MOVING NORTH TOUR
About
Moving North Tour brings world-class dance films to audiences across Finland in a unique event format. The program combines works first showcased at Dance House Helsinki in 2024 with locally produced films, and creates opportunities for meaningful encounters between audiences and filmmakers. Each event is organised in close collaboration with local partners.
The tour takes its name from the Nordic dance film series MOVING NORTH (2003), a co-production between five Nordic production companies — one from each country. The series features ten short dance films, two from each Nordic country.
Welcome to discover the beauty of dance films.
MOVING NORTH PORVOO
4.10.2025 klo 16.00 – 00.00
Vanha 123,
Porvoo, Kaivokatu 37 B, 06100 Porvoo
Finnish dance films are thriving. Regina Lissowska, curator of the Polish Short Waves film festival, has noted that every year Finland produces such strong submissions that they could form a dedicated program on their own. The Finnish dance film screening MOVING presents internationally acclaimed works, complemented by pieces from Porvoo-based artists and even a circus film.
The NORTH screening sets the works of true pioneers of Finnish dance film in dialogue with films from across the Nordic region. Two Finnish gems from the original 10 Moving North dance film project (2003) – Portrait by Saara Cantell and Mirja Tukiainen, and Vertebra by Milla Moilanen and Alpo Aaltokoski – will be screened alongside TransVersum by Marikki Hakola and Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo. The program also features films from the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Denmark.
In addition to the film screenings, a public artist meeting will offer fresh perspectives on how to watch dance films and on the history of the genre in Finland. The discussion, featuring Marikki Hakola, Milla Moilanen and the duo Broas & Nyberg, will explore dance films from the 1990s through the 2020s.
The evening culminates with Lemon Drop — an immersive encounter between movement and sound. Created by drummer-composer Joonas Leppänen and dancer-choreographer Karolina Ginman, the work dives into the subconscious and free association, where storms collide with moments of intense silence.
Venue: Vanha 123
Tickets: 8 € / screening or gig | 20 € / full day
www.biletti.fi & Aatos Café
Full programme pdf here
PROGRAM
MOVING @ 16:00
ARTIST MEETING @18:00
Dance filmmaker Kati Kallio interviews the Porvoo-based artist duo Broas & Nyberg, dance artist Jenna Broas and spatial and video artist Fabian Nyberg, about what interests them in dance film, where they find their themes and ideas for their works, and what challenges they have faced and how they have overcome them.
Milla Moilanen and Marikki Hakola, pioneers of dance films from Porvoo, will join the discussion. We will hear what it was like to combine dance and film in the 1990s and early 2000s, and what artists think about the art form today.
