what is the difference between The Finnish Film Archive and a traditionnal Cinema / Theatre?
The main difference is that the activity of the Finnish Film Archive is non-commercial. We do not make profit by our screenings, although most of the costs are covered by ticket sales. Also a season card is required, and the screenings are in that sense closed to the members. How is the program usually made? The programming is a long-term activity, with a visionary ambition to cover film history, world cinema, and major artists. Extra attention is paid to Finnish cinema, and special care is taken to highlight avant-garde and documentary. The film archive program also reacts to topical events, for example backing up interesting new films with retrospectives. There is an attempt to cater all audiences of quality cinema in a balanced fashion, including audiences especially interested in French, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, etc. culturesRead more…
