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The festival that ended on Sunday the 7th of February exceeded expectations. During the festival’s ten-day run, more than 7000 film tickets were sold, and online events captured the attention of approximately 17 000 fans. The most watched film of the festival was Mia Halme’s People We Come Across. The first DocPoint-Yle awards in DocPoint’s […]
Alone and together-theme approaches painfully current topics on DocPoint’s final day. Reflecting on loneliness and the meanings of being together can be more relevant than ever in the middle of the quarantine year. Intimate documentary SOLITAIRE DANCE shows three views on the experience of loneliness and the mechanisms of surviving it. You can also watch […]
The winner of the national competition is John Webster’s Donner – Private, while the award for the international competition goes to Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino’s Makongo. The winners were announced today in an awards ceremony that was held without an audience. At the ceremony, DocPoint announced Marika’s Passing by Peter Wallenius as the winner of the […]
Daily DocPicks serves hot tips for 20-year-old DocPoint’s versatile programme. LGBTQ+ is a thematic close to DocPoint’s heart. The theme of Saturday at the festival is LGBTQ+. The films turn their gaze to the sexual minorities by depicting their everyday life challenges in Hungary and Mexico. HER MOTHERS intimately addresses the topic by reflecting a […]
DocPoint’s Daily Picks help you navigate through the possibly overwhelming programme of the festival. On Friday, we turn our gaze to men and masculinity. What kind of portrayals of men can we find in the films included in the theme? John Webster’s new film DONNER – PRIVATE depicts the private life of Jörn Donner, who […]
How to look at Africa? DocPoint’s theme for Thursday offers interesting perspectives on the huge and rapidly changing continent: music, communities, indigenous peoples and political realities. RUMBA RULES, NEW GENEALOGIES provides Kinshasa’s coolest parties, as the Brigade Sarbati Orchestra trains, dances, fights, fiddles, and plays so hard, you feel hot just watching it! Kenya’s Oscar […]
All festival tickets are now valid until Feb 7th! On our online Festhome platform, film tickets are usually valid for 24, 48, or 72 hours. DocPoint’s tickets have so far been activated from the moment the ticket is purchased. Due to audience feedback, we have decided that film tickets will be active for the rest […]
Today DocPoint delves into human rights issues. Anna Hildur’s juicy documentary A SONG CALLED HATE closely follows the anticapitalist BDSM performance art group Hatari representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. Hildur’s documentary makes sharp points about protesting through art and artists’ responsibility to take a stand. A Syrian family is separated from […]
The 20-year-old DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be organized online due to Covid-restrictions. The 71 films in the programme will be screened from Friday 29th Jan until Sunday 7th Feb at Festhome – and for the first time, everywhere in Finland! DocPoint’s Daily Picks will help you navigate through the possibly overwhelming programme […]
The festival fever is high and the first screenings have already sold out! We will try to get some additional tickets on sale soon. We will update the situation on a daily basis – please keep an eye on this page for further information.
The 20-year-old DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be organized online due to Covid-restrictions. The 71 films in the programme will be screened from Friday 29th Jan until Sunday 7th Feb at Festhome – and for the first time, everywhere in Finland! DocPoint’s Daily Picks will help you navigate through the possibly overwhelming programme […]
The 20-year-old DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be organized online due to Covid-restrictions. The 71 films in the programme will be screened from Friday 29th Jan until Sunday 7th Feb at Festhome – and for the first time, everywhere in Finland! DocPoint’s Daily Picks will help you navigate through the possibly overwhelming programme […]
The 20-year-old DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be organized online due to Covid-restrictions. The 71 films in the programme will be screened from Friday 29th Jan until Sunday 7th Feb at Festhome – and for the first time, everywhere in Finland! DocPoint’s Daily Picks will help you navigate through the possibly overwhelming programme […]
The national online festival’s programme includes Oscar-nominees and other incredible documentaries from Finland and further. Presenting it’s 20-year anniversary, DocPoint – Helsinki’s Documentary Film Festival starts today. Organised this year as an national online festival, DocPoint’s opening film is Anna Antsalo’s newest documentary WALK THE TIDELINE, which follows the intriguing story of beachcombers who scour […]
The 20-year-old DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be organized online due to Covid-restrictions. The 71 films in programme will be screened from Friday 29th Jan until Sunday 7th Feb at Festhome – and for the first time, everywhere in Finland! DocPoint’s Daily Picks will help navigate through the possibly overwhelming programme of the […]
