Uutisarkisto: 2024

Espoo Ciné Recommends: There’s Still Tomorrow

02.12.2024

On 12 Dec, the Espoo Ciné Recommends series presents There’s Still Tomorrow, also seen as the opening film at this year's festival.

Espoo Ciné Christmas Ticket Bundles now on sale!

02.12.2024

Christmas ticket bundles can be used to redeem tickets for Espoo Ciné screenings. The Christmas ticket campaign is valid until December 31, 2024. The next Espoo Ciné will take place from August 22 to...

Espoo Ciné Recommends: The Apprentice

02.10.2024

On 10 Oct, the Espoo Ciné Recommends series presents The Apprentice, delving into the early career of Donald Trump.

Big thank you from Espoo Ciné!

03.09.2024

The 35th Espoo Ciné has been successfully completed, and now it's time to warmly thank all film lovers who visited the festival. A big thank you also to all the supporters and volunteers, without...

Je'vida won Poster Ciné competition

29.08.2024

The Poster Ciné competition, which celebrates domestic film poster art, culminated yesterday in the Finnish Gala Premiere. The competition was won by Pauliina Heikkinen's poster from the movie...

Interview with Director Andreas Dresen

25.08.2024

One of the central directors in today’s Germany, Andreas Dresen, sat down with Espoo Ciné for a brief chat. In this article we talk about directing, the state of film in Germany, as well as the...

Espoo Ciné Award to Laura Birn

23.08.2024

The Espoo Ciné’s signature award was given today at the festival’s opening ceremony to actress Laura Birn. The award is given annually to an individual or entity that has contributed to promoting...

Movie Recommendations from Espoo Ciné by Film Tonight!

23.08.2024

Helsinki based film collective Film Tonight! examined the extensive programme of Espoo Ciné, and carefully handpicked their eight favorite films. Check out their recommendations from this article!

Guests at Espoo Ciné 2024

20.08.2024

This year Espoo Ciné welcomes distinguished guests to the festival such as the renowned contemporary German director Andreas Dresen, the accomplished actress Laura Birn, as well as the experimental...

Espoo Ciné goes Japan

19.08.2024

Besides new European cinema, this year's Espoo Ciné features also a selection of Japanese films.

Your Ciné culminates on Friday, 23 August

14.08.2024

The Your Ciné idea competition, held for the third time and aimed at filmmakers at the beginning of their careers, will culminate on the opening day of Espoo Ciné on 23 August.

Espoo Ciné Recommends: Green Border

11.08.2024

Next in the Espoo Ciné Recommends series, perhaps the most important political film of last year, Green Border, is screened. Its subject matter is relevant anywher, but also sheds light on Finland's...

Crip Ciné Gala Screening will feature documentary film The Ride Ahead

07.08.2024

The Crip Ciné series sets rigid perceptions of disability in motion. The feature film of Crip Ciné 2024 is festival hit The Ride Ahead, which depicts a young man’s journey towards living a life on...

Espoo Ciné opens with the Italian hit There's Still Tomorrow

01.08.2024

The Espoo Ciné 2024 programme has been released! The Finnish Gala Première is Butterflies by Jenni Toivoniemi, and the festival will conclude with Lee by Ellen Kuras.

Juho Kuosmanen's Silent Trilogy will be presented at Espoo Ciné

23.07.2024

Juho Kuosmanen's silent film trilogy, which has gained a cult following abroad, will be shown at Tapiola Church on Sunday 25 August.

Outdoor Screenings at Espoo Ciné: My Neighbor Totoro & Once Upon a Time in a Forest

17.07.2024

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Poster Ciné Awards the Gems of Domestic Movie Poster Art

08.07.2024

The Poster Ciné competition, organized for the second time, aims to celebrate domestic movie poster art. This year, the finalist posters are from the movies Lynx Man, Je’vida, Máhccan – Homecoming,...

Espoo Ciné Recommends: The First Day of My Life

03.07.2024

In July’s screening of Espoo Ciné Recommends, life is given one more chance.

Kisses in front of the movie theater – The 2024 look has been released!

01.07.2024

The kissing characters in front of Kino Tapiola are the work of artist Teemu Keisteri, also known as Windows95man.

Espoo Ciné 2024 is Approaching – The First Programme Reveals are Out

05.06.2024

Among others, the 2024 programme will feature the Palestinian film Bye Bye Tiberias and the anime hit Blue Giant.

