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• 22.2.2021
• AVEK

There are stories that must be told out loud

Screenwriter and director Suvi West is motivated by a sense of duty. “I usually get a strong feeling, a type of image or vision about a story or topic, that won’t leave me alone. It’s as though it nests inside me until I can let it out in the form of a story.”

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• 12.2.2021
• AVEK

AVEK distributed EUR 3,4 million in 2020: more applications for film support

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, grants have been awarded normally and the number of applications has increased by 17% compared with the previous year. The grant application process has been developed to be more interactive and equal.

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• 10.2.2021
• AVEK

Changes to support guidelines: fixed support sums for the film and media art grants

The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture AVEK support guidelines have changed, and the new guidelines are valid from the beginning of 2021. Read this article for information about the most significant changes.

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• 16.11.2020
• AVEK

Lost Boys and Aalto documentaries unexpected successes in the time of the coronavirus

The top 10 list of the most watched Finnish documentaries has been revised this autumn. No less than two new films supported by AVEK have appeared on the list: Aalto, directed by Virpi Suutari, and Lost Boys, directed by Joonas Neuvonen and Sadri Cetinkaya. This is despite the fact that the coronavirus situation has reduced filmgoing.

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• 18.8.2020
• AVEK

Why choose the easy way when you can choose the hard way?

What fascinates animator Kaisa Penttilä about stop motion is the difficulty and slowness of the work. ‘In general, it would be good if people made everything in the world like animation: slowly and in small amounts. Like cars, cruise ships and clothes.’

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• 24.6.2020
• AVEK

Uncompromisingly experimental film narrative

The film production company Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi is seeking to discover new ways of making cinematic art. We interviewed two of the company’s founders, Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola.

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• 5.2.2020
• AVEK

AVEK increases its emphasis on development support and reveals the new eco support

At the documentary industry’s DocInfo event held on 17 January 2020, we presented some of the changes being made to the types of financial support granted by AVEK. Here is a concise information package about what will change this year and what kind of new developments you can look forward to!

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• 3.2.2020
• AVEK

Milla Moilanen appointed as AVEK’s media art commissioner

AVEK has appointed a new media art commissioner. Milla Moilanen, who has been working in the field of moving pictures for over 30 years, assumed her new position on 3 February 2020.

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• 21.1.2020
• AVEK

In 2019, AVEK promoted sustainable development and media art

AVEK distributed EUR 3.7 million in grants in 2019. During the year, 971 applications were processed, 439 of which received the grant. In the autumn of 2019, the decision-making process already took into account the principles of sustainable development, and this year the responsibility of the productions is also promoted through its own form of support.

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• 16.12.2019
• AVEK

On the trail of Sirkka-Liisa

An estate inspired Elina Talvensaari to make a documentary about time and transience.

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