Guild
- Founded in 1998 Finnish Animation Guild is only national association for Finnish animation professionals. We have 220 members at the moment.
- Our main goal is to gather all people working in animation field together, support our members’ professional identity and skills as well as their status in the society.
- We improve animation industry’s operating conditions together with other associations as well as animation schools.
- We support animation’s status as independent art form and increase general knowledge towards animation industry in Finland.
- We are an association member of international animation organization ASIFA.
- Within our work we maintain sustainable development and vitality of Finnish animation and it’s authors.
- INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY SCREENING
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY SCREENING Thursday 24.10. at 20.45-22.00. Arthouse Cinema Niagara, Tampere The screening celebrates International Animation Day, which is celebrated worldwide on October 28. On that day in 1892 Emile… Read more: INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY SCREENING - NORDIC ANIMATION PITCH
Nordic Animation Pitch, the second joint Nordic pitching event for short animations, will take place in Helsinki at Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo from 30th of October till 1st of November. The Nordic Animation… Read more: NORDIC ANIMATION PITCH - ANIMATION MASTERCLASS SERIES CONTINUES
Finnish Animation Guild’s Masterclass series contienues in October and will visti this time also in Tampere. TZOR EDERY -MASTERCLASS Where: Arthouse Cinema Niagara, Kehräsaari B, Tampere When: Thursday 24.10. from 19.15.… Read more: ANIMATION MASTERCLASS SERIES CONTINUES - TURKU ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL
Turku Animated Film Festival will take place for the ninth time at the charming Manilla Cultural Factory in Turku from 21 to 25 August 2024, with a program full of fresh,… Read more: TURKU ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL - TAITEIDEN YÖN ANIMAATIONÄYTÖS
On the Night of the Arts 15.8. Finnish Animation Guild and MUU ry are organizing an traditional and popular short animation screening at Cable Factory’s Konttori. In this year’s screening audience… Read more: TAITEIDEN YÖN ANIMAATIONÄYTÖS - NEW MASTERCLASS SERIES
Finnish Animation Guild’s new series of Masterclasses offer an unique opportunity for the audience to hear more about animation art. In this series a diverse selection of Finnish and international animation… Read more: NEW MASTERCLASS SERIES - THOUGHTS FROM ANIMATION MENTOR PROGRAM
The second Animation Mentor -program came to an end on February 15th, when the program’s mentees and mentors meet at the program’s closing ceremony at Helsinki’s Lasipalatsi. In the meeting, the… Read more: THOUGHTS FROM ANIMATION MENTOR PROGRAM - CALL FOR ANIMATION EXHIBITION
Finnish Animation Guild calls for work proposals / ideas from its members for an animation-themed group exhibition. From the ideas, a proposal for an exhibition ensemble is curated for The Kunsthalle… Read more: CALL FOR ANIMATION EXHIBITION - LYHYTELOKUVAPÄIVÄ
Finnish Short Film Day is held for the 11th time on December 21st, and the celebration will start a week prior on the 14th of December. The day’s origins go back… Read more: LYHYTELOKUVAPÄIVÄ - International Animation Day
International Animation Day 10/10/2023 Finnish Animation Guild celebrates the International Animation Day on Saturday 28.10. in Central Library Oodi. There will be a screening of international short animations in Aura room… Read more: International Animation Day - VR animation workshop in autumn 2023
VR animation workshop in autumn 2023 10/06/2023 Deepen your VR skills and get support from professional instructors and peer artists. Finnish Animation Guild and MUU ry will organize a week-long VR… Read more: VR animation workshop in autumn 2023 - NORDIC ANIMATION PITCH
NORDIC ANIMATION PITCH 04/03/2023 The first nordic short animation pitching event Nordic Animation Pitch will held in Helsinki, Finland 15.-17.5.2023. In 2022 Finnish Animation Guild started to develop a new program… Read more: NORDIC ANIMATION PITCH - Animaatiokilta edusti Fredrikstad Animation Festivaleilla Norjassa
