Aalto ARTS Grad Show 2025: ELO shorts & animations
As a special treat, we have some nonstop film & animation screenings of ELO Film School shorts and animations for you. On Monday's, pop in VÄRE Screening room. And check out Marsio Cinema's screening day on 17 September!

Nonstop screenings in Väre Screen Room: pop in!
Mon 22 September at 9-17
Animation screening:
- Kaikki äitini puhelut (10 min, 2021) // Iiti Yli-Harja (dir) MA Animation, puppet animation
- Etsijät, (10’15’’, 2025) // Helena Hyvärinen (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- Closer (8 min, 2024) // Albert Laine (dir) MA Animation, 3D animation
- After Rain (5 min, 2023) // Virve Ranta (dir) MA animation in co-direction with Iro Koivusalo, puppet and 2D animation
- Paula’s House (3’45’’, 2024) // Doreen Mwirigi (dir) RE:Anima, mixed techniques
- Muut ihmiset (8 min, 2023) // Anni Sairio (dir) MA Animation in co-direction with Joonatan Turkki, cut-out animation
- Nalle ikkunassa (5’30’’, 2023) // Erkki Rämet (animation and CGI) MA Animation, direction by Reeta Annala, 3D animation and live action
- Is This Now the Time I Should Let You Go (9 min. 2023) // YiChin Tsai (dir) RE:Anima, Mixed Analog Techniques (Drawn on papers, paint on film)
- HeadRest (3 min 2024) // Heta Okkonen (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- Pliant Beings ( 6 min, 2023) // Mikko Heiskanen (dir) MA Animation , 3D animation
- Maihinnousu (9 min, 2021) // Kaisa Penttilä (dir) MA Animation, puppet animation
- Tape (6 min. 2024) // Wing Ki Hui (Candace) (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- Veteen piirretty (14’58’’ 2025) // Heta Jokinen (dir) MA Animation, Clay, Cut-out and Sand animation
- My Mother Became a Bird (4´35´´, 2023) // Maryam Khalilzadeh, Mixed Analog Techniques (Paint on Glass, Charcoal, Object Animation)
- Muscle Hearts (5’30’’, 2023) // Juho Maurinen (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- The Announced Tragedy (10’20’’ 2023) // Thanut Rujitanont (dir) RE:Anima, hand-drawn on paper
Mon 29 September at 9-17
ELO Shorts:
- MUISTOT LIIKKUVAT KUIN KAUKAISET SAARET (Memories Move Like Distant Islands), documentary, 2025, dir. Saarlotta Virri, MA film, 29’
- ARCTURUS, documentary, 2024, dir. Tuisku Lehto, MA film, 26'
- ISÄN MÄYRÄ (My Father’s Badger), fiction, 2024, dir. Sameli Muurimäki, MA film, 20’
- MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), fiction, 2025, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film, 21’
- MY NAME IS HOPE, fiction, 2025, dir. Sherwan Haji, MA film, 20'
- ILTAVUORO, documentary, 2024, dir. Marlena Matikainen, MA film, 29'
- DE GALLO QUI OVAVIT, documentary, 2024, dir. Nina Forsman, MA film, 15’
- ERITYISEN IKÄVÄ PAIKKA (Special Kinda Bad Feeling), 2024, fiction, dir. Reeta Varpama, MA film, 20’
- PÄÄTTÄMÄTTÖMIEN NAISTEN TUNNUSTUKSIA (Confessions of Undecided Women), animation/documentary, 2024, dir. Milja Härkönen, MA film, 20’
- SUURET TUNTEET (Great Emotions), 2024, fiction, ohj. Veera Lamminpää, MA film, 21’
- ASTRO TV, fiction, 2025, dir. Magdaleena Jakkila, MA film, 29'
Mon 6 October at 9-17
ELO Shorts:
- MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), fiction, 2025, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film, 21’
- MUISTOT LIIKKUVAT KUIN KAUKAISET SAARET (Memories Move Like Distant Islands), documentary, 2025, dir. Saarlotta Virri, MA film, 29’
- ASTRO TV, fiction, 2025, dir. Magdaleena Jakkila, MA film, 29'
- ARCTURUS, documentary, 2024, dir. Tuisku Lehto, MA film, 26'
- MY NAME IS HOPE, fiction, 2025, dir. Sherwan Haji, MA film, 20'
Animations:Kaikki äitini puhelut (10 min, 2021) // Iiti Yli-Harja (dir) MA Animation, puppet animation
- Etsijät, (10’15’’, 2025) // Helena Hyvärinen (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- Closer (8 min, 2024) // Albert Laine (dir) MA Animation, 3D animation
