IMAGO Awarded International Cinematographers in Espoo

Aalto Studios congratulates all the winners of the first time ever organised IMAGO International Awards for Cinematography. IMAGO, the European Federation of Cinematographers, celebrated their 25th anniversary in the awards hosted by the Finnish Society of Cinematographers FSC. The gala was organised on 28th of October at Hanasaari Cultural Centre in Espoo and was also the celebration of the main sponsor ARRI’s 100th …

ACE Producers Examining New Forms for Audiovisual Storytelling

Our partner’s ACE Producers’ 27th annual training programme got off to a good start in Helsinki last week in a Content Development Workshop supported by Aalto University. Along with other topics, their week-long workshop focused on examining new forms and formats for audiovisual storytelling. We spent an interesting evening with ACE at our Kallio Stage talking about the future …

Surface Texture and Light Course Open Demo

Surface Texture and Light course has an open demo on Friday 13th October at 1pm in Lintulahdenkatu 3, Helsinki. All Aalto people are welcome. If chromatics, dramaturgy or space and light design are an area of interest for you, the demo might be worth visiting. The collaboration course for Scenography students at Aalto University and …

ACE Producers and Aalto Studios Presents: VR – the Future of Film Making?

Aalto Studios is hosting a workshop day for our partner ACE Producers about VR as the future of storytelling. The event is part of ACE’s annual training programme for experienced international producers. We would like to invite Finnish film producers to join us and meet them all on Friday 13th October 4.30pm – 7pm  at our Kallio Stage. …

Aalto Studios Announces Collaboration with Arri Group

Aalto Studios is pleased to announce the next major upgrade to our production facilities; new digital Arri Amira film production cameras. We have also confirmed our collaboration with Arri Group, the German film equipment company. As sponsors of future film makers they are equipping Aalto University with Arri technology. This enables 4K productions with as much …

Audiovisual Finland Seminar about Contracting in International Co-Productions

Thank you all the interesting guests for sharing knowledge and case examples at the ”Anatomy of Contracts and Deal Making – International Co-Productions” seminar at our Odeion Screening Auditorium 12th and 13th of September. Audiovisual Finland organised this seminar together with Aalto University. Thanks to the input of the speakers, Peter Nadermann (Nadcon), Max Rumney …

Aalto Studios announces major investment in Avid solutions

We are happy to announce some considerable upgrades to our high end audiovisual post production facilities here at Aalto Studios. These include an Avid NEXIS® | E2 system, Avid Pro Tools® | S6 mixing consoles and more. From the press release by Avid: “We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with Aalto Studios,” …

Ari Kivimäki

Ari is the Senior Manager in charge of Aalto Studios partnerships – both internally and externally. He has a long background as a new business developer and can advice startups in the area of creative industries, based on his experience at the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and new business centers. He has also been a …