J-P Valkeapää’s new film straight from Cannes to the Midnight Sun Film Festival
Finnish film maker guests attending the 34th Midnight Sun Film Festival include the Cannes director J-P Valkeapää, actor Hannu-Pekka Björkman;... View Article
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Pernilla August, Arnaud Deslepchin, Fernando Meirelles and other top international names to grace Midnight Sun Film Festival
In addition to Pernille August, one of Sweden’s brightest star actors/directors, and French auteur Arnaud Desplechin, the 34th Midnight Sun... View Article
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Silent Film Concerts 2019
The 34th Midnight Sun Film Festival’s (12.–16.6.2019) highly anticipated silent film concerts introduce a British melodrama and a striking Soviet... View Article
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June 16th – On Saturday the festival crowd played football and sang love songs
Saturday’s morning discussion was with director Barbet Schroeder. After the discussion the School screened Schroeder’s Maîtresse (1976). Starring the wonderful... View Article
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June 17th – Morning Discussion with José Luis Guerín
This year’s final morning discussion was with Spanish director José Luis Guerín, who is fluent in French. The interview was... View Article
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The Midnight Sun Film Festival comes to a close with the ecstatic atmosphere of sold out screenings
The Midnight Sun Film Festival comes to a close this Sunday with eagerly awaited re-screenings. During the five festival days... View Article
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14.6. The Sounds of Space in Cinema seminar – Buzzing, Static Noise and Low Frequency Growling
The worlds of art and science came together on Thursday June 14th at the Sodankylä Municipality House. At The Sounds... View Article
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June 15th – Friday offered the emotional spectrum of great masters
Friday morning started off with Olaf Möller interviewing Dominik Graf, the master of German genre films and tv productions. The... View Article
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June 6th – Morning Discussion with Barbet Schroeder
Veteran director Barbet Schroeder was the guest at Saturday’s morning discussion at the Kitisenranta school. Schroeder’s films deal with extreme... View Article
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June 15th – Morning Discussion with Dominik Graf
During Friday’s morning discussion Olaf Möller interviewed the German director Dominik Graf. Graf is a relatively unknown director outside German-speaking... View Article
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