Animaatiokilta edusti Fredrikstad Animation Festivaleilla Norjassa 09/11/2022 The Finnish Animation Guild’s project Nordic animation Pitching is progressing. Project coordinators Hämid Shajarian and Petri Järvinen presented the project at FAF’s “Meet the… Read more: Animaatiokilta edusti Fredrikstad Animation Festivaleilla Norjassa - INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY 16/10/2022 Finnish Animation Guild celebrates the International Animation Day on Friday 28.10. in Central Library Oodi’s Maijansali with two free animation screenings. 16.30 – a screening with International… Read more: INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY - FINNISH ANIMATORS AGAINST WAR
The was in Ukraine has shocked us all. The collective support and people’s willing to help has increased, but at the same time many might wonder how they could help and… Read more: FINNISH ANIMATORS AGAINST WAR - PUPPET ANIMATION IN KONTTORI
Finnish Animation Guild together with Muu ry:n will organize an animation screening on Wednesday 23.2. at 6.00 pm in Cable Factory’s Konttori in Helsinki. The screening will include the fresh Finnish… Read more: PUPPET ANIMATION IN KONTTORI - ANIMATION MENTOR -PROGRAM
Finnish Animation Guild launch an Animation Mentor -program in February 2022. An aim for the six months program is to unite Finnish animation field, support the professional identity of animation artists,… Read more: ANIMATION MENTOR -PROGRAM - THE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY
On Thursday 28th October is The International Animation day. This day commemorates the first public performance of Émile Raynaud’s Théatre Optique at the Grevin Museum in Paris, 1892. It is considered to… Read more: THE INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY - ÄÄREEN – FINNISH ANIMATION GUILD’S EXHIBITION
Ääreen – Documentary in Animation brings animations on all screens in Central Library Oodi. All through October, screens in the Oodi lobby will be transformed into an animation exhibition featuring works… Read more: ÄÄREEN – FINNISH ANIMATION GUILD’S EXHIBITION - Ääreen – interactive dolphin pods and animations in Oodi Central Library
Ääreen is a project that showcases Finnish and international interactive, documentary animations. Running throughout October, the programme consists of exhibitions, screenings, discussions and interviews that bring together experts from a broad… Read more: Ääreen – interactive dolphin pods and animations in Oodi Central Library
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INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY SCREENING Thursday 24.10. at 20.45-22.00. Arthouse Cinema Niagara, Tampere The screening celebrates International Animation Day, which is celebrated worldwide on October 28. On that day in 1892 Emile Reynaud presented a moving picture to the public for the first time at the Theater Optique in Paris. This year, Finnish Animation Guild celebrates International Animation Day on Thursday 24 October. At the free screening at Arthouse Cinema Niagara in Tampere. The screening is organized in cooperation with the…
Nordic Animation Pitch, the second joint Nordic pitching event for short animations, will take place in Helsinki at Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo from 30th of October till 1st of November. The Nordic Animation Pitch event brings Nordic animation creators, producers, financiers and distributors together and at the same time strengthens cooperation between the Nordic countries. The event, for its part, supports the implementation and distribution of high-level animation art and enables creators to develop animation projects under the guidance of the industry's…
Finnish Animation Guild's Masterclass series contienues in October and will visti this time also in Tampere. TZOR EDERY -MASTERCLASS Where: Arthouse Cinema Niagara, Kehräsaari B, Tampere When: Thursday 24.10. from 19.15. till 20.15. Tzor is an animation director, illustrator and musician originally from Jerusalem, now based in Tampere, Finland. They graduated from Screen Based Arts department Bezalel Academy for Arts & Design, Jerusalem, in 2019. Their work is inspired by the cultural exchanges and migrations of the Mediterranean and beyond, with…
Turku Animated Film Festival will take place for the ninth time at the charming Manilla Cultural Factory in Turku from 21 to 25 August 2024, with a program full of fresh, bold and beautiful animation. The industry-favourite TAFF Pro will be back, too! The two-day event during the festival week offers a program for animation and filmmaking professionals and students. TAFF Pro brings together Finnish and international animators. The program strives to promote the vitality of the animation field and…