Why do people want to document and share their lives with others? The Icelandic documentary film Amateurs’ Paradise explores the intersections of privacy, visibility, and the search for identity in the digital age through the lives of four men. Amateurs’ Paradise, directed by Iceland’s Janus Bragi Jakobsson, follows four men of different ages—Guðfinnur, Sævar, Kári, and […]
When Sir Ernest Shackleton’s historic Antarctic expedition returns to the silver screen at DocPoint, it does so with a brand new soundtrack. The musicians of Kiri Ra! delve into the magical marriage of silent film and live performance that has been captivating festival audiences for over a decade. The dawn of cinema was a joint […]
The DocPoint Industry event this year, among other things, focused on the aspects of receiving and giving feedback, which is essential to the flow of the creative process. This was explored especially through the practice of the Thursday’s Nordic Rough Cuts sessions. The Industry Events were between 4–6 February. The future aspects of documentary film […]
On Thursday evening, 5 February, after the screening of the film The Dialogue Police at Kinopalatsi, the fulfillment of the two basic rights in a democratic nation—freedom of speech and assembly—was discussed at an event organized in cooperation with DocPoint and Amnesty International. The participants included Security and Impact Specialist Jari Taponen, human rights activist […]
On Wednesday evening, 4 February, at the Kino Regina theatre in the Oodi Library, journalists Mari Manninen and Adile Sevimli, along with researcher and non-fiction novelist Tiina Raevaara, gathered to share their initial impressions of the film Blame, which had been screened earlier, and to discuss the highly relevant issue of the status of scientists […]
The atmosphere at the awards gala held at the h2o2 bar was warm and cheerful as the winners of the competition series were announced and awarded. Karin Pennanen, director of The Days of Wonder, which won the National Competition, said in her speech how significant this recognition feels, as it is her first feature-length documentary […]
Kiri Ra!, consisting of Lau Nau, Matti Bye, and Linda Fredriksson, transports the audience to the Antarctic with Sir Ernest Shackleton, with their genre-breaking sound. Kiri Ra! glides effortlessly between post-classical, ambient-folk, and jazz at Kino Regina on Thursday, 5 February at 19. The special screening shows South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic, the restored […]
DocPoint will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. The anniversary edition will take place from 3–8 February 2026. DocPoint will once again feature three competition categories: the International Competition, the National Competition and the National Short Film Competition. At the awards gala on the festival Saturday, 7 February, the juries’ favourite films will be revealed. […]
Let the stars tell which movie resonates on the same festival frequency with you. AQUARIUS (20.1.-19.2.) Synthetic Sincerity When researchers use documentary film to teach humanity about artificial intelligence, they raise a question that lies at the core of Aquarius: what does authenticity truly mean? The film moves along the boundary between documentary and fiction, […]
This year, DocPoint is organising several free film screenings over two days: on Tuesday, 27 January, one week ahead of the festival, and during the festival on Wednesday, 4 February. DOCPOINT PRE-EVENT AT OODI ON 27 JANUARY You can get into the festival mood already on Tuesday, 27 January, when DocPoint, in collaboration with Oodi, […]