- After Rain (5 min, 2023) // Virve Ranta (dir) MA animation in co-direction with Iro Koivusalo, puppet and 2D animation
- Paula’s House (3’45’’, 2024) // Doreen Mwirigi (dir) RE:Anima, mixed techniques
- Muut ihmiset (8 min, 2023) // Anni Sairio (dir) MA Animation in co-direction with Joonatan Turkki, cut-out animation
- Nalle ikkunassa (5’30’’, 2023) // Erkki Rämet (animation and CGI) MA Animation, direction by Reeta Annala, 3D animation and live action
- Is This Now the Time I Should Let You Go (9 min. 2023) // YiChin Tsai (dir) RE:Anima, Mixed Analog Techniques (Drawn on papers, paint on film)
- HeadRest (3 min 2024) // Heta Okkonen (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- Pliant Beings ( 6 min, 2023) // Mikko Heiskanen (dir) MA Animation , 3D animation
- Maihinnousu (9 min, 2021) // Kaisa Penttilä (dir) MA Animation, puppet animation
- Tape (6 min. 2024) // Wing Ki Hui (Candace) (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- Veteen piirretty (14’58’’ 2025) // Heta Jokinen (dir) MA Animation, Clay, Cut-out and Sand animation
- My Mother Became a Bird (4´35´´, 2023) // Maryam Khalilzadeh, Mixed Analog Techniques (Paint on Glass, Charcoal, Object Animation)
- Muscle Hearts (5’30’’, 2023) // Juho Maurinen (dir) MA Animation, 2D animation
- The Announced Tragedy (10’20’’ 2023) // Thanut Rujitanont (dir) RE:Anima, hand-drawn on paper
Extra-special treat!
Pop-up day of Virtual reality VR works at Väre F lobby, in front of the Screening Room.
Aalto ARTS Grad Show film & animation screening in Marsio Cinema
Wednesday 17 September | 15:00–18:55
Choose your screening or join all three!
15:00 Opening words
15:05 First screening (63 min)
- KAIKKI ÄITINI PUHELUT, puppet animation, 2021, dir. Iiti Yli-Harja, MA Animation, 10 min
- ETSIJÄT, 2D animation, 2025, dir. Helena Hyvärinen, MA Animation, 10 min
- MUISTOT LIIKKUVAT KUIN KAUKAISET SAARET (Memories Move Like Distant Islands), documentary, 2025, dir. Saarlotta Virri, MA Film, 29 min
- AFTER RAIN, puppet and 2D animation, 2023, dir. Virve Ranta (co-direction with Iro Koivusalo), MA Animation, 5 min
- PAULA’S HOUSE, painting animation, 2024, dir. Doreen Mwirigi, RE:Anima, 3 min 45 sec
- NALLE IKKUNASSA, 3D animation and live action, 2023, animation and CGI by Erkki Rämet, dir. Reeta Annala, MA Animation, 5 min 30 sec
16:10 Short break (10 min)
16:20 Second screening (70 min):
- ARCTURUS, documentary, 2024, dir. Tuisku Lehto, MA Film, 26 min
- MUSCLE HEARTS, 2D animation, 2023, dir. Juho Maurinen, MA Animation, 5min 30s
- HEADREST, 2D animation, 2024, dir. Heta Okkonen, MA Animation, 3 min
- PLIANT BEINGS, 3D animation, 2023, dir. Mikko Heiskanen, MA Animation, 6 min
- ASTRO TV, fiction, 2025, dir. Magdaleena Jakkila, MA Film, 29 min
17:30 Short break (15 min)
17:45 Third screening (80 min):
- MUUT IHMISET, cut-out animation, 2023, dir. Anni Sairio, MA Animation, 8 min
- TAPE, 2D animation, 2024, dir. Wing Ki Hui (Candace), MA Animation, 6 min
- MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), fiction, 2025, dir. Helmi Donner, MA Film, 21 min
- VETEEN PIIRRETTY, clay, cut-out and sand animation, 2025, dir. Heta Jokinen, MA Animation, 15 min
- THE ANNOUNCED TRAGEDY, 2023, dir. Thanut Rujitanont, RE:Anima, 10 min
- MY NAME IS HOPE, fiction, 2025, dir. Sherwan Haji, MA Film, 20 min
18:55 End
Interested in animations only?
Animation screenings in a nutshell:
- Aalto ARTS Grad Show Opening night, Wed 3 September, Väre screen room from 15:30 –
- Wed 17 September, Marsio Cinema, at 15–18:55
- Mon 22 September, Väre screen room, at 9–17
- Mon 6 October, Väre screen room, at 9–17
Special treat! Addition to this screening, a curated set of VR works will be presented in Väre F lobby, in front of the screening room.