Space By: Rakkautta & Anarkiaa

Space By of September: Rakkautta & Anarkiaa film festival. The festival will take place on 19.-29.9. and you can find the pre ticket sale station at Hobo on Monday the 9th and 13.-17.9.

Founded in 1988, the Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy has been held annually ever since. The aim of Finland’s biggest film festival is to promote the artistry of filmmaking alongside inventive, controversial and visually stunning new films. The festival also seeks to screen films that would otherwise not be seen in Finnish theatres.

The festival programme consists of new films from well-known filmmakers and fresh talents alike. In its first few years the programme was heavily focused on Japanese and Hong Kong films. Since then, the programme has evolved; Asian films still play a part but films from all other continents feature too. The ideological masters of the festival aren’t too tough to pick out – Lina Wertmüller (Love and Anarchy, 1973), Wong Kar-wai, Spike Lee, Claire Denis, Peter Greenaway, Gaspar Noé, Kelly Reichardt, John Woo, David Cronenberg, Takeshi Kitano, Todd Solondz, Takashi Miike and Hayao Miyazaki are all names that pop up in the festival programme year and decade after another.

Shop the festival merch at our Space By next to our front desk until the end of the month!

Space what? Space By is a piece of wall next to Hobo’s reception. Here, we give away one of our prime spots in the entrance, offering niche artists and companies the possibility to create something unique. Rent-free, hassle-free, right in the heart of the city. Space By is a rotating concept. This means we welcome a new creator, company or organization every month. Clothing stores, art exhibitions, hairdressers, tattoo studios, bike shops, jewelry stores, sneaker swaps, audio stores…