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Bound by Heart to Mumbai!

We are glad to announce that Sydänjuuria (Bound by Heart) has started its international festival carrousel with a blast. The short film premiered at Tampere Film Festival earlier this year, and continued it domestic round with six screeneings in Reikäreuna Film Festival and in Rakkautta&Anarkiaa Film Festival. As we are waiting for news from our US festival submissions, we´ve got…

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Sydänjuuria – Bound by Heart premiere

The recent short film from Karisma Films titled Bound by Heart (Sydänjuuria) premieres at Tampere Film Festival 2012. The film is categorized in the Kino TAMK screening starting at 16:00 (Tullintori). The film is directed by Outi Hartikainen and it is a joint production with Tampere University of Applied Sciences/Art, Music and Media. (TTVO). Join Sydänjuuria Facebook page for support!…

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“Sydänjuuria” shortfilm shoots complete

The latest Karisma Films fiction production Sydänjuuria (eng. Heartstrings and “Arno” as working title) has finished shooting and continues to the post. The story is a drama about a bio-researcher Arno (Ismo Kallio) who tries to save his terminally ill wife Helmi (Tiina Rinne) with an alternative medicine. Familys doctor son Pyry (Mikko Reitala) does not share Arnos view on…

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FILMINI Short Film Festival in Sofia

4th annual FILMINI Short Film Festival was held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Karisma Films producer Markus Kosonen was taking part of the Production  Master Class and the Jury for selecting award films. Here is the link for The Festival Jury introduction and the awarded films. Finland was nicely regarded  with two awards, both for the short animation Benigni.

Hot Air Balloon boogie

A new video is released today for your amusement. Edit and music by Alexander Savin, the original material is provided by folks from Tampere Skydiving club. Made for the Skydiving club and Linnanpallo – the hot air balloon company from Hämeenlinna. Enjoy the show!