Jani Ilomäki, student of our Degree Programme in Film and Television, is the winner of the Blue Sea Film Festival Golden Baltic Herring Award last weekend.

His film "Awakening" also won the first prize in the student film competition of the festival. The jury statement was: “The story-telling was poetic, entertaining and concise. The story poetically illustrated one of the more profound and personal moments in the development of a child.”

The synopsis of the film is: "A boy sees a girl. A girl sees a boy"

In addition his also his films Juurtuneet (In a Rut) and Ajatuksia kuolevaisuudesta (Thoughts about dying) were invited to the festival.

Also next weekend will be very busy for Jani, he's one of the key organisators of the Reikäreuna Film Festival, 5-8 September 2013, Orivesi

Congratulation and good luck, Jani!

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The second photography exhibition of our cinematography students is open in the giant drum washer at our main entrance this and next week.

This is their statement: 
"Same basis, different results.

At first there was the song "Wait" by M83. The song was the inspiration and from there we went to different directions. In the end we came together as an exhibition.

The exhibitors are third and fourth grade cinematography students from Tampere University of Applied Sciences."

TAMK celebrated World Water Day on March 21st 2013. Second year Film and Television students got a task to create some 1.5 min. films  using the Quick and Green -method.

The main character begs the pastor for aid with the apple flavoured mineral water

The films were done fast and the shooting lasted only one day. The film production adapted more environment friendly methods.

Juho Aittanen, director of the film Omenavichy (Apple flavoured mineral water) describes the process:

"So we made a sketch for the World Water Week. The assignment was to make a 1,5 minute short film which could be shot in a day and would address the subject of water.

With a rebellious attitude our group decided that we would make the connection to Water Week as far fetched as possible.

In the end after a couple of missteps (an 8 hour brainstorming session ending with a plot for a 30 minute spy-thriller about water wars) the end product is surprisingly not a disgrace of my short career. Come to think of it I kind of fancy it."