Organizers
Non-profit association Avanto in cooperation with Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
and the Finnish Film Archive.
Programme committee
Mika Taanila, Anton Nikkilä,
Kari Yliannala, Vesa
Vehviläinen
Festival director
Anton Nikkilä
Assistant producers
Riku Lievonen, Vesa Vehviläinen
Press relations
Milla Kontkanen
Festivali assistant
Joonas Kervinen
Web design
Niko Sirkiä/Moopica
Graphic design
Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Antoine Verhaverbeke
Sound design
Tommi Keränen
Extras
Aapo Korkeaoja (Film Without Film),
Meiju Niskala (Ohne)
Web and newspaper editor
Anton Nikkilä
Assistant editor
Vesa Vehviläinen
Web and newspaper contributors (unless otherwise mentioned)
Mika Taanila (screenings),
Anton Nikkilä (live performances, Political media art),
Kari Yliannala (Avantoscope),
Tiina Erkintalo (Life Inside a Bubble)
Translators
Antti Autio (Finnish-English,
English-Finnish), Kari
Heikonen (Finnish-English),
Pirkko Roinila (German-Finnish),
Markku Halme (English-Finnish)
Festival main image
Man Rising From Trashcan by Oskars Mikans, 2001 © Kuvasto; aerial photo by Ilmakuva Oy
Web and print photographs
Founding Collection, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (Andy Warhol); Jonna Karanka
(Kemialliset Ystävät); Vilja Kerola (The Leo Bugariloves); Kimmo Koli (Krzyzosiak Verhaverbeke);
Vesna Pavlovic (Belgradeyard Sound System); Yoshiyuki Suzuki (Astro Twin)
Festival photographers
Anne Hämäläinen, Marko Hämäläinen, Anni Koponen, Hanna Weselius
Guest coordinator
Tiina Erkintalo
Nightclub coordinator
Erkka Öörni
Festival staff
Hanna Alajärvi, Jenni Erkintalo, Akseli Hannula, Severi Hirvi, Miina Hujala,
Ville Häkkinen, Sami van Ingen, Laura Kuivalainen, Samuli Kytö, Petra Malin,
Vesa Puhakka, Niilo Rinne, Mervi Sainio, Marianna Salokannel, Jari Suominen,
Kasper Tammela, Sarianna Tamminen, Ibrahim Terzic
Partners
Gallery Huuto, MUU Gallery, Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts,
Kulttuuriareena Gloria, Umo
Jazz House, Ravintola Mocambo,
TNT, Hotel Scandic Continental Helsinki, Radio
Helsinki, Pixoff, Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas,
Gallery of Experimental Sound GEZ-21/St. Petersburg
With kind support from
The Finnish Cultural Foundation, AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture,
National Council for Cinema, City of Helsinki Cultural Office, The Nordic Cultural Fund,
Arts Council of Switzerland, Austrian Embassy Helsinki, Centre culturel francais de Helsinki,
Royal Danish Embassy Helsinki, The Finnish Institute in London, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
of Finland
Thank you
Samuli Alapuranen, Alexei Borisov, Jesu Hämäläinen, Lauri Tykkyläinen, Suopo
Kauppinen / Theatre Academy of Finland, Kaj Wager / Theatre Academy of Finland,
Juhani Liimatainen / Theatre Academy of Finland, Kai Lassfolk / Department of
Musicology at Helsinki University, Kalev Tiits / Sibelius Academy, Markku
Lind / Finnlab, Jani Forssell / Finnish Broadcasting Company and all the other
private persons and organizations who have made the festival possible.
Contact
P.O. Box 131, 00181 Helsinki, Finland
Tel/fax 09 – 694 1702
avanto (at) avantofestival.com
www.avantofestival.com
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