Our annual festival - Tampere Art Factory (TAF) - was in May, but much of the student works seen there are still visible online. In this posting we present the films that were shown at TAF which can be understood without knowledge of Finnish language or with subtitles in English.

One of the three focus areas of TAMK University of Applied Sciences research and development activities is Digital Services and Technologies. Ubimedia is one of the most interesting future area of digital media applications. Organising a worldwide competition in Ubimedia enables us to analyse the newest trends and innovations in this field.

Yritä ees! (Hey Please!)
Documentary film by Maiju Asikainen
YLE TV2 Documentaryproject
29 July 10:50 pm

The ninth film produced by TAMK School of Art and Media which is shown on YLE channels in July is Hey Please!, Maiju Asikainen's graduation work.

MAAVARA (Ride Height) Galleria Ferrodrum
Tartu Kultuuritehas
Pikk 58/62, 2nd floor
Tartu, Estonia

Finnish national broadcasting company YLE Documentary Project shows on July 22 seven TAMK School of Art and Media documentaries with the title "Tulevaisuuden tekijät"(Makers of the Future) on channel 2.

Our friends at International Center for New Media remind us about the final deadline of EUROPRIX on July 31:

"All you have to do is to click on www.europrix.org, complete the registration process and you could fulfil all your hopes and dreams of recognition and success.

If I Fall (Jos kaadun) TV1 Tuesday 14.7.2009 2:00 - 2:15 pm

If I Fall, a shortfilm written and directed by graduate from TAMK School of Art and Media, Hannaleena Hauru, will be screened on TV1 on Tuesday. The film is Hannaleena's graduation work. At the moment she continues her studies as majoring in scriptwriting in School of Motion Picture UIAH - in Helsinki.

ARS VIIKINSAARI 09
Environmental Art Exhibition
12.7.-15.8.2009
In July daily, not on Mondays in August
Departure from Laukontori harbor every hour
Boat tickets: Adults 8 €, senior citizens and students 7 €, children (age 4–17) 4 €.

Looking at the credits of the short films made at Tampere School of Art and Media this and last year you notice that the composer is often Michael Law. This was obvious at Tampere Art Factory festival in May; the music score was made by him in six of the films screened. Michael Law has composed the music e.g. for Hera by Sanni Rajapolvi and Sideline by Maria Kaurismäki, both presented earlier in this blog. He has also done a lot of projects that are not related to our school.