The Let’s Save Love & Anarchy campaign has so far raised 36 500 € out of a target of 45 000 €. The next screenings will take place on 14.12.2023. Finnkino’s Kinopalatsi will feature the smoking hot pre-screenings of All of Us Strangers and Dream Scenario. Tickets are now on sale. The Let’s Save Love & Anarchy campaign… Read The Let's Save Love & Anarchy campaign is moving towards its goal - Nicolas Cage now comes to the rescue »

The future of HIFF – Love & Anarchy, one of Finland’s most significant film festivals, is under threat. HIFF is now calling on its audience to help.  The effects of the pandemic era, an unstable cultural environment and rising costs have harmed the Finnish cultural sector, and the future of HIFF – Love & Anarchy, one of… Read Help to save the future of HIFF – Love & Anarchy – join the support campaign! »

The Nordic Council Film Prize was awarded on Tuesday 31 October 2023 at the Oslo Opera House. The winner was the Danish satire Empire (Viften), a story about racialised women in the turmoil of colonial Denmark. Wonderfully beautiful in its colour scheme, Empire does not hesitate to bring out the ugliness of colonial history and the horrors of… Read Danish film Empire wins the Nordic Council Film Prize 2023 »

Be part of shaping film culture from a front-row seat! We are looking for a visionary, skilled, and creative Executive Director for HIFF – Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy association. As our longstanding CEO Anna Möttölä heads off to new challenges, we are looking for a new CEO for a permanent position to lead… Read HIFF is recruiting! We are looking for an Executive Director »

Love & Anarchy 2023 will get a little extension when ABOUT DRY GRASSES and TIGER STRIPES, which were cancelled during the festival due to a technical problem, will be screened again at Kinopalatsi (Kaisaniemenkatu 2) on Sunday 22.10.2023. Tickets are on sale at the festival’s online box office. The price of a screening ticket is 12 euros… Read About Dry Grasses and Tiger Stripes: Re-runs in Kinopalatsi on Sunday 22.10. »

Welcome to HIFF’s visitor survey! Answering the questions will take about 5-10 minutes. We will draw two HURMIO festival passes (incl. 5 tickets) for both R&A Spring Break in March 2024 and Love & Anarchy in September 2024 among the respondents. The survey is open until 6 October. Go to the survey here.   Featured Image: Mari Mur… Read Answer the visitor survey and enter the draw for a festival pass! »

The 36th Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy finished on September 24th on a high note with the closing gala screening of Celine Song’s PAST LIVES. Finland’s biggest film festival had over 51 000 visitors, which is its post-COVID record. Helsinki International Film Festival finished with a bang with the sold out Closing… Read HIFF Gathered the Largest Film Festival Audience Since the Pandemic »

The 12th edition of Finland’s international industry destination Finnish Film Affair came to an end on Friday. Organised in the heart of Helsinki, the international event was attended by over 500 guests from 26 countries and 3 continents. The winner of the event’s Best Fiction Project Award was The Missile. Currently in post-production, the… Read Finnish Film Affair’s awards go to The Missile, Lovable and Showtime in Helsinki »

The Aurora Award goes to Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall’s short film Lizard Brain (Reptilhjärnan). All the competition winners will be screened at Helsinki International Film Festival on Saturday, September 23rd. The R&A Shorts jury has decided the winners of this year’s National Competition. The Swedish-Finnish co-production Lizard… Read The National Competition Winners Are Announced »

The 36th Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy has announced this year’s additional screenings. The re-runs include this year’s festival hits SHOWING UP and SCRAPPER as well as the screening of Pedro Almodóvar shorts STRANGE WAY OF LIFE + THE HUMAN VOICE. Other films receiving additional screenings are the British… Read The HIFF Additional Screenings Are Now on Sale »