Finnish Experiments 

Friday Oct 4 at 18.00, Finlandsinstitutet
In this program we present some of Finland’s most interesting queer art and experimental filmmakers. It is a transformative journey full of breathtaking landscapes, long-haired trans men and one or two communists. 

Laava

Jade Kallio, Remi Vesala / Finland / 2023 / 15 min / english subtitles
Laava is a love letter to things that cannot be written about; about love, exciting piles of twigs, longing, a disappearing landscape, memories you can’t trust. Writing either hurts, or it’s impossible to find the words.

Fruits of the Loom

Jaakko Pallasvuo, Antti Jussila, Jade Kallio / Finland / 2019 / 32 min / english subtitles
A communist and a capitalist recall their voyage into a wilderness of leisure time. A domestic cycle of breaking into houses, chasing the ghosts of parties past, and trying to conceive … but what? The waters ice over, ready to incubate. Something new is being born.

You can’t get what you want but you can get me

Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh / Finland / 2024 / 13 min / english subtitles
A unique slideshow documenting two long-haired trans men falling in love. Over the course of one year, the artist couple gathered photographs from real-life events such as their first kiss, meeting each other’s parents, long-distance thirst traps, a staged wedding, and top surgery and its subsequent recovery. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up.