The 30th Helsinki International Film Festival took place between the 14th to 24th of September. During this cinema event, named Rakkautta ja Anarkiaa (Love and Anarchy), 175 feature films and 190 shorts were screened. It hosted numerous guests and welcomed 60000 visitors. This year, I decided to publish a piece more peculiar than the usual…
Thinking the Art
Essays, reflections, opinions
Venu Dhupa: Understanding Diversity
Last September 4th, I took part of the seminar EU diversity research report with visiting professor Venu Dhupa organized by Catalysti in Globe Art Point. As her website says, she is an expert in national and international cultural policy and is sought after for her innovative thinking on culture, leadership, diversity and the creative industries. The seminar,…
Flow Festival 2017: Jenny Hval
Vampires. Love. Sex. Gender. Death. Blood. These are some frequented themes in Jenny Hval‘s work. Formerly known as Rockettothesky, Jenny Hval has released numerous albums under her name. Her performance at Flow Festival 2017 was following her latest album Blood Bitch on Sacred Bones Records. Before her set, rain started pouring down outside. People trying…
Flow Festival: why it is one of the most popular events in Helsinki (Eng/Ita)
Flow Festival is a remarkable event involving music, art and culture settled in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. This year, the event took place close to the hub of the city, in Suvilahti, from 11 to 13 August 2017. The festival sold out, hosting more than 75,000 people during the whole three days. I was very…
Nur met Cinemaissí, the Latin American Film Festival
Cinemaissí is a Latin American film festival, held yearly in Helsinki. It lasts around a week and it organizes mostly the screening of films and documentaries from Spanish and Latin American directors. A MAIN TOPIC There is always a main topic. During the 2016 edition, for example, the main subject was the legitimations of the…
The film club: “La Chinoise” by Jean Luc Godard (1967) Eng/Ita
The film club arranged the last meeting before summer on May 3rd. The movie discussed was deeply tough and wryly conceived: we talked about the masterpiece post recognised by Jean-Luc Godard entitled “La Chinoise”, 1967. THE FILM The low-budget film, shot in the interlude of Godard’s apartment, is an adaptation by Fyodor Dostoyevsky‘s novel, The…