ELINA OIKARI

I Was Born will be part of the XII NoFilter Kino 2026 in Warsaw and Helsinki! The first screening will be on Sat 28th of March in Kinoteka, Warsaw as a part of the screening program called Tamed Algorithms . The second screening  will be on Sat 25th of April in Kitchen Lab Tarvo , Helsinki as a part of the screening program called Solo Soul Sauna . The director Elina Oikari will join both of the events, and the graphic & poster designer Barbara Siemaszko to the first event

Excited to announce that Tempest of My Eyes (2025) will have its Italian premiere at Ribalta Experimental Film Festival in Vignola! Our short film will be part of the festival's Limina Competition. The screening takes place at 15h00 in Circolo Arci Ribalta . The director Elina Oikari and graphic & poster designer Barbara Siemaszko will join the screening and the Q&A. Come and experience our short film with us! More information: https://www.facebook.com/ribaltaexperimentalfilm

The Finnish Documentary Guild is organizing Refle Club at Cinema Orion (Eerikinkatu 15-17, Helsinki) tomorrow on Wednesday, October 22nd from 5-9 pm. The screening will feature short (max. 15 min) documentary films and a discussion on the importance of short films for filmmakers. The event is open and free to film professionals and students. My rare short "Territorial Nervous System" (2010), 5', will be screened as a part of the program. This short film merges two eras -- the

Excited to announce that Tempest of My Eyes (2025) will have its national premiere at Helsinki International Film Festival - Rakkautta &...

Here's some highlights from the festival of experimental film and arts Suspaustas Laikas, held on 30th July. We had the honor of opening...

I'm extremely happy to announce that also I Was Born will be part of the Suspaustas Laikas -festival's opening screening : "Cartographies...

I'm happy to announce that Tempest of My Eyes will have its world premiere at Suspaustas Laikas Festival 2025 in Vilnius! Also proud to...

I Was Born will have its second festival screening at Ribalta Experimental Film Festival 2025! It will be a part of Limina - Competition,...

I Was Born will have its world premiere at Pori Film Festival 2024! It will be a part of "Kasvukipuja ja käsiteltävää" -short film...

I'm happy to announce that our music video IEVAN POLKKA has been selected to compete in the International Music Video Competition at...

I was happy to participate on the spot to Oulu Music Video Festival as a director of Ievan polkka -music video by legendary Loituma! Our...

I am extremely happy to have my 3-month residency started at FABRIKKEN for kunst og design. I will be here in Copenhagen till the end of...