Nordic Nights: An Evening of Short films from Finland

Selected shorts showcase a variety of styles and talent from filmmakers from Finland.

Highlights of the coming program: Multi-award winning animation Nun or Never by Heta Jäälinoja, about disrupted harmony when a nun finds a man in the garden.  Trailer      The Match looks at the mind games that are part of even supposedly friendly matches and how quickly the tables can be turned in the intense world of even amateur tennis.  Director Pia Andell is an avid player as are her two leads Nina Hukkinen and Milka Ahlroth.   Juho Kuosmanen has been fascinated by early Finnish cinema.  He has even reconstructed the very first Finnish film from 1907 based on partial script and other material about moonshiners and bootleggers.  His Painting Sellers (2010) and Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016) have been screened earlier at Nordic Nights.  His silent short A Planet Far Away (Kaukainen planeetta) is a sweet charming story he calls a fairy tale for adults about a brother and sister who take care of a lighthouse on a small island.   Jussi Eerola is an award winning filmmaker whose experimental short, Grasshopper(Link to another website.), takes us to a bouncy discolights rave in an abandoned building.

More titles to come, selection process ongoing. Screening Tuesday January 30 at 7 pm.  Immediately following, join us for discussion with Professor Pierre Tremblay from School of Image Arts. This Nordic Nights screening will be a hybrid event with a limited number of in-person attendees and also simultaneously streamed on-line through Zoom. Use the Zoom registration link to register to the event and let us know whether you would like to attend the movie screening in person. Attendees will be chosen first come first serve until the limited number of spots is full. Registration to watch the Nordic Nights screening on Zoom is required and can be done HERE 

 

Note: the Nordic Nights event is FREE but donations are welcome!

Suggested Donation Amounts

Option 1 $10.00 CAD Option 2 $5.00 CAD Option 3 $25.00 CAD Option 4 $100.00 CAD

 

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