RELATED ACTIVITIES

All activities are subject to change.

DIRECTOR MEETINGS

Meet the directors of Finnish and International Competition!
FESTIVAL CENTRE
Thu March 10, 4pm
Sat March 12, 4.30pm

DISCUSSIONS

Animation Rebels
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Fri March 11, 12am-2pm
Barry Purves (GB), Zbig Rybczynski (USA), Priit Pärn (Estonia)

Documentary Truths
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Fri March 11, 4-6pm
Irena Taskovski (Chech republic), Filip Remunda (Chech republic)


Future of Short Film – Case of British Short Fiction
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Sat March 12, 2-4pm
Simon Ellis (GB), Eila Werning, Sari Volanen (YLE Co-productions), Ulla Simonen (AVEK), Miia Haavisto (SES)

Cuba NOW!
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Sat March 12, 4-6pm
Arturo Sotto (Cuba), Carlos Galiano (Cuba), Arto Halonen (Finland), Alvaro Pardo (Finland), Lotta Ventelä (Finland).

SEMINARS

Finnish Film Market
CINE ATLAS (KOSKIKESKUS)
March 9–11

The Association of Indepentent Producers in Finland (SATU) and The Central Organisation of Finnish Film Producers (SEK) organise an international film market in Tampere. The aim of the Finnish Film Market, organised for the first time, is to support the international sale and distribution of Finnish audiovisual production by inviting the buyers and distributors of European TV channels. Twenty Finnish film and television companies are presenting both their completed productions and forthcoming projects, mainly feature films and television drama. The project is financed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The market is also supported by Finnish Film Foundation (SES), the Finnish Institute in Londonand Finnish Broadcasting Company.

Finnish Film Foundation is also organising a seminar on the international film distribution of film and television productions. The seminar will be held on thursday March 10th at 4pm in Vapriikki auditorium. The speakers in the seminar will talk about their process of selecting productions and the things which affect the distribution. They will also discuss the special aspects and marketing on their own areas. The seminar is aimed at Finnish film producers and television professionals. The seminar is free of charge, but because of the limited number of seats, enrolling in advance is necessary. Enrollment by e-mail: taru_venalainen@yahoo.co.uk.

Further information: Project director Anna Vartiainen, tel. +358408239039.


Literary Tampere in Films
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Sat March 5, 12am
Raimo Silius. Admission free. In Finnish only.
Literary Tampere in films and the works of local authors on the screen. Journalist Raimo Silius hosts the discussion featuring people involved in the making of the Unknown Soldier films, directed by Edvin Laine and Rauni Mollberg. Related short films will also be shown.

Possibilities of Digital Set Design
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Thu March 10, 12am-3pm
Director Zbig Rybczynski talks about the digital design methods used in his films.
Admission free.

Videotivoli Seminar: Animation as Media Education Tool
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
WORKSHOPS: TTVO
FINLAYSONINKATU 7
Fri March 11, 8.30am-5pm
Seminar on animation and media education for education professionals and anyone interested in using animation as a teaching aid. Seminar fee 50 €.

Music Video Workshop
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Fri March 11, 2-4pm
Directors Zbig Rybczynski and Tommi Pietiläinen. Seminar is held in cooperation with Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC). Admission free.

New Digital Distribution Possibilities for Short Film – A European Alternative
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Sat March 12, 10am-2pm
Keynote speaker from the European Parliament, Tilman Scheel (Reelport, Germany), Rosa Maria Gonzalez (Unesco Audiovisual e-platform,France), Lassi Tasajärvi (Pixoff, Finland), Leena Närekangas (Finnish Film Contact, Finland), Mick Hannigan (Cork Film Festival, Ireland), Katariina Lillqvist (Finland), Johannes Lassila (Finnish Film Foundation, Finland). Seminar is held in cooperation with and is sponsored by the European Parliament Information Office in Helsinki. Admission free.

LECTURES

Glimpses of Venezuela
VAPRIIKKI
VETURIAUKIO 4
Sun March 13, 1-2pm
Ilkka Ruohonen, PhD: Magical Venezuela – A Fusion of the Official and the Inofficial Worlds

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Cuba: Mission Against Terror
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Direction: Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo
Lenght: 48 min
Thu March 10, 5pm
Admission free.

Salama (1986)
Direction: Anssi Mänttäri
Length: 48 min
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR, AUDITORIUM,
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Thu March 10, 6-7pm
Sat March 12, 6-7pm
A documentary on novelist Hannu Salama shot during the summer preceding his 50th birthday. The film is not so much a biography as a collection of Salama’s reflections on his work, writing. Admission free.

1950s Films in Vapriikki
VAPRIIKKI
VETURIAUKIO 4
Sat March 12, 12.30am-6pm
1950s film screenings held in cooperation with YLE TV Archive and YLE TV2. Programme subject to change. Admission free.
12.30am Matti Kassila: Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu (1962, 100 min)
2.30pm Jack Witikka: Virtaset ja Lahtiset (1959, 96 min)
4.30pm Matti Kassila: Kuriton sukupolvi (1957, 94 min).

