Nationwide R&A Tour Offers Children’s Films

The R&A Tour organised by Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy Association is focusing this season on European children’s films. The films can be booked and screened between October 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026. The tour films can be ordered by, for example, cinemas, film clubs, events, and municipal cultural services.

Love & Anarchy Festival’s School Kino (Pulpettikino) programme for children and young people can now also be seen in other parts of Finland. Launched in 2011, School Kino project aims to encourage a new generation of viewers to discover cinema and to promote film education in schools and municipalities. Over the years, the activity has expanded from a few festival screenings into a significant School Kino screening series that now reaches audiences nationwide.

This season’s programme includes two feature films with Finnish subtitles: the Latvian animated film Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (recommended for grades 3–6) and the Norwegian youth film Los Bando (recommended for grades 6–9). Please note the films do not have English dialogue or subtitles.

The line-up also includes the hugely popular School Kino Shorts (recommended for children aged 3 and up in early childhood education, as well as for grades 1–2), curated annually for over ten years for the festival’s youngest audiences. The half-hour short film compilation offers a delightful selection of fresh European animations. As the films contain no dialogue, the colourful screening is perfectly suited for the very smallest viewers while still engaging early school-aged children. 

Educational materials prepared by Koulukino – School Cinema Association are available for all the films (in Finnish).

The films can be booked and screened between October 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026. They are available to cinemas nationwide, film clubs, various events, and municipal cultural services. The tour films are provided in DCP format and delivered to the screening venues via Gofilex digital distribution service. The School Kino Shorts compilation is also available as a video file. A screening fee is charged per showing (200€ + VAT 24%).

More information and bookings:
Outi Rehn, Head of Programme
outi@hiff.fi
050 372 1607