{"id":4989,"date":"2026-08-12T12:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/?post_type=event&#038;p=4989"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:34:39","slug":"espoo-cine-award-klaus-haro-in-discussion","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/event\/espoo-cine-award-klaus-haro-in-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Espoo Cin\u00e9 Award: Klaus H\u00e4r\u00f6 in Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, August 22, 4:30pm | Bio Rex Lasipalatsi, lobby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s Espoo Cin\u00e9 Award goes to <strong>Klaus H\u00e4r\u00f6<\/strong>, whose latest film, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/programme\/programme2026\/film\/appDRBKOCuy6k7uqo%3Atbl3ERifl3tqREFm8\/recqNz59tin6fgfKQ\/blue-baby\">Blue Baby<\/a><\/em> (2026), will have its premiere during the opening weekend of Espoo Cin\u00e9. One of Finland\u2019s most acclaimed and internationally successful directors, Klaus H\u00e4r\u00f6 has captivated audiences with his deeply humane films ever since his feature debut, <em>Elina: As If I Wasn\u2019t There<\/em> (2002). Several of his works have premiered at major international film festivals. <em>Mother of Mine<\/em> (2005), <em>One Last Deal <\/em>(2018), and <em>My Sailor, My Love<\/em> (2022) all celebrated their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue Baby will be screened at Bio Rex Lasipalatsi and Kino Tapiola on Saturday, 22 August at 6 pm. Before the screening, at 4:30 pm, H\u00e4r\u00f6 will discuss his work as a filmmaker at the outdoor terrace of Bio Rex Lasipalatsi. The interview in Finnish will be conducted by <strong>Manna Katajisto<\/strong>, a member of the Espoo Cin\u00e9 Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5201,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-4989","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Espoo Cin\u00e9 Award: Klaus H\u00e4r\u00f6 in Discussion - Espoo Cin\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/event\/espoo-cine-award-klaus-haro-in-discussion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Espoo Cin\u00e9 Award: Klaus H\u00e4r\u00f6 in Discussion - Espoo Cin\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saturday, August 22, 4:30pm | Bio Rex Lasipalatsi, lobby This year\u2019s Espoo Cin\u00e9 Award goes to Klaus H\u00e4r\u00f6, whose latest film, Blue Baby (2026), will have its premiere during the opening weekend of Espoo Cin\u00e9. 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