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The Nordic Council Film Prize lifts Sentimental Value among the classics of Nordic cinema
For the first time in the history of the Nordic Council prizes, all five awards went to the same country: Norway. The Nordic Council Film Prize winner is Sentimental Value, which the Jury regarded as an “instant classic of Nordic cinema.” Director Joachim Trier and screenwriter Eskil Vogt won the Nordic Council Film Prize ten…
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The Adams Family in the wilderness
The horror film Mother of Flies deals with the fight for life in true indie manner while celebrating nature and its order. Toby Poser and John Adams, along with their two adult daughters Lulu and Zelda Adams, are playfully known as The Adams Family. The American family makes quintessentially independent cinema: they direct, screenwrite, produce,…
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Documentary on Israeli war crimes will have an additional screening
The Love & Anarchy Afters will be held on Saturday 3 October. In addition to the earlier announced NAZA screening, there will be another one. The directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor won an Oscar for their previous documentary No Other Land (R&A 2024) which depicted the demolition of a Palestinian village on West Bank.…
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Love & Anarchy is over – Welcome to Love & Anarchy Afters with audience favourites and the documentary event of the year
Love & Anarchy film festival, which ended on Sunday, achieved its highest attendee numbers of the 2020s. This year, film lovers were drawn to devils and samurai, sex and concrete, as well as popstars and award-winning filmmakers. Impressive works will also be screened next weekend at the Love & Anarchy Afters where Finnish audiences will…
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Answer the visitor survey!
What events did you take part in? Through which channels did you hear about the festival? Do you have any feedback? The visitor survey is your chance to tell about your festival experience this year. It takes only 5–10 minutes to fill out, and it might have an influence on future festivals. The survey is…
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Watch National Competition films online
A selection of Finnish short films from R&A’s National Competition is available for viewing until October 18. The viewing platform is provided by Cyon.media. You can access the films through the links below. The films are not geo-blocked, meaning they can be watched anywhere in the world. Each film can be viewed for €3.99. The…
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Young Filmmakers, Baby Horror, and organ music at Love & Anarchy
R&A x Yle: fml The clock struck 1 PM on Wednesday as the short film screening organised together with Love & Anarchy and Finland’s national public broadcasting company Yle started in Bio Rex Lasipalatsi. All four films from the fresh series titled fml were shown: Gap, Repale, Misstakes Misstakes and Emilia tahtoo bailaa. These short…
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King Lear meets Alzheimer’s disease in Búi Dam’s documentary
Director Búi Dam made the documentary Birita about his mother. In the film, family, arts, aging, illness and birth connect in their different forms. Birita is in competition for Nordic Council’s Film Prize. Faroese Búi Dam is directing a play of Shakespeare’s King Lear. The lead of the play is a long-standing actress Birita Mohr.…
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Estonian youth looking for meaningful life
Rolling Papers paints a picture of Estonian youth living in constant present while also being at a turning point. Director Meel Paliale thinks cinema can be more than a strictly defined story that the viewer follows. Sebastian (Mihkel Kuusk) is having a transformational summer. He meets a free soul Silo (Karl Birnbaum), whose company makes…
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28 Days Left won the top prize at Love & Anarchy’s short film competition
Love & Anarchy’s short film programmer Annu Suvanto was pleasantly surprised with the variety of styles and genres in his year’s National Competition. It was a very high quality selection this year, she says. “Short films are an inseparable and an important part of film culture. They deserve support and attention. We at Love &…