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Welcome to the first ever miniature film festival on Instagram!
You have been invited to the premiere. The @aaltoarts Instagram account will feature seven short films from April 26th to May 1st.

This year we celebrate Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture
We have been educating creative professionals for 150 years.

Annual Review 2020: Alumna of the Year is film director Zaida Bergroth
In the annual review of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture success enablers were awarded and the 150th anniversary of higher education in art and design in Finland was launched.

Creating sounds and raising the bar - an interview with Film Sound Designer Iivo Korhonen
Mundane sounds support the characters' personality and Iivo Korhonen is the one recording them. He encourages everyone to dream big, because sometimes that may become your reality.

Francis Ford Coppola: ‘I am a student of cinema’
Aalto University students discussed about cinema with the legendary film director, producer Francis Ford Coppola in Helsinki.

The legendary director Francis Ford Coppola visits Finland at the invitation of ELO and KAVI
During his visit to Finland Francis Ford Coppola will be working together with ELO film school students.

Helene filmed by Rauno Ronkainen nominated in Camerimage main competition
The film tells the story of artist Helene Schjerfbeck primarily through visualization. It's cinematography was awarded the Silver Frog in Camerimage.

Several Finnish Film awards ʵ alumni
At this year's Jussi Gala for Finnish Film many alumni from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography as well as the Department of Design were awarded.

Two new surveys confirm: gender exclusion is still common in the Finnish audiovisual industry
Employment is hindered by lack of networks. Women are also faced with gender-specific negative assessment in funding and production negotiations.

Aalto film students awarded at the HIFF short film awards
Three movies by students from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography were awarded at the HIFF short film awards.

Saara Saarela to direct The Guardian of Water
The movie based on Emmi Itäranta’s award-winning novel Memory of Water has begun filming. The Guardian of Water (Veden vartija in Finnish) is directed by Saara Saarela, professor of film directing at Aalto University.

The film On Hold speaks for empathy
In the making of the documentary careful focus was paid into how to protect the callers’ anonymity and how to deal with hate speech.

Studies in the Design for the Performing Arts major to be relocated from Aalto University to Uniarts Helsinki
Relocating the Design for the Performing Arts major from Aalto University to Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy will strengthen the teaching provided in performing arts: thanks to the change, the subject will soon be offered under the same roof as several other degree programmes in performing arts. Teaching and research in the Production Design and Costume Design majors in the Programme in Design for Theatre, Film and Television will continue to run at Aalto University.

Ekosetti: A Guidebook to Sustainable Audiovisual Production in Finland now available in English
The goal of the guidebook is to promote a more environmentally friendly way of production.

Success for ELO at Tampere Film Festival!
Success and awards to the students, alumni and staff members of the Department of Film, Television, and Scenography at the Tampere Film Festival 4.-8- March 2020

Two books by Aalto ARTS Books were awarded in an international competition
Aalto ARTS Books has received prizes in the International Creative Media Award (ICMA) competition. Both awards came in a series where science and textbooks were awarded: Juuso Koponen's and Jonatan Hildén's work Data Visualization Handbook won gold and Pasi Räbina's Print of Beauty received the “Award of Excellence”, which is awarded for outstanding performance.

A movie as a Dove of Peace
The documentary film, Colombia in My Arms, brings together different perspectives in a unique way in post-peace Colombia.

Aalto ARTS Annual Review celebrated the highlights of 2019
Nine awards and prizes were presented 5 February 2020 at the traditional get-together for Aalto ARTS faculty, staff and students.

The Kone Foundation awarded grants for academic researchers and artists
Bigger grants awarded to the researchers and artists at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture enable longer-term work than earlier.

Creativity Unfolded — a new blog series
Aalto is home to creative minds and we want audiences also outside our community to get inspired by our amazing and innovative work!
