PUPLICS Talk: Academy of Moving People & Images

As a continuation of PUBLICS Parahosting Program, PUBLICS has been sharing its space with the Academy of Moving People & Images over the last few months for film-making. This event will provide a moment to reflect upon and to discuss what they have been doing.

Academy of Moving People and Images is a platform in Helsinki for mobile people - those who have arrived in Finland for different reasons, be they immigrants, asylum seekers, students, or employees. AMPI aims to design a new learning model and a sustainable pedagogical platform where people from different backgrounds acquire tools and skills they need in order to contribute to the film industry and initiate change.

On Tuesday, the 19th of November, Erol Mintas, the founder and artistic director, Elham Rahmati, the curator and producer, and Christopher L. Thomas, the lighting and cinematography lecturer of the Academy of Moving People & Images, along with some of its participants of the year 2019 will give a talk about AMPI, its mission, what it has achieved so far and what lies ahead in the future. In the past year, the AMPI team has gone through an exciting and intensive adventure, the results of which will be open for the public to see on January 20th, 2020 at Bio Rex, in an event organized with the collaboration of Goethe-Institut Finnland and Amos Rex Museum.

The Academy is searching for new participants for the year 2020. This event functions also as an open call info session. Erol Mintas and Elham Rahmati will be there after the talk for the potential applicants to come and bring up their questions and concerns regarding the application guidelines and requirements.