List of film festivals in Finland

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The list includes the names of the film festivals that take place in Finland . The following are also mentioned: the year of the respective first festival edition, the place (city) in which the respective festival venue (s) are located, and the content specialization of the respective festival. The term international is used here if there are no geographical restrictions with regard to the production countries of the films. The list is arranged in ascending order according to the year of foundation, a change in color in the rows marks a change in the decade of the foundation date.

since Name of the film festival place Alignment
1970 Tampere International Short Film Festival Tampere Short films , international
1981 Foxdays Helsinki Short films, documentaries , national
1982 Oulu International Children's Film Festival Oulu Children's films , international
1986 Midnight Sun Film Festival Sodankylä international
1987 Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy Helsinki young European cinema, modern Asian cinema, American independent films , contemporary world cinema, gay and lesbian selection, fantasy films , documentaries, animated films
1990 Espoo Ciné International Film Festival Espoo contemporary European cinema, children's films, youth films , documentaries, gay films, fantasy films
1991 Vinokino Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Turku et al. a. lesbian and gay fiction, documentary and short films
1994 Blue Sea Festival Rauma international
1994 Oulu Music Video Festival Oulu Music videos , national
1997 KynnisKino Helsinki Films by and with the disabled
2000 Animatricks Helsinki Animated films from Finland and a host country
2000 Avanto Festival Helsinki international experimental films
2000 Clone Hämeenlinna digital cinema
2000 Forssa Silent Movie Festival Forssa historical silent films with live music
2000 viscult - International Festival of Visual Culture Joensuu ethnographic documentaries
2001 Tough Eye International Turku Animated Film Festival (until 2004) Turku Animated films, international
2002 Artichoke - Helsinki Woman Film Festival Helsinki Films by women, international
2002 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival Helsinki Documentaries, international
2002 Illumenation Helsinki Student films, international
2002 Wildlife Vaasa Festival Vaasa Nature films , international
2005 Cartes Flux Espoo Short films, international

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