{"id":2807,"date":"2025-09-04T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:45:15","slug":"espoo-cine-2025-says-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/2025\/09\/espoo-cine-2025-says-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Espoo Cin\u00e9 2025 Says Thank You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 36th edition of Espoo Cin\u00e9 has successfully come to a close. Over ten days, the festival featured 130 films across 11 venues in Espoo, Helsinki, and Vantaa, along with special events ranging from panel discussions to a club night and petting friendly dogs. Our warmest thanks go to the festival audience, partners, and volunteers\u2014without whom the festival wouldn\u2019t be possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s audience survey is now open \u2013 you can fill it out <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appXAzpYEEFnmg20J\/pagZJSOlQWaXsdqI8\/form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Your feedback helps us continue to develop the festival, and all responses submitted by September 17 will enter a draw to win a six-ticket bundle for Espoo Cin\u00e9 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Official attendance figures will be released next week after Junior Cin\u00e9 wraps up, but we can already say that Espoo Cin\u00e9\u2019s selection of fresh European cinema once again resonated with audiences. Among the most popular screenings were the opening film, <em>Leave One Day<\/em> by <strong>Am\u00e9lie Bonnin<\/strong>, <em>Two Prosecutors<\/em> by <strong>Sergei Loznitsa<\/strong>, and <em>The 47<\/em> by <strong>Marcel Barrena<\/strong>. The festival also drew significant interest from both audiences and media with its Nordic guests: Danish director <strong>Jeanette Nordahl<\/strong> and actor <strong>David Dencik<\/strong> (<em>Beginnings<\/em>), and actor <strong>Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen<\/strong> (<em>Love<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family day collaboration screening with Yle Teema was also a great success:<strong> Lauri Maijala<\/strong>\u2019s <em>Prinsessa Pikkiriikki<\/em> was screened to a full house at Louhisali while it was simultaneously broadcast on Yle Teema and released on Yle Areena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other new Finnish films also proved very popular, including <strong>Ulla Heikkil\u00e4<\/strong>\u2019s <em>Summer Is Crazy<\/em>,<em> <\/em><strong>Lauri-Matti Parppei<\/strong>\u2019s <em>A Light That Never Goes Out<\/em>, <strong>Rike Jokela<\/strong>\u2019s<em> Perfect Strangers<\/em>, and <strong>Josefina Rautiainen<\/strong>\u2019s <em>How to Shout<\/em>\u2014all of which were screened to packed theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the strong audience interest in Finnish films, Espoo Cin\u00e9 is deeply concerned about the recent decision in the government budget negotiations to cut nearly eight million euros from the funding distributed by the Finnish Film Foundation. This would be a devastating blow to Finnish film production and film culture, as well as to the Film Foundation itself, which also supports Espoo Cin\u00e9 and makes it possible to organize the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Espoo Cin\u00e9 2025 is now over, we look forward to enjoying films together again in the darker evenings of late summer next year, when the festival returns August 21\u201330, 2026. Thank you and see you in 2026!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 36th edition of Espoo Cin\u00e9 has successfully come to a close. 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