Love or anarchy? – Filmmakers answer
HIFF’s filmmaker guests answer to a question: Love or anarchy? Interviews and camera: Haaga-Helian opiskelijoiden työryhmä Editing: Janne Puumalainen
Behind the scenes
Hollywood means mainly entertainment to Noel De Souza
Noel De Souza (b. 1925) is an actor, a journalist and a coordinator of Golden Globe Awards. He has lived and worked in Hollywood for six decades. He visited HIFF’s Finnish Film Affair (FFA), and talks about his life in Hollywood in the video. One of his best memories of Hollywood includes Marilyn Monroe. Interview: Suzanna Gembege, Anna… Read Hollywood means mainly entertainment to Noel De Souza »
Producer Aet Laigu took part in the creative process of Mother
Creative producer Aet Laigu talks about her third feature film she made with director Kadri Kõusaar. MOTHER (Ema, 2016) is Estonia’s Official Entry for 2017 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. The darkly comic crime mystery has a distinctive look and a great cast. Interview: Niina Holm Camera: Kaisa Paavilainen, Anna Salonen Editing: Niina Holm Photo:… Read Producer Aet Laigu took part in the creative process of Mother »
Tomcat tells a story of a love on the mend
Austrian director and actor Klaus Händl talks about his debut feature film TOMCAT (2016). Interview: Niina Holm Camera: Kaisa Paavilainen, Milla Olkkonen Editing: Kaisa Paavilainen, Niina Holm Photo: Kaisa Paavilainen
Talking about gender roles and power structures with Ninja Thyberg
What filmmaker Ninja Thyberg is most interested in her short films, is how gender roles and sexuality are constructed. She is interested in exploring the power relations and power play between individuals and within community. Thyberg wishes to deconstruct social roles to reveal the power structures within. In her film PLEASURE Thyberg is exploring… Read Talking about gender roles and power structures with Ninja Thyberg »
All of a Sudden was made with a special technique
ALL OF A SUDDEN is a drama movie based to real events. Unknown woman dies in the apartment of main character, and everyone suspects what was behind the incident. Turkish born, now living in Berlin, director Asli Özge and her partner and the cinematographer of the movie, Emre Erkmen have done movies in Turkey and made now their first film in… Read All of a Sudden was made with a special technique »
Sacha Wolff wanted to portray the rugged side of sports
French director Sacha Wolff’s debut feature MERCENARY tells about a young rugby player from a small island in the Pacific Ocean who moves to play in France. Wolff wanted to portray the more rugged side of sports with his movie. He cast real rugby players in key roles. Interview: Tommi Kumén Camera: Heidi Hautamäki, Toni Joukanen Editing: Heidi… Read Sacha Wolff wanted to portray the rugged side of sports »
Liina Paakspuu has a heart of a wolf
Liina Paakspuu’s documentary HEART OF A WOLF takes a closer look into the lives of two metal bands: Estonian Metsatöll and Finnish Finntroll, the brothers of folk metal. During its making the documentary evolved from Nordic epic into a more intimate biopic. Interview: Niko Ikonen Camera: Toni Joukanen, Milla Olkkonen Editing: Niko Ikonen, Milla… Read Liina Paakspuu has a heart of a wolf »
Renārs Vimba found his actors from the street
Director and screenwriter Renārs Vimba made his debut with MELLOW MUD. In the interview he tells how was it like to work with unexperienced young people. The film portrays the other side of Latvia: the ones who stay at the countryside live different kind of life than those in the cities. Interview: Milla Olkkonen Camera: Niko Ikonen, Kaisa… Read Renārs Vimba found his actors from the street »
The Met Gala under the watchful eye of Vogue’s Anna Wintour
THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY – must be the only Monday that is not the absolute worst. That is, because that specific date hosts the annual Met Gala, the mouth-watering and ceremoniously genius fundraising event for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s: “China: Through the Looking Glass-exhibition.” The filmmaker Andrew Rossi, known for Page One:… Read The Met Gala under the watchful eye of Vogue’s Anna Wintour »
