Article written by Gloria De Felice Helsinki International Film Festival “Love&Anarchy” is the most popular cinema festival in Helsinki. It lasts around 10 days. It offers different movies from all around the world, giving the biggest focus on nowadays society through filming. Most of the movies have English subtitles. They also organize forum discussions…
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Finnish youth are meeting to form a new model of society
Article written by Thierry Francis Mbabane, pictures courtesy of Jussi Vierimaa, video by Thierry Francis Mbabane. Young people living as a minority in Finland create new spaces to communicate with other youth in order to protect democracy. It was April 2019 that I visited Sibelius Museum in Turku and witnessed the launch of Sahwira Literature Rhythms…
BodyTalks – Questioning the importance of thinness through theatre
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…
Laiha on parempi ihminen – kehopositiivisia keskusteluja
Artikkelin on kirjoittanut Anna Olkinuora Teatteri Toivon viimeisin, Laiha on parempi ihminen, pureutuu kehopositiivisuuden ajankohtaiseen maailmaan, ja kysyy miksi (vieläkin) laiha on parempi. Näyttämöllä annetaan ääni kahdelle hahmolle, jotka ovat laihtuneet paljon ja nyt käyvät läpi lihavuuteen liittyviä asenteita, stigmoja, sekä ihmettelevät miten lihava joutuu vastaamaan ulkopuolisille valinnoistaan, vähättelyn kohteeksi lääkärissä ja kuinka laihempana saa…
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…
Hay Fever: Esirippu aukeaa!
Artikkelin on kirjoittanut Anna Olkinuora Englanninkielinen artikkeli Hay Fever by Noël Coward Directed by Adrian Goldman Produced by The Finn-Brit Players and Passport Theatre Stephanie Carlson (Judith Bliss), Demian Stimson (David Bliss), Hosanna Megumi (Sorel Bliss), Mikael Kivimäki (Simon Bliss), Jess Hollmeier (Myra Arundel), Alistair Logan (Richard Greatham), Elina Jackson (Jackie Coryton), Todd Elliott (Sandy Tyrell), and Sophie Michaud (Clara). Vierailin…
Viaggio nel tempo con Ippolito Caffi al Museo Sinebrychoff
Articolo scritto da Gloria De Felice Versione in Inglese: clicca qui Avete mai sognato di intraprendere un viaggio nel tempo e di scoprire com’erano alcune città europee durante la metà del 1800, con un´attenzione particolare agli usi e costumi dell´epoca? Durante quel periodo, ormai la maggior parte dei pittori stava sperimentando nuove tecniche artistiche, visto…