Finland’s biggest and most diverse film festival has announced this year’s gala films and the films of the traditional HIFF open-air screenings. The 32nd HIFF will open with BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, the new film by the British director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, HIFF 2002). The film takes place in the gloomy late-1980s Luton… Read HIFF Announces This Year’s Gala Films »
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy has announced the first films from its 2019 line-up. The selection includes the Finnish premieres of Cannes and Berlinale favourites as well as an option to vote your own favourite for the outdoor screenings at Lasipalatsi square. Two Cannes favourites will get their Finnish premieres at… Read Cannes and Berlinale Favourites in the HIFF Line-Up »
Are you a good driver? Enthusiastic about customer service? Passionate about photography? Interested in working at a festival? Great news: we need you! The call for volunteers for this year’s HIFF has started! Come join us in making Finland’s biggest film festival the best cinematic happening of all time! Check out the available tasks and… Read Come volunteer for HIFF 2019! »
The short film event Love & Anarchy Shorts invites filmmakers to submit their films to the 2019 National Competition. The submission is now open until May 31st. Cut to the Chase – Love & Anarchy Shorts will be held from 25th to 29th September as a part of the HIFF – Love & Anarchy Festival. You can apply for the National… Read The submission for the National Competition of the Love & Anarchy Shorts is now open! »
THE NORDIC COUNCIL FILM PRIZE 2018 has been awarded to director Benedikt Erlingsson, scriptwriter Benedikt Erlingsson & Ólafur Egill Egilsson and producers Marianne Slot, Benedikt Erlingsson and Carine Leblanc from Iceland for WOMAN AT WAR. The highly acclaimed film WOMAN AT WAR received Tuesday night (30.10.) in the Nordic Council Film Prize… Read Nordic Council Film Prize 2018 to Woman at War »
The 31st Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy ended on Sunday with a sold-out screening of Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s SUMMER. Finland’s biggest film festival gathered more than 60 000 visitors. The 31st edition of Helsinki International Film Festival culminated on Sunday with a sold-out Closing Gala… Read The 31st HIFF Ends on a High Note »
The winner of the first R&A Shorts National Competition is STAR SHAPED SCAR by Virva and Vuokko Kunttu. The first jury of HIFF’s history has awarded the winners of the R&A Shorts National Competition. The R&A LIFT award for the best short film goes to short documentary STAR SHAPED SCAR, directed by Virva and Vuokko Kunttu. – In… Read Star Shaped Scar Wins the First R&A Shorts National Competition »
Finland’s biggest film industry event, Helsinki International Film Festival’s industry sidebar Finnish Film Affair, unfolded from Tuesday Sept 25th to Thursday Sept 27th2018. A record number of almost 450 film professionals attended the 7thedition of the yearly event, with nearly hundred international sales agents, distributors, producers and… Read One-Off Incident wins the Finnish Film Affair’s Work in Progress Award »
The actress Laura Birn is interviewed in English about her career at G Livelab on Thursday at 17.00 – 18.30. The admission is free – welcome! Nordic Flair Award winner Laura Birn has a diverse career in film and television both internationally and in Finland. Now she talks about her career in this year’s NORDIC FLAIR… Read Come and Meet the Nordic Flair Winner Laura Birn »
31st Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy treats its audience with reruns of some of this year’s festival hits. Among the reruns are action madness MANDY, black comedy SORRY TO BOTHER YOU and the gripping Danish thriller THE GUILTY. Tickets to the rerun screenings are on sale now. As an addition to the programme… Read HIFF reruns on sale now! »