I feel that it’s my duty to tell certain stories.

Suvi West, screenwriter and director

Art is about dialogue.

Marikki Hakola, media artist and film director

In a book, you can write in a dragon without anyone telling you that you can’t afford it.

Antti Holma, actor, writer and scriptwriter

If you are a filmmaker by profession, you have to be able to earn a living from it.

Kaisa Penttilä, animator and director

Film has enormous unrealised potential for different narrative techniques outside the mainstream.

Mika Taanila, director and producer

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AVEK grants

Applications and final report

Tailwinds for audiovisual culture

We promote diverse Finnish audiovisual culture with copyright remunerations. New documentary films, animations, short films and media art are created with our support. We operate in connection with the Finnish copyright organisation Kopiosto. The majority of our funds come from private copying levies financed from the General State Budget

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16.6.2021

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Paolo Bertolin, programmer at the Venice Film Festival, to select the AVEK award winner in 2021

Italian Paolo Bertolin, festival programmer at the Venice Film Festival, will select the winner of the AVEK Award 2021 from shortlisted entries. Finland’s most significant media art award will be presented on September 30th.

8.6.2021

AVEK

Call for proposals: New talent to Finnish audiovisual branch

We are looking for new talents within film and media art to participate in networking with Finnish production companies.

7.5.2021

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For AVEK, the year 2020 was defined by the pandemic and an increased number of applications

We reacted to the situation caused by the pandemic and remote work by becoming flexible. We changed the focus of support towards personal grants, communicated even more effectively towards the applicants, and maintained a wider international presence. The number of applications increased, even though the internationalisation and training activities stopped almost completely due to the pandemic.

Monica in the South Seas (Testifilmi) by Sami van Ingen and Mika Taanila is a documentary that received production support in January. It tells the story of Monica Flaherty, who looks for herself in the shadow of her world-famous film director father, Robert Flaherty.

Monica tries to build a complete soundtrack for the classic silent documentary Moana (1926), which was created by her parents. She returns to the stage from her early childhood on the paradise island of Samoa after 50 years and spends two weeks there, making field sound recordings for her film.

Monica in the South Seas examines the documentary’s built reality. At the same time, it shines a light through ideologies bound to their time, such as colonialism and questions concerning ethnographic authenticity.

Support decisions for documentary and short films as well as media art are published monthly on our Finnish website. Support issued for training, international promotion, and audiovisual culture are published as quickly as possible after support decision meetings.

Support decisions

How do I send my application to AVEK? Can I apply for support for several works at the same time? Online application system does not work, what to do? How long is the decision-making process? Where should the final report be delivered? You will find the answer for these questions and many others in our FAQ section.

Frequently asked questions