40th Midnight Sun Film Festival was held 11.-15.6.2025 in Sodankylä, Lapland.
Following shared Archive Film Festival Network activities were presented as part of the 40th anniversary edition of Midnight Sun Film Festival.
AFFN Presents
Cinematic journey back to 1975 showing cinema 50 years ago including following films:
Wives (Norway, 1975)
by Anja Breien
Profession reporter aka Passenger (Italy, 1975)
by Michelangelo Antonioni
Romantic Englishwoman (UK, 1975)
by Joseph Losey
The Quarterly Balance (Poland, 1975)
by Krzysztof Zanussi
Introductions by Jan Jilek (Summer Film School) and Fiammetta Girola (Bergamo Film Meeting)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Germany, 1975)
by Margarethe von Trotta
Jaws
by Steven Spielberg (USA, 1975)
(Presented 17.10.2025 in the Autumn event in Kino Laika, Karkkila)
https://msfilmfestival.fi/filters/1975
AFFN Film
AFFN Film Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy, was screened during the festival and is scheduled for a nationwide distribution in Finland on October 24th, 2025.
AFFN Education
What a Ruckus! – Children’s Foley Workshop
Workshop welcomed all young people and those young at heart to an interactive silent film play-along experience focusing on sound!
The participants experienced what it’s like to be a foley artist using different objects, instruments, body parts and vocalizations to breathe life into George Méliès’ silent film Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon, 1902).
The hour-long workshop explored the impact of sound in film, promotes creativity through play and active listening and offers opportunities to practice being a foley artist.
Club tent, Wednesday June 11 at 1 pm, suggested for ages 7-12, free admission
What a Ruckus! – children’s foley workshop — Midnight Sun Film Festival
AFFN Industry
Classic films for the next generation: Perspectives on film education and programming archive titles.
– with various presentations from programmers, educators, filmmakers on the topic: how to mobilize film heritage for the younger audiences. For educators, film programmers, filmmakers and venue managers.
11.6.2025 from 9 AM till 1 PM at Kitisenranta School + live streaming
Opening words Ari Lehtola, Executive Director, Midnight Sun Film Festival
Introduction to Film Education Kaisa Kukkola, Film Literacy Expert
Presentation of the Lapland Project Milja Mikkola and Laura Tervo, Midnight Sun Film Festival
Director’s Perspective Jouko Aaltonen, Film Director
Film Festivals and Archive Film Festival Network as Educators Jan Jilek, Summer Film School (eng.) AFFN
Presentation of the 16mm Film Workshops Milja Mikkola ja Laura Tervo, Midnight Sun Film Festival
Use of Archive Titles in Education Jennifer Baker, Associate Professor, (eng.)
– followed by master class program on early animation (Saturday 14.6.)
Teacher’s Perspective Elina Ylitepsa, educator and specialist in film literacy
Closing words Kaisa Kukkola
Film Education Matinee: Perspectives on film education — Midnight Sun Film Festival
