Shortly
Shortly is a short film matinee series we organize in our Kino K13 cinema. The screenings are free of charge and subtitled in English (unless mentioned otherwise).
The screenings are curated by Otto Suuronen, International Promotion Advisor for Short Films.
Finnish Film Foundation’s safer space guidelines apply in all our events.
Thursday, August 20, 2026, 17:00 & 19:00
Night of the Arts
New Finnish short films. The screening is shown twice during the evening. Duration 80 min.


NB! You are no longer required to book a ticket to the screening. The cinema capacity is 150 persons.

Good Night Monster
2025 | 18 min | Experimental, documentary
Director & scriptwriter: Emilia Hernesniemi
Vilma prepares for the Theatre Academy entry exams, like she did last spring. Striving for her place in the world, she finds herself in a limbo. It is a Monster, that is stuck fast within her.

Puolanka Pussy Rally
2026 | 6 min | Documentary
Director & scriptwriter: Inka Achté, Einari Paakkanen
Puolanka, a tiny village in Northern Finland is famous for its population decline, but also for its dark sense of humor about it. As the long summer evenings stretch out, teenage boys celebrate their new driver’s licences by endlessly circling the same few streets, while an older generation of local gents, proudly known as The Parliament, has already parked itself permanently at the petrol station café. Here, hunting and the legendary “Pussy Rally” aren’t taboos but badges of cultural identity. The only mystery that seems unsolved: where have all the women gone?

Equal Dust
2025 | 14 min | Experimental, documentary
Director & scriptwriter: Jani Peltonen
NATO’s nuclear exercise, a tracking shot through nocturnal Helsinki and the Finnish Eurovision Song Contest entries show what the end of the world looked like in the 1980s.

The Sock
2024 | 6 min | Animation
Director & scriptwriter: Aleksi Artturi Räisänen
One man, one sock, one mission. But the sock has bigger dreams.

Too Blue a Sky
2026 | 15 min | Experimental, documentary
Director & scriptwriter: Risto-Pekka Blom
150 years of history, as told by a freshwater pearl mussel, and finally, an important reminder: the planet does not belong only to us, especially not only to millionaires and billionaires.

The Beauty of Automobiles
2026 | 6 min | Documentary
Director & scriptwriter: Jukka Kärkkäinen
Intimate moment between a father and son – one night, one car ride, one problem.

Strive
2026 | 15 min | Fiction
Director & scriptwriter: Jussi Rautaniemi
In a world where everyone escapes reality, a teenage boy named Toni longs to experience something real, even if it becomes his undoing. You cannot find yourself without getting some scars.
Further information
Otto Suuronen
Advisor / International Promotion and Cultural Export of Short Films
• festival distribution strategy for short films and short documentary films
• travel, project and material and marketing support for short films and short documentary films
• curating short film programmes
+ 358 9 6220 3019