Considered the largest film festival in Mexico the Expresion en Corto Short Film Festival run annually since 1997 has morphed this year into the International Film Festival of Guanajuato. Held from July 22 – August 2, the festival has further expanded drawing more visitors and adding more programs in spite of economic constraints. According to the latest figures, an audience of close to 90 000 attended this primarily publicly funded festival which received about 2500 submissions from more than...
Distinctive Finnish documentaries at DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film FestivalThe Finnish documentary films for the 2010 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival have been selected. The Jury selected 15 films for the New Finnish Documentary Films programme and 9 films for the Finnish Film Schools programme. In addition, one Finnish film will be included in the Special Screenings and one in the Arrivals programme.The ninth annual DocPoint festival will take place in various cinemas aroun...
The 6th edition of DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival takes place in 24-28th of January 2007. Accreditation for the festival has started on the festival’s website
The jury of DocPoint’s domestic programme has made its selection. This year’s jury included DocPoint’s artistic director Kristina Schulgin, journalist and director Reijo Nikkilä, director Pia Andell, author Sofi Oksanen and member of Finnish parliament Ilkka Taipale.
Films selected for DocPoint’s New Finnish Docume...
The 6th edition of DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival takes place in 24-28th of January 2007. Accreditation for the festival has started on the festival’s websiteThe jury of DocPoint’s domestic programme has made its selection. This year’s jury included DocPoint’s artistic director Kristina Schulgin, journalist and director Reijo Nikkilä, director Pia Andell, author Sofi Oksanen and member of Finnish parliament Ilkka Taipale.Films selected for DocPoint’s New Finnish Documenta...
DocPoint raises the curtain today for five days of excellent documentary films. The opening film of the festival is Y in Vybord by Pia Andell, a fascinating story of an architect couple separated by the second world war. Andell used original correspondence and film material to create a glimpse into the personal side of history, as many Finnish families shared their experiences. Another premiere today is Miia Jonkkas Keijupuisto – Home of the Homeless, a peek into the lives of the residents at ...
The 5th edition of DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival takes place in January 25-29th, 2006. Let’s celebrate!NEW FINNISH DOCUMENTARIESDocPoint screens a selection of the best new Finnish documentary films every year. For our 5th edition, 18 films were selected to the programme. The selction was made by a preselction jury.Films chosen to the programme are:Child in Time by Kai Nordberg (37 min)The Magician of America by Sami Kuokkanen (51 min)Y in Vyborg by Pia Andell (50 min)The Sea...
