Kettupäivät
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Kettupäivät (Finnish for "Fox Days") is an annual Finnish short and documentary film festival in Helsinki. The 23rd Kettupäivät will take place from November 7 2006 until November 11 2006.
Starting November 7th Kettupäivät will present recent Finnish short and documentary films in cinema Andorra, in the heart of Helsinki city. Finnish Film Contact organizes the festival for 23 years now. Kettupäivät awards the best short films in professional and student categories as well as the best documentary made. Furthermore, the best new Finnish animation will be selected and awarded with the Hinku and Vinku prize.
For the 11th time the festival stages a special feature called FoxOff: films in this competition must not exceed three minutes in length and deal with a specialized topic each year. This year's subject is “mistake”.
Besides the competitions, the festival employs special programs for music videos, contemporary films and the best of Nordic short and documentary films. The festival closes on Saturday the 11th of November with a prize-giving ceremony.
After the closing ceremony, festival-goers will have the opportunity to talk to filmmakers and enjoy the night in the club in restaurant Dubrovnik, where the duo Nieminen & Litmanen will be performing “Scandinavian action jazz”.
