Finland - Euphoria Borealis ry
Euphoria Borealis ry is a Finnish cultural association working in the fields of visual and audiovisual culture. It consists of a group of young people interested in arts and culture in general, both professionals and students. The aim of the association is to encourage, develop and diversity the knowledge and making of audiovisual art by young people.
Besides having coordinated the NISI MASA short film script contest in Finland since 2001, Euphoria Borealis has also organised international film and photography workshops (Encounter of Imaginations in Sodankylä in 2002 and Fiskars: details in 2004) during previous years. For the year 2005, Euphoria Borealis was a partner of Script&Pitch Workshops training course project and hosted one of its workshops in Sodankylä, Finland. In 2006 the association hosted the international jury meeting of the 5th NisiMasa Script Contest and in 2008 Nisimazine Helsinki workshop. During the last year the activities on a national level have mostly consisted of organising cinema clubs in Helsinki.
First contact with NISI MASA: Created in 2000, the Helsinki-based association has been a member of NISI MASA since its foundation. They met with the other founders in 1999 during a festival in La Rochelle.
contact person:
Helena Mielonen (helena.mielonen@welho.com)
contact person for Call for Scripts - European Short Pitch:
Hannaleena Hauru (hannaleena.hauru@taik.fi)
postal address:
Euphoria Borealis ry
PL 1326
00101 Helsinki
Finland
phone:
+358 45-139 4342
+358 41-584 0064
email:
website:
www.euphoriaborealis.net