Nordic Nights is sponsored by the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto, the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University and the Finnish Consulate in Toronto.

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A selection of Finnish shorts and animated shorts are coming to Nordic Nights along with a short documentary about life in the breathtakingly beautiful Finnish archipelago.

The screening takes off at a Red Carpet, which is a short that introduced a festival by the same name in Hyvinkää Finland in 2018.  At the Red Carpet festival of Finnish cinema audience is king and enjoys the relaxed atmosphere of mingling with the actors and filmmakers close up.

ThreeTurku Arts Academy student animated shorts give a glimpse to what talented new comers have on offer starting with HALOO, an ethereal trip by three friends, brought on by some mushroom tea. 

Self-discovery and how to face the world is the theme of Rise and Shine by Katariina Haukka and Iiris Korjus.  In it a faceless girl finds her identity after a trip to another reality. You can sample Katariina Haukka’s works in her animation reelLink to another website..

LABJOB is a quirky stop-motion-animation of a scientist experimenting on creating life and the attendant hazards of doing so.

A Turku Arts Academy alumna Elli VuorinenLink to another website. returns to Nordic Nights with her animation Sore Eyes for InfinityLink to another website. about an optician who becomes aware of how by providing her services she become indirectly complicit in flawed actions of others.

In Are you Hungry by Teemu Niukkanen, and overprotective single mother tries to connect with her adoptive teenage son in a comedy that does not take itself seriously.  Awarded the Finnish national film award, Jussi, for best short film and best short film at the Tampere International Film Festival with everal nominations for best short film including TIFF and Sundance.

A contest of wills fulfils a young girl’s wish for a dog in the award-winning The Stick, where her father makes a deal with an unexpectedly determined child, but there may be more than one winner.

Café Helsinki, directed by Anni PuolakkaLink to another website. is an animated short where a cow and a jester meet in a café to have a meandering coffee shop conversation.

Sámi musician Ánnámáret’s music video Jearrat máttaráhkus – Ask the foremothers inserts historical images to contemporary landscape of Lapland to evoke the traditional.