Tampere Film Festival Youth Jury Award went to Thoughts About Dying (Ajatuksia kuolevaisuudesta, 2012) by Jani Ilomäki. Congratulations!

The Mass of Men directed by Gabriel Gauchet (2012), a fiction from United Kingdom, won the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival International Competition.
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About Thoughts about Dying:
Boy wonders about death.

Eight-year-old Antti is told that his dog should put to sleep. Antti will have his first facing with death, and he begins to think what death means.

The film is director’s (Jani Ilomäki), cinematographer’s (Mikko Parttimaa), producer’s (Julia Elomäki) and production designer’s (Salla Lehtikangas) diploma work in Tampere University of Applied Sciences 2012.

Read more on the film official web site (bilingual Finnish/English)

International Tampere Film Festival March 6-10 2013
Tampere Film Festival is here again! And again films made by TAMK students are seen on the official festival programme.

This year two TAMK films were chosen to the national competition:
CHANSON DU SOLEIL/WHERE IS FRANK? directed by Sakari Lerkkanen.
"Beautiful story about a friendship. Two musicians had played music together every morning for years. One morning other one disappears! Silent film where music is performed by symphony orchestra Puhallinorkesteri oktaavi."
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THOUGHTS ABOUT DYING directed by Jani Ilomäki
"Boy ponders death."
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You can see these films in the screenings as presented on the calendar below.

Kino TAMK and the legenday art&media party on Thursday
TAMK students have traditionally their own screening on the program map, this year the Kino-TAMK Presents is Thursday 10 pm at Tullikamari followed by the legendary TTVO film festival party at Klubi.

ArtMedia Film Festival calendar:

Thursday March 7
2 pm National Competition 9
CHANSON DU SOLEIL
Plevna 5

10 pm Kino TAMK screening
Tullikamari
11 pm Party
Klubi (next door to Tullikamari)

Friday March 8
2 pm National Competition 10
THOUGHTS ABOUT DYING
Plevna 5

Saturday March 9
12 am National Competition 9
CHANSON DU SOLEIL
Plevna 2

4 pm National Competition 10
THOUGHTS ABOUT DYING
Plevna 2

Tickets and more information:
Tampere Film Festival 
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The party poster

Professor Liu Xuguang, Vice-Director of Fine Art Department of Beijing Film Academy and Director of the New Media Art Lab of BFA paid a visit to our school on Friday, right before the opening of his Video Art Exhibition at the Vooninki-hall of TR1.
Our guest discussed the possibilities different forms of cooperation with our Film&Television and Fine Art programmes.

From left: Juhani Alanen from Film Festival (producer of the exhibition), Tianyun Jin-Kuusirinne helped with translations, Professor Liu Xuguang, Head of Film&Television Pertti Näränen, Lecturer of Fine Art Tiiu Baldwin

The reason for Professor Liu Wuguang's visit to Tampere was the opening of the China Experience exhibition, part of Tampere Film Festival programme. Here's some information provided by the Film Festival:

FestArt: China Experience
TR1, Vooninki-sali Feb 16th–March 17th.
Chinese Video Art.
TR1 KUNSTHALLE, VÄINÖ LINNAN AUKIO 13
Tue-Fri 9am–5pm, Sat-Sun 11am–6pm
Tickets 5/1€, free admission on Fridays!

Glimpses of the countless realities of modern China are projected in Vooninki-sali at TR1. The Chinese society is changing fast, but the exhibition still quietly echoes the ancient cultures and Taoist philosophy and spiritualism. In the works of Liu Xuguang, the director of the New Media Art Lab. at Beijing Film Academy, ancient beliefs and myths come alive. Xuguang is inspired by the relationships between human and nature and environment art.

The works by the curator of the exhibition, Tan Tan, create parallel time-space realities, in which the past, present and future are interlaced. The works of both artists share poetic aspects as well as the abundant use of symbolism. In the works of both Xuguang and Tan Tan, ink, the symbol of the entire Chinese society, is a central element.

