HELLO HELSINKI

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.

@ Pitkämies 2 / Myymälä 2, Uudenmaankatu 23, Helsinki Show map

18:00 – 21:00 // € 5

When the Pitkämies 2 Comic Book Store opened in May, who would have guessed it would turn into such a great generator for parties and concerts? The store is situated inside the Myymälä 2 gallery, which is mainly featuring young local artists, making it the perfect venue for down to earth (it’s actually ‘under ground’) artists and art fans alike.

Pitkämies 2 / Myymälä 2 are hosting a series of concerts over the summer and it sure looks like a rather interesting programme so far. All earnings from sold tickets will go directly to the artists!

“Surunmaa is a Swedish-Finnish band playing Finnish bar room blues & old hillbilly folksongs with some tango to boot. They sing in Meiänkieli (that weird half Finnish language they speak up north in Sweden).

Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Rähä just recently released their debut album on Helmi Levyt and it is a strong contender for being the ‘summer album’ of the year. Balkan inspired Finnish folk with catchy melodies!”

If you can’t make it this time, you’ll have a second chance to catch Surunmaa at Musta Kissa on 7 July.

Check out Surunmaa on MySpace
Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Rähä on MySpace

www.pitkamies.net
www.myymala2.com