{"id":770,"date":"2020-09-07T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/2020\/09\/espoo-cine-was-a-success\/"},"modified":"2020-09-07T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T00:00:00","slug":"espoo-cine-was-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/2020\/09\/espoo-cine-was-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Espoo Cin\u00e9 was a success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><em>The 31st Espoo Cin\u00e9 International Film Festival ended on Sunday the with the sold-out screening of the award-winning <\/em>The Traitor<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the main venue Kino Tapiola Espoo Cin\u00e9 had screenings in Finnkino Omena and Finnkino Sello alongside Cinema Orion and Kino Regina in Helsinki. \u201dDue to safety restrictions we had the capacity less than 50% in each theatre so adding extra venues was much needed\u201d, the CEO of Espoo Cin\u00e9 <strong>Mia Vainikainen<\/strong> says. \u201dThe screenings in Helsinki were a success\u201d, she adds.<\/p>\n<p>The festival highlights include the opening ceremonies in Kino Tapiola with <strong>Christian Petzold\u2019s<\/strong><em>Undine<\/em>, the closing film <em>The Traitor<\/em>alongside other gala films. The Finnish film gala selection <em>Aalto<\/em> was presented by the director <strong>Virpi Suutari<\/strong> and the producer, voice over in film <strong>Martti Suosalo<\/strong>. Forest Giant and the Nordic Shorts screenings were also presented with film maker guests. Another highlight was the night screenings on weekend at Kino Tapiola.<\/p>\n<p>Other festival hits included <em>Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer<\/em> documentary, <em>Proxima <\/em>starring <strong>Eva Green <\/strong>and <strong>Matt Dillon,<\/strong><strong>Elia Suleiman\u2019s<\/strong><em>It Must Be Heaven<\/em> and the Oscar nominee from Poland, the edgy <em>Corpus Christi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The audience welcomed the festival with open hearts. \u201dThe amount of positive feedback has been overwhelming\u201d, Mia Vainikainen says. \u201dSpecial arrangements went smoothly, people obeyed the safety instructions and everything went very well. The biggest thank you seemed to be arranging an event during these challenging times. Our goal was to offer excellent films and joy to people, and that goal was absolutely achieved\u201d, she continues.<\/p>\n<p>The festival for the children and the youth Junior Cin\u00e9 offered a selection of refreshing and thought provoking films that brought content to school days \u2013 and also much needed joy to children. \u201dThe event was a success and everything went very well with the school groups\u201d, Junior Cin\u00e9 coordinator <strong>Maria Lehtonen<\/strong> says. The opening film <em>Rocca changes the world<\/em> had another screening at the Saturday\u2019s family day in Kino Tapiola, and was highly praised by the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Espoo Cin\u00e9 returns next spring from the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> to 9<sup>th<\/sup> May, 2021. 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