Glimpses of Venezuela
VAPRIIKKI
VETURIAUKIO 4
Sun March 13
Short documentaries by Ilkka Ruohonen PhD related to the exhibition Orinoco – Amazonian Indian Cultures of Venezuela. Vignettes from Venezuela. Director will be present at the screening. Admission free.
2.30pm Episodes of Beauty (On Venezuelan concept of beauty)
Approx. 10 minutes
Short documentary about child models and astonishingly beautiful young Venezuelan women competing in their frilly dresses. Girls and boys learn their roles early in life. In Spanish and English.
3.15pm La risa carnevalesca (”Carnival Laughter”)
Approx. 35 minutes
Documentary on the carnival tradition in the small town of Carúpano. At carnival time, everyone is equal. Carnival is about the sense of freedom. It also gives people a channel for protest. Roughly 200 Venezuelans are killed every year during the carnival. In Spanish and English.
4.30pm Platonic Concept of Hate (On cock fighting )
Approx. 15 minutes
A group of men gather on the outskirts of a small town in Venezuela. This is where cockfights take place. The documentary shows how roosters are prepared for the fight. Once the fight begins, the people in the audience soak up every second, while the birds struggle for their lives.
5.15pm El maíz mágico y los tractores Chinos (”The Magic Maize and Chinese Tractors”).
Approx. 15 min
A team of scientists study the wonder of Venezuelan kitchen, maize. They mingle with the locals and observe the Venezuelan lifestyle with all of their senses. The relaxed documentary only features a voiceover commenting on the scientists’ findings. In Spanish.

EXHIBITIONS

Outi Heiskanen
SARA HILDÉN ART MUSEUM
SÄRKÄNNIEMI
Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

Cast Away
An exhibition on unemployment, poems and photographs.
Story of Generations
A fictional story of a working class family in Tampere from the 1830s to the 1920s.
Industrial Report
Photographs of work and factories in Tampere in the 1960s.
Steam Engine Museum
Sulzer steam engine from 1899, on display in the original engine room.
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR
VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 8, FINLAYSON
Tue-Sun 11am-6pm

Espionage Today and Yesterday
SPY MUSEUM
SATAKUNNANKATU 18
Mon-Fri 12am-6pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm

Who’s Hiding in the Wings? Theatre Puppets Talk
In cooperation with the Museum of Dolls and Costumes.
VAPRIIKKI
VETURIAUKIO 4
Tue, Thu-Sun 10am-6pm, Wed 11am-8pm

Cuban Film Posters
FESTIVAL CENTRE, WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR
Wed 12am-8pm, Thu-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-3pm

FESTIVAL CLUBS

KLUBI
Club Cubano!
Wed March 9, 3pm-3am
Admission free.
Eppu Normaali
Thu March 10, 11pm
SOLD OUT
ELEKTRO – Let’s Festival!
Fri March 11, 10pm-4am
Cleaning Women, Jarmo Saari Solu, Pink Twins, DJ Infekto. Admission 8 €.
Minus
Sat March 12, 11.30am–12am
Music band for children comes to celebrate the Kinderkarten Awarded –screening. Admission free.
ROKK – Let’s Festival!
Sat March 12, 9pm-6am
Pakkahuone, Klubi and terrace. Events all night long all around the building. Films screened include This is Spinal Tap, Depeche Mode Devotional and other classic rock movies. Bands to perform include Absoluuttinen Nollapiste, Kuusumun Profeetta and Ville Leinonen Duo. Admission 14 €.
Film Festival Closing Night Party
Sun March 13, 10pm-3pm
Your favourite records. Festival DJ’s in full swing. Admission free.

LATERNA
Roots ’n’ Soul Club
Fri March 11, 9pm
J. Leino & Bluestroyers, Groovy Eyes. Admission 8 €.

MIXEI
PornoParty
Wed March 9, 3pm–2am
Hot action all night long! Admission 2 €.
Karaoke
Thu March 10, 3pm–2am
Admission free.
Leimari Preparty
Fri March 11, 3pm-10pm
Happy hour all night long! Admission free.
MixeiHitZone
Sat March 12, 3pm–4am
Dj Meke. Admission 5 € (SETA members 3 €).

YO-TALO
Amoral, Total Devastation, Mors Principium Est
Wed March 9, 9pm–3am
Admission 5 €.
Film Festival Party
Thu March 10, 10pm–3am
Admission 2 €. Organised by Tampere School of Art and Media.
Leimarit
Fri March 11, 10pm–4am
Performance by Pola Ivanka. Admission 7 € (SETA members 5 €). Organised by Tampere SETA – Organisation for Sexual Equality.
Alternative Night
Sat March 12, 10pm–4am
DJs Henkka and Mikko. Admission 5 € (Admission free 10-11pm).

TELAKKA
Festival atmosphere day in, day out.

OTHER

Chocolate on your Cheek Poem Video Competition
WAYNE’S COFFEE
Thu March 10, 3-4pm
TV poem show Runoraati announces a poem video competition open to film students. You can have your poem recited by the President, write it with chocolate on a baby’s cheek or animate it to appear among the stars. All styles will be considered. The poem must be written by a living Finnish poet. Finalists will be shown on YLE TV1 Runoraati programme. Poets Sanna Karlström and Otto Grundström will be present at the opening ceremony, as will show host Minna Joenniemi.

ELO Lounge
WAYNE’S COFFEE
Wed March 9, 12am–9pm, Thu March 10 and Fri March 11, 9am–9pm, Sat March 12, 10am–9pm
Student films and information on studies.
Organised by Helsinki University of Art and Design School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design.

Festival TV
Broadcasts on Wed–Sat 5.30–6pm, Finlayson Local TV
A television programme all about the film festival, produced by students at Tampere Polytechnic, School of Art and Media and University of Tampere, department of journalism and mass communication.

Rajamailla (Borderlands)
WERSTAS CENTRAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR
Opening times: see the opening times of the Festival centre
Rajamailla (Borderlands) is a three-screen DVD-installation which takes the Finnish-Russian border as its central theme. The film focuses on the lives of people living on both sides of the border, using fact, fiction and fantasy to investigate how the presence of the border affects their lives.