other species. The screenings explore similar themes to last year\u2019s Climate <\/em>programme. Questions that are being raised to the centre of attention are, for example, why do humans want to enslave the weaker representatives of both their own and different species, and why must humans behave in a self destructive manner as opposed to preserving life. The films in these screenings won\u2019t give specific answers to these questions, but rather serve as good conversation starters.<\/p>\n The Indigenous Peoples <\/em>theme, as its name suggests, will bring forth cinematography of indigenous filmmakers. The S\u00e1mi Filbma<\/i><\/a> screening will put S\u00e1mi filmmakers on display, and the USA First Peoples<\/i><\/a> screenings will in turn share the stories of filmmakers belonging to the indigenous peoples of North America.<\/p>\n All films selected into the National Competition<\/a>, International Competition<\/a> as well as the new genre film competition Generation XYZ<\/a> will be seen in the festival programme. The awarded films will be announced at the Award Ceremony<\/a> on Sunday 14 March.<\/p>\n The Festival\u2019s Programme will also feature nominees from other European short film competitions. EFA Shorts<\/i><\/a> screenings will display candidates, nominees and winners of The European Film Awards (EFA).\u00a0European Audience Award<\/i><\/a> screenings will present films that are nominated as recipients of the European Short Film Audience Award. Film industry students will introduce themselves in Kino-Tamk<\/i><\/a> and ELO: New Student Films<\/i><\/a>\u00a0screenings and Kino Euphoria<\/i><\/a> screening will offer a peek into the films produced as a result of the Euphoria Borealis workshops.<\/p>\n Apart from the film Sj\u00e4l\u00f6 \u2013 Island of Souls <\/i>and Sisters with Transistors<\/i>, all films are available for the audience to view on the Festhome TV platform between 10\u201321 March. To buy tickets and view films on the platform you must register and sign in. 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<\/p>\nAn Intriguing Journey into the Evolution of Electronic Music<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Unknown Past of the Island Sj\u00e4l\u00f6<\/b><\/h2>\n
Versatile Filmmakers in the Spotlight<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nTurning the Focus Towards Us and Others<\/b><\/h2>\n
Indigenous Peoples<\/b><\/h2>\n
Competition Films<\/b><\/h2>\n
Showcasing Fresh Filmmakers and the Best of European Short Film<\/b><\/h2>\n
Festhome TV Operates as the Online Platform for Screenings, Events Are Shared on the Festival\u2019s Social Media Channels<\/b><\/h2>\n
Ticket Sales\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n