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Aalto University (ELO)

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  • Basic Facts
  • Mission & Strategy
  • Degree Areas
  • Key Teaching Staff
  • Successful Graduates

Basic Facts

  • Year of Foundation:

    2010

  • Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:

    -

  • Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:

    -

  • Agency (-ies) Who Awarded the State Accreditation:

    -

  • Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):

    Anna Heiskanen

  • Address:

    Hämeentie 135 C, 00560 Helsinki

  • Country:

    Finland

  • Website:

    https://elo.aalto.fi/en/

  • Points of Contact

    CILECT Contact Person:
    Anna Heiskanen
    Telephone:
    +358 505452027
    Email:
    anna.heiskanen@aalto.fi
    CILECT Contact Person:
    Head of Department
    Telephone:
    +358 50 3152150
    Email:
    ilona.virtanen@aalto.fi
    CILECT Contact Person:
    Ilona Virtanen
    Telephone:
    +358 40 5929466
    Email:
    kirsi.rinne@aalto.fi

Mission & Strategy

Department of Film, Television and Scenography

The Department of Film, Television, and Scenography ELO is Finland’s only university-level film school.

The versatile teaching at ELO gives artists or producers preparing for the profession the readiness to operate at high-level tasks in cinematic and scenographic art. The department’s research brings new understanding of the forms of expression and production processes in cinematic and scenographic art and opens paths to international research in the field.

Degree Areas

Costume Design: Performing Arts and Film - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

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Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

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  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

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Production Design - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

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Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

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  • Practical Work

    No information

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    No information

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Cinematography - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

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Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

Student Practical Work Obligations

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

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Film Directing - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

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Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

Student Practical Work Obligations

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

  • Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student

Film Sound Design - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

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Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

Student Practical Work Obligations

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

  • Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student

Film Editing - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

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  • Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

Student Practical Work Obligations

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

  • Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student

Film and Television Producing - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

Tuition Fees

  • Residents

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Number of Students

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  • Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

Student Practical Work Obligations

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

  • Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student

Documentary Film - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

Tuition Fees

  • Residents

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  • International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

  • Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

Student Practical Work Obligations

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

  • Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student

Screenwriting - Film and Television

  • Degree Awarded

    MFA

  • Training Type

    Full-Time

Tuition Fees

  • Residents

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Number of Students

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  • Students Total (Male/Female/Other)

  • International Students incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

  • Graduates incl. in Total (Male/Female/Other)

Admission Requirements

  • Portfolio & Interview

    No information

  • Agreements with Foreign Governments

    No information

  • High Institution Matriculation

    No information

  • Recognized Prior Expertise

    No information

  • Talent Entrance Exams

    No information

Language of Studies

  • Language of Studies

Student Practical Work Obligations

Graduation Obligations per Student

  • Practical Work

    No information

  • Written Thesis

    No information

Budget Parameters

  • Total Amount from School`s Budget Allocated to Production Annually

  • Average Graduation Practical Work Budget per student

Key Teaching Staff

Aleksi Bardy

Field of Teaching: Film and Television Producing
Website Reference: https://www.helsinkifilmi.fi/

Anne Lakanen

Field of Teaching: Film Editing, Animation

Pietari Koskinen

Field of Teaching: Film Sound Design

Susanna Helke

Field of Teaching: Film Research, Documentary Film

Olaf Möller

Field of Teaching: Film History

Iiro Küttner

Field of Teaching: Screenwriting

Liisa Ikonen

Field of Teaching: Scenography

Kaisa Mäkinen

Field of Teaching: Production Design

Dorita Hannah

Field of Teaching: Scenography

Lenka Hellstedt

Field of Teaching: Film Directing

Mia Halme

Field of Teaching: Documentary Film

Davis Simanis

Field of Teaching: Film Directing

Sofia Pantouvaki

Field of Teaching: Costume Design, Research

Rauno Ronkainen

Field of Teaching: Cinematography

Satu Kyösola

Field of Teaching: Film History, Film Theory

Anna Heiskanen

Field of Teaching: Head of Department, Film and Television Producing

Successful Graduates

Renny Harlin

Major Achievements:

Renny Harlin is a Finnish film director, producer, and screenwriter who has made his career in Hollywood Europe and China. Harlin’s films have also a huge influence and recognition in India. His best-known films include A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Deep Blue Sea.

Dome Karukoski

Major Achievements:

Thomas “Dome” August George Karukoski is a Finnish film director. He is considered to be one of Finland’s most successful film directors, having won over 30 festival awards and having directed six feature films that became blockbusters in his home country and also received international recognition.

Mauri Tapio Kunnas

Major Achievements:

Mauri Tapio Kunnas is a Finnish cartoonist and children’s author.

Markku Pölönen

Major Achievements:

Markku Tapani Pölönen is a Finnish film director, screenwriter, and editor; and the owner of film production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus. Pölönen’s best known work is the 2004 film Dog Nail Clipper — written and directed by Pölönen — which was honoured in five categories at the 2005 Jussi Awards (Finland’s premier film awards) including Best Direction and Best Script and which film critic Jay Weissberg from Variety called Pölönen’s “most mature work to date”. Pölönen has received numerous additional Jussi awards, including best picture and best screenplay for Onnen Maa (1994); best picture and best director for Kivenpyörittäjän kylä (1995); and best picture, best director, and best screenplay for A Summer by the River (1999) Pölönen has also been nominated for two other Jussis that he did not win. Finally, many of Pölönen’s films have earned best actor and best actress awards, as well.

Lauri Törhönen

Major Achievements:

Lauri Törhönen is a Finnish film director. He has directed 13 feature films including Tropic of Ice. He worked in Warren Beatty’s Reds as the second assistant director: Finland (as Lauri Torhonen) and in Gorky Park by Michael Apted also as the second assistant director: Finland (as Lauri Torhonen).

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