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival presents 71 films available online in Finland from Friday the 29th Jan at 12:00 noon to Sunday th Feb at 23:59 (except for GUNDA which is only available for 48 hours from Sat 30th at 12:00 noon). Daily themes and topicshelp navigate through the programme presented at whole here. […]
In addition to the DocPoint-Yle awards presented to the competition series winners, DocPoint will also present the Aho & Soldan Life Achievement Award, which this year is awarded to film editor Tuuli Kuittinen. Both Kuittinen and the competition series winners will be presented with their awards at DocPoint’s Awards Ceremony held on Saturday the 6th […]
Welcome to the online edition of the 20th DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival! The ticket sales have now begun. Tickets are available at Festhome. In order to purchase tickets, log in first. Step by step directions for buying tickets are available here. You can find DocPoint’s programme here. Every film page will link directly […]
Held as a national online festival, DocPoint offers thought-provoking webinars open to all, as well as a chance to participate in screenings of an interactive COVID-19-themed documentary alongside its diverse film catalogue. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in a national online edition, this year’s DocPoint festival also offers a compelling events programme, in addition to its […]
DocPoint, Finland’s main hub for documentary films, celebrates its 20th anniversary online. Scandinavia’s coolest festival launches two competitions and highlights new films from Africa, among other themes. DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary online on 29.1.–7.2.2021. The programme showcases 71 national and international films from 38 different production countries with […]
The anniversary edition programme will be released on 14.1.2021. Tickets go on sale on 22.1. The 20th anniversary edition of DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival will be held as an online festival on 29.1–7.2.2021. The original plan was the hold the festival as a hybrid event, both in cinemas and online, however due to the […]
After this year’s record-breaking audience numbers, the next edition of DocPoint will be held on 29.1.-7.2.2021 online only. In an amendment to previous dates, the programme in its entirety will be published a few days later on Thursday 14.1.2021. Take a look at the programme released so far here.
In February 2021, the contemporary music festival Musica nova, DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, and the Savoy Theatre will come together in a one of a kind cine concert. The concert will feature experimental music pioneers Nik Void and Ilpo Väisänen. DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Musica Nova, and the Savoy Theatre will […]
Join us in making DocPoint’s anniversary edition unforgettable! We are now seeking volunteers: ticket sellers, theatre staff supervisors, distribution team members, social media team members, as well as photographers and videographers are needed for our team. Find more information about volunteering and apply here. Image: Justus Mättö
After starting the year with record breaking visitor numbers, DocPoint, Helsinki’s documentary film festival is gearing up for its next edition on 29/1–7/2/2021, whilst strictly adhering to Corona safety regulations. The preparations for Finland’s one and only documentary festival’s anniversary edition are well underway. In addition to national and international competitions, new features include online […]
To celebrate its 20th edition, Finland’s premiere documentary film festival DocPoint is proud to announce the launching of two annual competitions at the 2021 festival early next year. The DocPoint Yle Award for Best International Documentary Film and DocPoint Yle Award for Best Finnish Documentary Film, each worth 5000 Euros, are funded by the national […]
Benedetta Barzini, Anu Koivula, Inka Achté and Anu Silfverberg discuss about “How to look at women” at DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival Saturday 1 February, 2020. You can view the video here.
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, organised for the 19th time last week, set a new record: in seven days around 32 000 people attended the festival. The event ended on Sunday and its most watched film was KELET, directed by Susani Mahadura, which also won the Audience Award sponsored by Angel Films. The critic […]
DocPicks V Gems from all around the world for the last day of the festival The meditative film AETHER is a beautiful homage to the disappearing Kurdish region of South-East Turkey and its unique nature. The documentary is a collection of moments and images recorded by four cinematographers, that capture the cycle of life and […]
DocPicks V Premieres, Masterclass, discussions and party! Friday and Saturday are full of fascinating films and charismatic filmmakers. This Friday at the festival will be full of screenings, guest visits, and various events! Eva Mulvad will present her working methods to the audience in an open Masterclass in Kino Regina (1pm-4pm). After her lecture, her […]
