DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, originally planned as a hybrid event for cinemas and online, will now be held as an online-only event 31 Jan to 6 Feb due to current Covid restrictions in Finland.
Despite the move to online, the docfest promises to feature several world premieres by Finnish filmmakers, as well as some of the biggest international docs films of the past year. The complete festival programme will be announced on Thursday 20 January.
Running simultaneously in Helsinki and Tallinn, DocPoint is one of the largest documentary film festivals in the Nordic countries.
The new industry event DocPoint FINEST Market, showcasing new Finnish and Estonian docs to international industry professionals, will accompany the festival, running through to 13 February. It will also be presented online.
Most films at the DocPoint FINEST Market are world premieres, and includes some 20 Finnish and Estonian films that are ready for acquisition or distribution, both feature-length and shorts.
The professional event also has an extended programme of works in progress, with audiences given the opportunity to explore the latest works of renowned filmmakers such as Pirjo Honkasalo, Kiur Aarma, Alina Rudnitskaya, Suvi West, Einari Paakkanen, Moonika Siimets and others.
The DocPoint FINEST Market is curated by DocPoint Festival and invites execs from the international documentary industry, including festival programmers, distributors, sales agents and buyers of television channels and VOD platforms.
A first glance at market projects includes completed docs such as:
- Hippodrome Vladimir Loginov, Allfilm, Estonia, feature length tba, 2022
- Karaoke Paradise Einari Paakkanen, napafilms, Finland, 74 min, 2022
- Maija Isola Master of Colour and Form Leena Kilpeläinen, Greenlit Productions, Finland & Germany, 97 min, 2022
- Nowtime Aet Laigu, Meteoriit, Estonia, 13 min, 2022
- Price of Peace Ville Suhonen, Oktober, 80 min, Finland, 80 min, 2021
- U.Q. Ivar Murd, Filmtower, Estonia, 82 min, 2021
- Yoyogi Max Golomidov, Allfilm, Voila Films, Kofuba Estonia, Japan 74 min, 2021
Works in Progress are:
- Game of Minds Petri Luukkainen & Jesse Jokinen, napafilms, Finland, 52 min, 2022
- Homecoming Suvi West, Vaski Fimi, Finland, 75 min, 2022
- Hymn of the Cherubim Pirjo Honkasalo, Bufo, feature length tba, Finland
- Skype Kiur Aarma, Film Tower, Estonia
- Snowball Effect Pauliina Punkki, Ida Productions, Finland, 90 min, 2022
- Spy in the Distance Ari Matikainen, Kinocompany, Finland & Estonia, 75 min, 2023
- The Cello Kira Jääskeläinen, Illume, Finland, 75 min, 2023
- The Long War Alina Rudnitskaya, Amnunna Films, Finland, 52/74 min, 2022
- The Man’s Pain Kullar Viimne, Rühm Pluss Nul, Estonia
The entire selection of market films will be published on 20 January 2022.
