Finnish Animation Guild

Guild

  • Founded in 1998 Finnish Animation Guild is only national association for Finnish animation professionals. We have 230 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.

News

  • 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 experiences and learnings of the last six months were reviewed, the inputs at the beginning of the program were reflected to the current situation and how… 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 Helsinki’s open call for exhibitions. The Taidehalli Foundation selects the exhibitions to be implemented for the summer of 2025. We are looking for innovative, creative and… 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 to France, and its purpose is to increase the visibility of short films and bring short film screenings closer to every film lover. There will be… 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 at the 2nd floor at 16.30. The films seen in the screening are Donks 6.36 min The Pioneers 9.40 min Director: Simon Cottee, Canada Ohjaaja: Felix Colgrave, Australia… 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 workshop for their members in autumn 2023. The course participants are selected through an open project call. The workshop aims to deepen VR skills for artists… 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 for short animations from Nordic countries. The aim for the program is to create a place for filmmakers and investors to meet. The program is looking… 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 festivals” event. “We were part of FAF’s festival program thanks to “Meet the festivals”. We got to present the project and our plan was well received.… 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 animation association’s ASIFA’s short animations around the world. 18.30 – charity screening for Ukraine. The screening will have Ukrainian short animations and during the screening there… 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 show their solidarity for Ukrainian people. Sometimes even a small action can be enough. Finnish Animation Guild wants to stand with Ukraine and send the message… 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 shot animations. This time all the animations in the screening will honor the long traditions of puppet animation. The animations are All Tender Things by Tatu… 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, to help members in their professional career and to support people to manage in their work life. One aim is also to support and encourage the… 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 be a first public screening of animations. Finnish Animation Guild celebrated International Animation day in Helsinki, Turku and Tampere. In Helsinki at Central Library Oodi has… 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 by the Finnish Animation Guild and by animation students of Aalto University. Curated by the Finnish Animation Guild, the show spotlights the wide range and expressive… 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 range of disciplines and offer multidisciplinary experiences for the public. The Kuutio facility at Oodi hosts a piece entitled Inside another skin. Deep diving – what… Read more: Ääreen – interactive dolphin pods and animations in Oodi Central Library
  • ÄÄREEN – OPEN CALL
    Finnish Animation Guild, together with Arts Promotion Centre Finland and Central Library Oodi opens an open call for animations for Ääreen – documentary animation month in Oodi. We are looking for short animation loops. All the selected animation will be combined to one solid animation which will be projected to the wall of Central Library Oodi’s 1st… Read more: ÄÄREEN – OPEN CALL
  • LOGO ANIMATION COMPETITION
    Finnish Animation Guilds announce logo animation competition! Animate our new logo and you can win money prize! Create a short proposal for an animation which Finnish Animation Guild could use in the future for it’s site, sosial media and other official communications. We are looking for proposals, so your animation doesn’t have to be final. Style and… Read more: LOGO ANIMATION COMPETITION
  • JOHN POMEROY MASTERCLASS
    Finnish Animation Guild has a great pleasure and honor to have a legendary animation director and animator, John Pomeroy as a guest for a online Masterclass. John Pomeroy is an American animator with outstanding career. He has worked for several major studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Sullivan Bluth Studios. He has also worked as storyboard… Read more: JOHN POMEROY MASTERCLASS
  • ÄÄREEN. SELECTED PROJECT.
    What it’s to be a doplhin? Ääreen. Documentary in animation – project will bring interactive documentary animation to Central Library Oodi’s Kuutio premise. Jury has chosen a project called “In another’s skin. Bio sonar – How it is to swim with dolphins?” by Leena Pulkki and Karoliina Paappa. ”Our proposal Bio sonar discourse about dolphins and their… Read more: ÄÄREEN. SELECTED PROJECT.
  • ÄÄREEN – Documentary in Animation Masterclasses
    Ääreen-project introduces four outstanding, international new media art professionals. These experts artists push technological boundaries to create deeply meaningful, immersive art works. Join the masterclasses in January: Mon 18.1. at 13-15 Hanna Haaslahti: Immersive ArtWed 20.1. at 13-15 Jaakko Kemppainen: Games Reflecting Reality Mon 25.1. at 14.15-16 Ramsey Nasser (USA): MasterclassTue 26.1. at 9-10:30 Uri Kranot (Denmark): Anidox… Read more: ÄÄREEN – Documentary in Animation Masterclasses
  • ÄÄREEN. Selection results.
    Ääreen. Documentary in animation -project got delightful amount of project proposals during the open call. From these very high quality applications jury selected following four proposals/groups for the next phase: Unski Immonen and Väinö Makkonen – Metsäkansa (working title)Leena Pukki and Karoliina Paappa – Toisen NahoissaHarold Hejazi – Adventures of HarriHarriTatu Pohjavirta, Eino Santanen and Pekka Uronen… Read more: ÄÄREEN. Selection results.