Liu Xuguang has started his artist's career in the mid-1980s, studied at Universities of the Arts in China and in Japan and is nowadays the director of the New Media Art Lab. at Beijing Film Academy. The curator of the exhibition, Tan Tan, creates parallel time-space realities, in which the past, present and future are interlaced.

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   ISP 2012 :: Teaser Trailer from hermaxx on Vimeo.

It seems that in our fast-changing, crowded with new technologies world, everything is so common that there is nothing to amaze us. But the idea of a unique project organized by TAMK is a challenge. During one week of cutting and lifting ice blocks from a frozen lake in Lapland and assembling them to huge-sized custom-shaped ice screens which are being projected on, students are given the opportunity not only to work with ice in terms of large-scale sculpturing but also to explore new ways and possibilities

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Zou Xueping, Zhang Mengqi and Wu Wenguang. Photo: Sohvi Sirkesalo

Story: GuanJun Liu
The world is changing with really remarkable speed. As Goldman Sachs projected China will have a larger economy than United States in 2027 which was drawn up before the Western financial crisis. Not only China’s economy draws plenty of the West attention, but also China state’s actions, political issues, culture and its dramatic growing international status. However, to some of, or a large scale of people in the west, China is, still, more likely a mystery, as well as massive misunderstanding of this country.

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Animation director Paul Bush gives a talk at TTVO on Friday

TAMK Art and Media (TTVO) makes now its 20th appearance at Tampere International Film Festival. Students, above all film and television students, are taking care of different jobs at the festival, and a high number of study points are made in the seminars and workshops.

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From 'Strange Walls'

We are now making our 20th appearance at Tampere Film Festival! This post will introduce last six of the twelve short films of the  Kino TAMK screening at Tullikamari Thursday March 10th.

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From 'The Lesson'. Photo: Hannu Koivuranta

We are now making our 20th appearance at Tampere Film Festival! This post will introduce first six of the twelve short films of the  Kino TAMK screening at Tullikamari Thursday March 10th.

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The Legendary TAMK Party at Tampere Film Festival is here again and more horrifying than ever. Lose your mind and release your inner zombie on the dance floor of Klubi on Thu, Mar 10 starting at 9 p.m. If you dare?

The horror comes with:
The Friend
Plauge DJ's
VJ's stuua & valone
Tickets: €7 (pre-tickets for students €5)
Age limit: 18

Tickets are sold at the Tampere Film Festival Office (Tullikamarinaukio 2, 2nd floor) starting on Feb 23. In addition, there are tickets sold at the campus of Finlayson on Feb 25 and Mar 7-8 at 8.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. (the cafeteria). Tickets are also sold at the Tamko Office (the Kuntokatu campus).

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Story: Robert Niva
Vettä sakeampaa was filmed in autumn 2010 at Vehkajärvi church. Film´s DVD and TRAILER are now ready. Shortfilm is made by film & television students from TAMK University of Applied Sciences. The film tells a story of love, addiction and difficulty of letting go.

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Story: Minna Orvokki Korhonen
A beautiful death is a short film which is a graduation work for three students from the School of Art and Media. A beautiful death is an experimental film that deals with emotions about losing someone really close to you.

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Ella Tarmo, Elihu Galvan and Heikki Nousiainen

Last week we told that two films by our fine art students are invited to the domestic competition of Tampere Film Festival. (Read the story) Swallow your Fears by Laura Rytkönen was earlier introduced on our blog. Now it is time to introduce Strange Walls by Martta Tuomaala and Mikko Keskiivari:

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From Swallow Your Fear

Altogether about 300 films were offered for the national competition of Tampere International Film Festival this year.

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A film about the fear of stopping

Two TAMK School of Art and Media Films were invited to the national competition of Tampere International Film Festival. Memory of Tomorrow directed by Pekka Saari was introduced yesterday. Now When I Move by Ville Salminen is in turn:

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