Bruce Springsteen has only been in Finland once before. In 2003 he played two sold out gigs at the same stadium in the capital in front of a record combined […]
From the remote island
{mosimage}Iceland: a country of no more than three hundred thousand inhabitants that live in an island with amazingly beautiful landscapes. A nation that was able to achieve independence from Denmark […]
The cigarette of Anna Abreu
The evening was promising at the beginning. Lots of free drinks and food and a warm reception at the pub close to the venue. But organization turned into a chaos […]
There goes the family
{mosimage}Last summer the directors of programming at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) needed a soap opera to fill the hours of the summer afternoons. They chose a Spanish series featuring […]
Happy Birthday, Suomi!
{mosimage}It's Finland's birthday! Today the country celebrates its declaration of independence from the Russian empire. It has not been an easy way down the road since 1917. One civil war, […]
More money to film production than producers demanded
The rest of the extra funds for the film industry will go to, among other things, the digitalization of small countryside cinemas and films for children. In the previous proposal […]
Bitchin’ all over Europe
{mosimage}The Donnas may not be the correct daughters that every papa dreams about, but surely they would be excellent partners for some wild fiesta! They are at these moments touring […]
Finnish festivals more popular in 2007
The festival drawing the largest amount of visitors this year was the Maritime Festival in Kotka. An estimated 300,000 people visited the Tall Ship Races and other events in the […]
Tempting dark power
{mosimage}Stan Lee (who makes a cameo again in this third part) and Steve Ditko created in 1962 a new superhero that after the past of decades has been even able […]
Turku officially European Capital of Culture 2011
Finnish Minister of Culture Stefan Wallin finds the decision a great honour for the City of Turku, for Finland and for Europe. “Turku is Finland’s oldest city, and a place […]
Bringing theatre people together
{mosimage}Theatre lovers do not often have many opportunities to enjoy good plays in other languages than Finnish. The 4th International Baltic Circle Theatre Festival will bring temporarily a solution to the problem. […]
Shortlist for this year’s Finlandia Prize announced
Nominated for the Finlandia prize 2007 are: Kohti [‘Towards’] by Juha Itkonen Det har varit kallt i Madrid [‘It’s been cold in Madrid’] by Agneta Ara Romeo ja Julia [‘Romeo […]