HELLO HELSINKI

Lasipalatsi Square, Helsinki Show map

open every day from 12:00 // free

This is your chance to let your inner geek shine (or make your boyfriend very happy).

The Helsinki Comics Festival is the biggest of its kind in Northern Europe. Check out rare collectibles, new up and coming comic artist, diy zines and everything in between. Of course you can’t have a comics festival without a manga event (no surprise), which is probably worth checking out, even if it’s just to look at all the creative young people dressing up as their favorite characters.

There will be plenty of art shows, exhibitions, lectures, discussions, interviews, signings, competitions, performances and evening events, and the best of all is, it’s completely free!

Visit the sarjakuvafestivaalit web site to find the entire programme and venues.

www.sarjakuvafestivaalit.fi

24 AUGUST @ Cafe Carusel, Merisatamanranta 10, Helsinki
21:30 -22:30 // free

25 AUGUST @ Restaurant Nolla, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 21, Helsinki
21:30 -22:30 // free

26 AUGUST @ Karhupuisto, Kallio, Helsinki
22:00 -23:00 // free

27 AUGUST @ Tervasaari Amphitheatre, Helsinki
22:00 -23:30 // free

Kortfilm åt folket is a travelling Short Film Festival, touring Finland and hitting Helsinki this week!

The theme of this year’s festival is LOVE and you’ll be able to check out the various works of sticky joy and tragic agony (isn’t that what love is all about?) in bars, cafés and parks all over Helsinki.

The festival has been around for six years and presents everything from local and Nordic classics, fiction and documentaries to animation.

Check out the lovely short films at Café Carusel, Restaurant Nolla, Karhupuisto park (bring your own picnic) and Tervasaari amphitheatre (bring more picnic).

All films are subtitled in English and every night will be different, so you might as well check them all out!

The event is organised by Finlandssvenskt filmcentrum, Filmkontakt i Finland and Walhalla, and is supported by City of Helsinki Cultural Office, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation and the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Foundation.

Photo by hannanik on Flickr.