Espoo Ciné Recommends: Hammarskjöld

12.04.2024

Our pick for May's Espoo Ciné Recommends series is not only a political drama but also a skillfully crafted portrayal of the peak years of Dag Hammarskjöld's career as the Secretary-General of the...

Espoo Ciné Recommends: The Taste of Things

21.03.2024

In April's screening of Espoo Ciné Recommends series, love simmers on the stove.

The 2024 Your Ciné Idea Competition is aimed at early-career BIPOC creators

19.03.2024

The idea competition Your Ciné, held for the third time, invites BIPOC artists to refine their film and TV series ideas together with mentors. The competition will take place on May 30-31, 2024...

Dates for Espoo Ciné 2024

28.02.2024

The 35th Espoo Ciné film festival will be held from August 23 to September 1, 2024.

New Screening Series: Espoo Ciné Recommends

26.01.2024

From February onwards, Espoo Ciné recommended movies will be showcased at Kino Tapiola once a month.

Uutisarkisto: 2023

Crip Ciné receives Kunnia-Vimma honorable mention

01.12.2023

The human rights organization for people with disabilities, The Threshold Association (Kynnys ry), has awarded Espoo Ciné’s Crip Ciné with Kunnia-Vimma honorable mention.

Interview with Your Ciné winner Maaret Louhelainen

15.11.2023

Helsinki-based screenwriter Maaret Louhelainen won the second edition of Your Ciné Idea Competition held last August. Louhelainen’s winning concept Echo Beach ¬– Me ei mennä ikinä naimisiin (Echo...

OUR WARMEST THANKS FOR ESPOO CINÉ 2023!

29.08.2023

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Interview with Mia Engberg

21.08.2023

Espoo Ciné sat down with our guest of this year, director Mia Engberg.

Espoo Ciné award goes to Aamu Film Company - Your Ciné competition celebrates diversity in cinema

18.08.2023

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The inaugural Poster Ciné competition celebrates domestic film poster art

16.08.2023

The inaugural Poster Ciné competition celebrates domestic film poster art for the first time!

Foreign guests: Mia Engberg ja Ella Glendining

11.08.2023

Swedish director and producer Mia Engberg and English director and screenwriter Ella Glendining are this years foreign guests of honour.

Troublesome Desires

11.08.2023

Troublesome Desires theme seeks to find space for friction and conflicting desires.

The programme for 2023 has been released!

03.08.2023

Espoo Ciné's programme for the year 2023 has now been published. As usual, it offers European diversity, new gems, and encounters that challenge prejudices – a celebration of cinema!

Special Summer Edition of Screening Card on sale!

26.07.2023

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Bodom Blue Moon-night screening at Kino Tapiola on August 26-27!

11.07.2023

The night screening from last year continues! This year, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Children of Bodom's album "Hate Crew Deathroll"!

Espoo Ciné wishes everyone a delightful Pride Week!

26.06.2023

Espoo Ciné wishes all movie lovers a delightful Pride Week.

Your Ciné competition reaches out to the LGBTIQ+ community in 2023

05.05.2023

What stories and characters are missing from the screens? What would your film be like, Your Ciné?

Ciné visiting -tour in Espoo libraries

11.04.2023

Ciné visiting -tour will be organised already in May this year at five different libraries around Espoo.

Doc Lounge Espoo: Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power 9.3. klo 17.15 Kino Tapiolassa

27.02.2023

Tämän dokumentin nähtyäsi et enää koskaan katso elokuvia niin kuin ennen!

Uutisarkisto: 2022

Customer survey 2022: How did we succeed?

07.09.2022

How was your Espoo Ciné experience this year? Where did we succeed and how could we develop the festival?

A celebration of European diversity at its best – thank you!

06.09.2022

The 33rd Espoo Ciné film festival celebrated the diversity of European and domestic cinema for a week from August 29 to September 4, 2022 in cinemas in Espoo and Helsinki. Espoo Ciné thanks all its...

Tips for the festival weekend

02.09.2022

There is still one weekend left to enjoy Espoo Ciné's European films around Espoo and at Cinema Orion in Helsinki!

The Espoo Ciné festival has started!

29.08.2022

Welcome to enjoy European cinema and the festival atmosphere, because this week we celebrate the Espoo Ciné film festival from Monday, August 29, until Sunday, September 4!

Girl power at Espoo Ciné!

23.08.2022

Girls will take over Espoo Ciné's screens, when the festival's programme will show no less than 14 films that are part of the Girls series!

