25th Helsinki International Film Festival
Love & Anarchy

20.–30.9.2012

Submitting a film for the 2012 festival:

Please send a short synopsis and production notes of your film to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by the 30th of June, 2012. We will accept screeners for consideration only by invitation.

This year's festival magazine will be published on the 16th of August.

The screening schedule will be published here on our website on the 7th of September. The presale of festival passes and catalogues will also begin on the 7th of September.

Single tickets will be available from the 12th of September, also online.

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Founded in 1988, the Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy has been held annually ever since. The aim of Finland’s biggest film festival is to promote the artistry of filmmaking alongside inventive, controversial and visually stunning new films. The festival also seeks to screen films that would otherwise not be seen in Finnish theatres.

The festival programme consists of new films from well-known filmmakers and fresh talents alike. In its first few years the programme was heavily focused on Japanese and Hong Kong films. Since then, the programme has evolved; Asian films still play a part but films from all other continents feature too. The ideological godfathers of the festival aren’t too tough to pick out – Wong Kar-wai, Spike Lee, Peter Greenaway, Gaspar Noé, John Woo, David Cronenberg, Takeshi Kitano, Todd Solondz, Takashi Miike and Hayao Miyazaki are all names that pop up in the festival programme year and decade after another.

During its 24-year lifespan, the Helsinki International Film Festival has expanded from two theatres to 12 screens and established itself as an 11-day homage to cinema. In 1988 the festival screened 26 films. Nowadays the programme consists of around 140 feature films and 80 short films. The screenings take place in the fine theatres and traditional film sanctuaries of Helsinki. Last year’s (2011) festival had over 54 000 visitors.

Each year HIFF invites important filmmakers to speak about their work and meet both audiences and industry professionals. In past years the festival has had the honour of welcoming guests such as Danny Boyle, John Woo, Gaspar Noé, Tilda Swinton, Jan Kounen, Aleksandr Sokurov, Baz Luhrmann, Philip Ridley and Nicolas Winding Refn.

Finland’s most widely observed film festival is organized by Helsinki International Film Festival ry. The chairman of the board is Mr. Pekka Lanerva.

Helsinki International Film Festival is organized with the support of the City of Helsinki and The Finnish Film Foundation.

Contacts:

Helsinki International Film Festival

Love & Anarchy
PO Box 889, 00101 Helsinki

Street address: Mannerheimintie 22-24
Tel.09-684 35230,
Fax 09-684 35232
www.hiff.fi
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Producer:
Sara Norberg
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Tel +358 9 684 35233

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