Karhupuisto Zine 2026

Karhupuisto's own Cultural Magazine

The 2026 zine has now been published! Explore the digital zine in Finnish below or the essays on this page. You can also find the 2025 essays here. For film synopses, visit the 2026 Programme page.

Digital replica

KFF ZINE 2026

City in spaces and films

Aleksi Kinnunen, editor-in-chief of the festival magazine and one of the founders of Karhupuisto Film Festival.

City in spaces and films

Aleksi Kinnunen, editor-in-chief of the festival magazine and one of the founders of Karhupuisto Film Festival.
Here's how to spend the summer of your life, Ér...

Iida Sofia Hirvonen, a writer and journalist living in Kallio

Here's how to spend the summer of your life, Ér...

Iida Sofia Hirvonen, a writer and journalist living in Kallio
Movies Happen in the Dark – A Tribute to Cinemas

Samuli Knuuti, Espoo-based author and commissioning editor

Movies Happen in the Dark – A Tribute to Cinemas

Samuli Knuuti, Espoo-based author and commissioning editor
On Socially Engaged Cinema

Ossi Nyman, a writer and activist living in Helsinki.

On Socially Engaged Cinema

Ossi Nyman, a writer and activist living in Helsinki.
Why do we watch films?

Onerva Helne, the author is a playwright, dramaturg and one of the founders of the Karhupuisto Film Festival

Why do we watch films?

Onerva Helne, the author is a playwright, dramaturg and one of the founders of the Karhupuisto Film Festival
Reflections in the Windows

Justus Elo, the author is a student at Kallio Upper Secondary School.

Reflections in the Windows

Justus Elo, the author is a student at Kallio Upper Secondary School.
Andrea

Emmi-Liia Sjöholm, a writer and screenwriter who lives right around the corner from Karhupuisto Park.

Andrea

Emmi-Liia Sjöholm, a writer and screenwriter who lives right around the corner from Karhupuisto Park.

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KFF ZINE 2025

Editorial

Aleksi Kinnunen is one of the four founders of the festival.

Editorial

Aleksi Kinnunen is one of the four founders of the festival.
The light that changes us

Elias Westerberg is an actor from Helsinki who lived on the 5th line during his childhood.

The light that changes us

Elias Westerberg is an actor from Helsinki who lived on the 5th line during his childhood.
An ode to the Kallio way of life

Anna Brotkin is a screenwriter who lived in Karhupuisto.

An ode to the Kallio way of life

Anna Brotkin is a screenwriter who lived in Karhupuisto.
Ghost story

Amanda Palo is a writer, gallerist, performance artist and native of Kallio.

Ghost story

Amanda Palo is a writer, gallerist, performance artist and native of Kallio.
Great beauty

Jaakko Jokinen is a musician and cinephile who took his wife on a first date to Salpimienta on Fleminginkatu.

Great beauty

Jaakko Jokinen is a musician and cinephile who took his wife on a first date to Salpimienta on Fleminginkatu.
What Before Sunrise teaches me about presence, ...

Timea Slavic is a photographer who has spent a lot of time in Pengerpuisto with her dog Tilda.

What Before Sunrise teaches me about presence, ...

Timea Slavic is a photographer who has spent a lot of time in Pengerpuisto with her dog Tilda.