Contact

Non-profit association Mediataideyhdistys Avanto ry
P.O. Box 131
00181 Helsinki
Finland

tel/fax 358-9-6941702
e-mail: avanto (at) avantofestival.com

Avanto Festival 2005 organizers

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.