AWARDS AND PRIZES

  • Banff Definition 2006, the Digital Media Festival, Honorary Mention in the Shorts Category for Butterfly Lovers directed by Marikki Hakola
  • The Finland State Cinema Council Quality Prize 2005 for the Bewitched Child / L´Enfant et les Sortilèges / Lumottu lapsi directed by Marikki Hakola.
  • Banff Rockie Award 2005, NHK President´s Prize, for the Bewitched Child / L´Enfant et les Sortilèges / Lumottu lapsi directed by Marikki Hakola.
  • Media & Message 2004, a shared 2nd Prize for the Culture act of the year for the web site www.runeberg.net.
  • Europrix Quality Seal 2002 in category ”Learning and E-Education” – “Excellence in New Media”, Austria, for the web site Europe of Tales.
  • FF-Mediafestival, Rovaniemi, Finland 2002, 1st Prize for Contra by Raimo Uunila
  • File Web Art Festival 2000, Brazil, a Honorable Mention for the Triad Project directed by Marikki Hakola.
  • Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Switzerland, 2000 1st prize for the Wrestling with the Bee directed by Meritta Koivisto.
  • Blue Sea Film  Festival –  Baltic Herring Competition, Rauma, Finland, 2000, the 1st  prize for the Wrestling with the Bee directed by Meritta Koivisto.
  • The Finland State Cinema Council Quality Prize 2000 for the  Frontier / 52 km Kuhmosta mehtään directed by Kaija Juurikkala.
  • The Finland State Cinema Council Quality Prize 1999 for the Continuum directed by Marikki Hakola.
  • European Film Academy Awards 1999, a nominee in short film category for the Wanted directed by Milla Moilanen.
  • New York Animation Festival 1999, the director’s citation for the Wanted by Milla Moilanen.
  • Imagina Prix Pixel-INA 1999, a Honorary Mention for the Sound Design for Wanted directed by Milla Moilanen. Sound design Epa Tamminen.
  • 7me Film & Video Scientifique, Estavar France 1997, the Honorary Prize for Ozone directed by Harri Larjosto.
  • The Finland State Cinema Council Quality Prize 1997 for Scale directed by Milla Moilanen.
  • Fox Days / Kettupäivät 1996, Finland, a Honorary Mentions for Scale by Milla Moilanen.
  • Ars Digitalis 1996, Berlin Germany, International Competition,  3rd prize, bronze ADA for Scale by Milla Moilanen.
  • Biarritz International Corporate Video Competition 1995 / the 1st prize for Avset production Imagine Engine, online editing and computer graphics designed and produced by Kroma.
  • Oulu Music Video Festival, the 2nd Prize for the music video The Insult: Underhygienie written and directed by Mikko Pitkänen and Heikki Paulaharju.
  • The Finland State Cinema Council Prize 1995 for Deep directed by Milla Moilanen.
  • Cidade de Vigo  Intl Video Festival 1995 Vigo, Spain, 2nd prize for Signals by Milla Moilanen & Raimo Uunila.
  • Cadiz International Video Fest ´94 Spain, the 1st  prize in the category “Best realisation of creative work” for TransVersum by Marikki Hakola.
  • Århus International Video Festival 1991, the 1st Prize for the Stilleben – Milena´s Journey, music by Kaija Saariaho, script and direction by Marikki Hakola.
  • European Broadcasting Union EBU 1990,  a Honorable Mention for Lucy and Linktower, a documentary by Tarja Stranden, including a video work Lucy in the Sky by Marikki Hakola.
  • Bonn Videonale 1990, the 1st Honorable Mention for the Stilleben – Milena´s Journey, music by Kaija Saariaho, script and direction by Marikki Hakola.
  • Kuopio Video Festival  1989, Finland, the 1st Prize for Gyrus directed by Marikki Hakola.