Written by Anna Olkinuora Laiha on parempi ihminen asks us why is a person considered somehow better when thin. Thinner is better. It is more beautiful, desirable. Want to be successful? Get thin! Want more friends? Lose some weight! Teatteri Toivo wants to question this and speak up for those who do not fit…
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HELSINKI DOCPOINT2019: Il potere dei documentari
Quest’anno, il festival annuale dei documentari cinematografici internazionali ad Helsinki è iniziato lunedì 28 gennaio e si è concluso domenica 3 febbraio. L’evento è stato inaugurato con la proiezione del documentario Gods of Molenbeek , diretto dalla regista finlandese Reetta Huhtanen. Il film parla della quotidianità di due bambini che vivono nell’area di Molenbeek, una zona di…
HELSINKI DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL 2019: “I don’t hold a weapon, I only carry a camera. That´s a kind of weapon, or at least, that’s what I think”
Article written by Gloria De Felice DocPoint 2019, The Documentary Film Festival in Helsinki started on Monday, January 28, and ended on February 3. The event began through an inauguration party in Bio Rex Cinema with the documentary Gods of Molenbeek by Reetta Huhtanen. The film talks about two young children’s lives in the Molenbeek…
Amos Rex: the new museum in Helsinki. The first exhibition by teamLab: over 150 thousand visitors
written by Gloria De Felice & Mahdi Biagioli It was an early morning of November when we had a chance to visit the Helsinki based now popular museum Amos Rex in the hearth of the capital of Finland. We were tremendously intrigued to check it out. Every day we could observe a long line of…
31st Helsinki International Film Festival: It is a great event, but…
Article written by Gloria De Felice From the 20 to the 30th of September I had the opportunity to visit The International Helsinki Film Festival “Love and Anarchy” (Rakkautta ja Anarkiaa). It´s always a remarkable experience since it gives me the prospect to evolve my cultural and cinematography perspective. I discovered new films from all over…
“Helsinki Calling!” – a peaceful demonstration for human rights
On the 16th of July, there was the memorable meeting between US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin, in Helsinki. On the day before, Sunday, the city center was filled with people from different roots, nationalities, and cultures with a common intention: demonstrate against the meeting of those presidents. The peaceful march…