Non-profit association Mediataideyhdistys Avanto ry
P.O. Box 131
00181 Helsinki
Finland
tel/fax 358-9-6941702
e-mail: avanto (at) avantofestival.com
Non-profit association Mediataideyhdistys Avanto ry in co-operation with Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art and the Finnish Film Archive
Festival director
Anton Nikkilä
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Programme
Mika Taanila and Anton Nikkilä
Assistant producer
Riku Lievonen (accounting, marketing)
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Press officer
Erkka Öörni
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Technical coordination
Antti Autio (film traffic and screenings)
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Teemu Korpipää (live sound)
The Maddest Videos team
Mika Taanila, Anton Nikkilä, Anne Hämäläinen, Hanna Alajärvi
Avantoscope screenings curated by
Ian Helliwell
Web design
Niko Sirkiä / Moopica
Graphic design
Vesa Vehviläinen
Mika Taanila
Antti Jädertpolm (main festival image)
Avanto festival catalogue and website editor
Anton Nikkilä
Avanto festival catalogue and website contributors
(unless otherwise credited)
Mika Taanila (film screenings, Hannu Karjalainen: The Cloud of Unknowing)
Anton Nikkilä (live performances, Kids' Avanto, Toxic Dreams: Jabberwocky)
Translators
Antti Autio, Markku Halme, Kari Heikonen, Erkka Öörni
Kids' Avanto workshop guide
Vappu Rossi
Live sound
Teemu Korpipää
Live recordings
Teemu Korpipää, Vesa Vehviläinen, Fredrik Willberg, Jukka Vallisto
Avanto compilation edited by
Vesa Vehviläinen, Christer Nuutinen, Jukka Vallisto
Avanto compilation mastered by
Vesa Vehviläinen
Avanto compilation produced by
Anton Nikkilä
Radio ads
Tommi Keränen
Video editing
Niko Soveri
Festival photographers
Niklas Ekman, Satu Haavisto, Mikko Rikala, Nanna Söderström
Festival volunteers
Jenni Erkintalo, Roope Eronen, Mikko Hynninen, Ville Häkkinen, Anne Hämäläinen, Riitta Johansson,
Noora Kaikkonen, Jonna Karanka, Merja Kokkonen, Milla Kontkanen, Aino Korvensyrjä, Kimmo Kumela,
Kati Laakso, Tomi Leppänen, Minni Leskinen, Agneta Lundqvist, Petra Malin, Hanna-Maija Matikainen,
Marja Mikkonen, Tanja Pesonen, Jani Purhonen, Pinja Rosenberg, Ville Sahlakari, Mervi Sainio,
Sami Sanpäkkilä, Jari Suominen, Nanna Söderström, Joonas Toivio, Anssi Vallius, Antoine Verhaverbeke
Partners
Gallery Huuto, MUU Gallery, Ateneum Art Museum, Academy of Fine Arts,
UMO Jazz House, Gloria Cultural Arena, LG Electronics, TNT, Scandic Continental
Helsinki, Radio Helsinki, Laitilan brewery, Hostel Erottajanpuisto, Voima
magazine, Muoto magazine, Kierrätyskeskus, Kuusakoski Recycling
Funders
AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture, Arts Council of Finland,
Ministry of Education, City of Helsinki Cultural Office, ESEK The Finnish
Performing Music Promotion Centre, Mondriaan Foundation, Goethe Institute,
The Netherlands Embassy in Helsinki, Austrian Embassy Helsinki, Arts Division
of the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Nordic
Culture Fund
Thank you
To all the volunteers, organizations and private persons, who have made the
festival possible.