The 19th edition of DocPoint will be held on 27 January – 2 February 2020 in Helsinki. Kiasma Theatre hosts the festival from Tuesday 28th onwards.
TICKETS
Tickets in advance from DocPoint’s website. Tickets can also be bought from the festival’s ticket booth at Kiasma’s foyer 30min. before the first screening.
KIASMA THEATRE’S SCREENINGS
TUESDAY 28 JAN
17:00 Jeanie Finlay: SEAHORSE: THE DAD WHO GAVE BIRTH (2019)
Duration: 84min, language: English, subtitles: English
19:00 Jesse Alk: PARIAH DOG (2019)
Duration: 77min, language: English & Bengali, subtitles: English
WEDNESDAY 29 JAN
17:00 Halina Dyrschka: BEYOND THE VISIBLE – HILMA AF KLIMT (2019)
Duration: 91min, language: English, Swedish, German, subtitles: English (partly)
19:00 Emil Langballe: Q’S BARBERSHOP (2019)
Duration: 61min, Language: Danish, English, Somali, subtitles: English
FRIDAY 31 JAN
13:30 Mehrdad Oskouei: THE LAST DAYS OF WINTER (2011)
Duration: 52min, Language: Persian, subtitles: English
On Friday, a joint event arranged by Kiasma and Docpoint discusses about the coexistence of humans and other beings:
16:00 Philip Hoffman: VULTURE (2019)
Vulture sets its sight on farm animals and their surrounding flora. The film was shot and processed with various means including flower/plant processing. 57min + Q&A with Philip Hoffman
18:00 Elsa Kremser & Lev Peter: SPACE DOGS (2019)
Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. Legend has it that, she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants. 91min.
After the screening will be a discussion related to the themes of the movies. Participants are an artist Fanni Niemi-Junkola,a journalist Riikka Kaihovaara, and a moderator Kati Kivinen, Chief Curator, Kiasma’s Collections.
The event is related to Kiasma’s exhibition Coexistence.
SATURDAY 1 FEB
13:00 Philipp Hoffman: VULTURE (2019)
Duration: 57min, language: English, no subtitles
15:00 Halina Dyrschka: BEYOND THE VISIBLE – HILMA AF KLIMT (2019)
Duration: 91min, language: English, Swedish, German, subtitles: English (partly)
SUNDAY 2 FEB
13:00 Tim Travers Hawkins: XY CHELSEA (2019)
Duration: 92min, language: English, no subtitles
15:00 Sung-a Yoon: OVERSEAS (2019)
Duration: 90min, language: English, Filipino, subtitles: English