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Finnish Film Archive

Film Star Contest by Kinosto (1929)

Seen in the Finnish Film Archive is four screenings of nostalgic short films from the archives of Oy Kinosto and Fennada-Filmi Oy.

Kinosto's film memories from Tampere

Väinö Mäkelä, the creator of the Kinosto group, bought Fennia, a cinema located in Pori, during the fall of 1920. Thus began the story of Kinosto. The cinema company Oy Kinosto was established in Tampere during the spring of 1928. Kinosto, together with its subsidiary companies, was one of the most important film related companies in Finland, and at best they had a total of 22 places of business around the country. Kinosto is one of the companies that merged into Finnkino Oy in 1986.

Together with film showings Kinosto made at least eight short films in Tampere during the years 1928-33. The Finnish Film Archive: Tampere screening includes five unique Kinosto silent short films. Pianist Joonas Raninen will accompany the rare screening. Tragic film memories include the veiling of the monument erected in memory of the victims of Imatra cinema’s fire during the fall of 1928 and the horrible steamship Kuru accident on Lake Näsijärvi in September 1929.

Fennada-Filmi Presents

Hermoprässi (1963)

Also seen in the Finnish Film Archive programme is three screenings titled Fennada-Filmi Presents. It will feature some twenty short films from the archives of Fennada-Filmi Oy. Between the years 1950 and 1979 Fennada made 62 full length features on top of many short films and commercials. One of the films included at the festival is Fennada’s most famous short film, Kaarlo Nuorvala’s Hermoprässi (1963), of which both a film as well as a television version was made. The later won the Grand Prix at the Cannes television competition while the film version was awarded a Jussi statue.

Please note that the Finnish Film Archive screenings won't be subtitled in English.

A related seminar will be held at the Werstas auditorium on Saturday March 6th from 12 to 14 o’clock. Taru Mäkelä, Visa Mäkelä and Raimo Silius will take part in the Kinosto 90-years seminar. Taru Mäkelä’s The Catch (2006), which depicts her family, will be seen after the seminar at about 14 o’clock. The length of the movie is 104 minutes. Admission to the event is free.