Guild
- Founded in 1998 Finnish Animation Guild is only national association for Finnish animation professionals. We have 190 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.
- 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
FINNISH ANIMATORS AGAINST WAR 23/03/2022 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… 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 – FINNISH ANIMATION GUILD’S EXHIBITION 29/09/2021 Ääreen – Documentary in Animation brings animations on all screens in Central Library Oodi. All through October, screens in the Oodi lobby will be… 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 - 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… Read more: ÄÄREEN – OPEN CALL - LOGO ANIMATION COMPETITIONFinnish 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more: ÄÄREEN. Selection results.
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 who already have a preliminary or advanced project idea in which they want to incorporate VR technology. We expect the applicant to have…
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 for applicants with new ideas for short animations. In the program there are two categories: In development and In production. You can apply…
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. Several young directors came to praise the fact that such an event is being developed. FAF was a great event anyway. At the…
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 is a possibility to donate money for the victims of the war. ASIFA created the International Animation Day (IAD) in 2002, honoring the…