The 9th Finnish Film Days takes place on the 5-9th of February 2020 at Toldi Cinema! Finnish Film Days offers eight first-class Finnish films and two shortfilm collections presenting some of the brightest talents of Finnish film making. All movies are spoken in Finnish and subtitled in English and Hungarian, unless mentioned otherwise. Tickets: 1550 / 1200 HUF Pre-sale starts the 23rd of January. Buy tickets at Toldi Cinema (Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 36-38.) or at http://toldimozi.hu/programok/ Organized by FinnAgora co-operation with TOLDI mozi, Suomen elokuvasäätiö - Finnish Film Foundation ,

Finnish visual artist and musician Hannu Karjalainen is bringing his video installation Towards An Architect and a live audiovisual performance Nightfall to Finnish Film Days festival in collaboration with Let it Be! art agency . The video work portrays a fictional architect, who is being covered in Le Corbusier paints in different colours - experiencing the response of the people forced to live in the structures he has created. Nightfall is based on 16mm film footage of a woman walking in a park at night, shot by the artist himself. The viewer is transported on a dreamlike voyage through

FinnAgora is on Christmas break from the 20.12 to the 5.1. We have already started planning next years events and are very much looking forward to them. In February from the 5.2 to the 9.2 the popular Finnish movie festival Finn Filmnapok is being held in Budapest. In spring the popular restaurant day Taste Finland will also be back which will give an opportunity to taste Finnish delicacies in Hungary. There are a lot of interesting events coming up next year and to keep up to date please follow us on social media. FinnAgora wishes everyone a peaceful Christmas Time and a Happy New Year.

Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen are performing at New Jazz from Finland at Budapest Music Center the 30th of November at 20.00. Both artists are household names of Finnish Jazz, Timo Lassy plays the saxophone and Teppo Mäkynen plays the drums. For more information on the event and on Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen visit: https://opusjazzclub.hu/en/concerts/new-jazz-from-finland-timo-lassy-teppo-maekynen Jazz Finland has given their expert opinion during the event and has collaborated with New Jazz from Finland and FinnAgora.

Ilmiliekki Quartet is one of the most beloved ensembles of Finnish Jazz. Consisting of trumpet player Verneri Pohjola, pianist Tuomo Prättälä, bassist Antti Lötjönen and drummer Olavi Louhivuori. Stylistically Ilmiliekki Quartet range from the delicate end of the sparse contemporary jazz sound to the depths of Nordic fire music. Ilimiliekki Quartet will play at Budapest Music Center the 29th of November at 20.00. For more information on the event and how to buy tickets visit https://opusjazzclub.hu/en/concerts/new-jazz-from-finland-ilmiliekki-quartet Jazz Finland has given their expert