Tampere Dance Current Festival 2026 Moving North – Dance Films from the North

The screening opens with the Danish-Dutch film How To Be a Perfect Human, co-directed by Kristina Daurova and Maia Elisabeth Sørensen. The film takes us back to the rituals of the Covid-19 era with ironic and understated humour.

Ritual is also central to Raisa Foster’s work Käsittää. In the film, the movement of hands forms a quiet choreography through which human experiences of life, finitude, and the search for meaning become visible.

The world premiere of the short film I See Beauty, directed by Kim Saarinen, will be presented in Tampere. Created in collaboration with the band UTU, the music video invites us to see beauty around us despite the challenges of the world.

Two films by Tuulia Soininen are featured in the programme. Tuoni is a sensitive dance film exploring a mythological male figure and its connection to the Finnish national landscape. A figure moving through a disappearing forest landscape evokes reflections on the afterlife and the human relationship with nature.

Co-created by Soininen and Leena Vainio, Siirtoväki is a poetic dance film about the experiences of evacuees who fled to Rauma in the 1940s. The work forms part of visual artist Leena Vainio’s exhibition, which explores stories from her own family as well as those of other evacuees.

Silja Tuovinen’s film Avalanche draws inspiration from climate change, as northern regions of the world warm and lose their snowy winters. Shot in a single take, the film traces emotions triggered by environmental collapse.

The Icelandic film GONE, a collaboration between Helena Jónsdóttir and Vera Sölvadóttir, follows a mysterious man entertaining himself in a house filled with memories. Portrayed by Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, the character carries the viewer from one atmosphere to another through expressive movement.

The evening concludes with another single-take film, EINMIN. Set in the aftermath of a celebration, this work by the Faroese group RAMMATIK leaves space for the viewer’s imagination to reflect on what might have taken place in each space.

Total duration approx. 70 minutes.
A post-screening audience discussion, Afterheat, will follow.