The 30th HIFF is proud to present a guest writer of the Love & Anarchy blog, Vejay K. Nair of Ruskeat Tytöt, who writes about the representation of people of color in festival’s oeuvre. We at Ruskeat Tytöt would like to highlight a few films playing at the Love & Anarchy Film Festival created by and/or featuring people of color… Read A Ruskeat Tytöt Guide to Love & Anarchy »
Screams rise from the mayhem as Medusa looms over the burning city in our this year’s festival poster. The colorful artwork is designed by Love & Anarchy 2015 festival artist Hans Nissen. We will be revealing the first sneak peek to our program me tomorrow – watch this space! Read HIFF 2015 poster revealed »
15 emerging scriptwriters, or pen unicorns like we like to call them, are working away in Herttoniemi in Helsinki, typing away in the classic Courier New font to create scripts for fresh and frivolous new short films. This week 23.–29.9.2013 in the capital of Finland, the Rise of Euphoria International Scriptwriting and Film Production Workshop… Read The Rise of Pen Unicorns »
Director Pirjo Honkasalo’s Concrete Night gets its Finnish premiere at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love and Anarchy. John Anderson’s book about the director’s cinematic art is published in Finnish around the same time. In this text Anderson, who is an author and critic, explains why a book about Pirjo Honkasalo was essential. In… Read Pirjo Honkasalo's night in the concrete jungle »