Celebrating European cinema and diversity in Espoo Ciné's programme 2022!

09.08.2022

The programme of the festival that celebrates European cinema has now been announced!

Participate in Your Ciné idea competition 29.6.–26.7.!

28.06.2022

What stories and characters are missing from the screens? What would your film be like, Your Ciné? Participate in Your Ciné idea competition!

Night cinema Alexi Laiho – End of Fucking Story in Kino Tapiola, Sept 3 and 4, 2022

21.06.2022

Espoo Ciné dedicates its night cinema to the memory of guitar legend Alexi Laiho. The event will take place in Kino Tapiola between Sept 3 and 4, 2022.

Search for volunteers has started

14.06.2022

Volunteer and be one of the heroes of Espoo Ciné!

New festival year with new tricks – and a new look!

09.06.2022

Espoo Ciné brings the European atmosphere to Espoo again, between Aug 29 and Sept 4 2022 – welcome to join the fun!

Doc Lounge Espoo: Returning to Reims (Fragments)

15.02.2022

Toisena Doc Lounge Espoon dokumenttina Returning to Reims. Dokumentti on arkistomateriaaleja esseistiikkaan yhdistelevä tutkimusmatka ranskalaisen työväenluokan koettelemuksiin 1900-luvulla ja...

Uutisarkisto: 2021

DOC LOUNGE ESPOO starts in February

20.12.2021

Tammikuusta lähtien Espoo Ciné alkaa pyörittämään myös ympärivuotista Doc Lounge -dokumenttisarjaa!

ESPOO CINÈ PRESENTS: BANKSY MOST WANTED DOCUMENTARY FILM IN KINO TAPIOLA

10.11.2021

Espoo Ciné presents the documentary film Banksy Most Wanted in Kino Tapiola on Nov 24th at 17.30.

Espoo Ciné celebrated cinema in the midst of restrictions and ended with an award ceremony

30.08.2021

Next year's festival will be arranged in August. Laura Laaksonen starts as the festival's new Executive Director.

Paula Vesala receives the first ever Espoo Ciné Award

29.08.2021

The 32nd Espoo Ciné International Film Festival finishes on Sunday, August 29 with an award show.

Espoo Ciné will be organised according to the new gathering restrictions

12.08.2021

The festival’s safety guidelines will be updated.

The festival programme has been released – get your tickets now!

10.08.2021

The Finnish Gala Film is Khadar Ayderus Ahmed's The Gravedigger's Wife, which gets its Finnish premiere at the festival. The closing film is Phyllida Lloyd's acclaimed Irish drama Herself. The...

Cannes Film Festival winner Compartment no. 6 will open Espoo Ciné

09.08.2021

Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment no. 6 will get its Finnish premiere as the opening film of the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival on Monday, August 23.

Uutisarkisto: 2020

Espoo Ciné was a success!

07.09.2020

The 31st Espoo Ciné ended on Sunday the with the sold-out screening of the award-winning The Traitor.

Espoo Ciné starts tomorrow

01.09.2020

Christian Petzold’s Berlin-awarded Undine opens the festival presenting the new European films on Wednesday September the 2nd.

The Berlinale awarded Undine to open Espoo Ciné international film festival

11.08.2020

One of the most critically acclaimed European directors working today, the German director Christian Petzold’s latest title Undine launches off Espoo Ciné on the 2nd September.

Espoo Ciné brings joy in the autumn time

04.08.2020

31st Espoo Ciné, held from 2nd to 6th September, presents a colourful and fresh variety of new European films and a few gems outside Europe. Festival program and schedule will be announced on Tuesday...

Espoo Ciné invites you back to the cinemas in September

27.05.2020

Espoo Ciné screens a selection of new European films from 2nd to 6th of September 2020.

Uutisarkisto: 2019

The 30th Espoo Ciné International Film Festival offers a versatile selection of new European films

03.05.2019

Altogether the programmes of Espoo Ciné International Film Festival (6.–12.5.) and the children’s event Junior Ciné (6.–10.5.) include more than hundred films in about 200 screenings all around...

Paolo Sorrentino's LORO opens the 30th Espoo Ciné

09.04.2019

The festival closes with untraditional, highly anticipated documentary THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD from Oscar winner Peter Jackson.

The 30th Espoo Ciné introduces old gems and fresh new titles

28.03.2019

The 30th edition of the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival takes place from May 6th to 12th 2019. Screenings in Kino Regina warm up the festival prior to the event.