The 23rd Helsinki International Film Festival ? Love & Anarchy launches off on the 16th September with the total line up of 125 films. International filmmaker guests attending the festival include film producer Christine Vachon and directors Silvio Soldini, Janus Metz and Jaco van Dormael.Christine Vachon (Happiness; Kids; I?m Not There) will be arriving to Helsinki as a guest both to the festival and to the Faculty of Cinematic Arts at the Aalto University. Vachon will be presenting her new fil...

The 10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival honored one of the most important directors of the new generation of Finnish documentary makers, Arto Halonen. The special event took place on the evening of Tuesday, March 11, in the Olympion's Pavlos Zannas theater. Introducing the Guest of Honor, the Director of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Dimitris Eipides said: "Each year, it is the tradition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival to honor the work of a distinguished documentary ma...

DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival awards Jörn Donner, the noted Finnish talent of cinema and a documentary film maker, with Apollo Award at the upcoming DocPoint Festival for his contributions to Finnish documentary cinema. To celebrate the award the festival showcases a selection of Donner’s films. DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival is held 23rd-28th January 2008 and the Apollo Award will be given to Donner at the festival opening in Bio Rex, Helsinki on January 23rd.T...

REVIEW OF THE OFFICIAL SECTION IN COMPETITION"The Three Rooms of the Melancholia" directed by Pirjo Honkasalo.This year diverse proposals in the official section in competition have appeared, among them stands out: The Three Rooms of the Melancholia directed by Pirjo Honkasalo, from Helsinki. Pirjo stands out as an excellent documentalist what is demonstrated in his film. The Three Roms of the Melancholia is a different documentary about the war between Chechen and Russians. The first room shows...