This year Tampere Film Festival, which takes place in Tampere, Finland, between 9–13 March 2022, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas. 2 film programs show a small glimpse to Jonas Mekas´ work to encourage spectators to find more about him and his films. In this small selection, we can only speedily go through the decades and see how he saw the world around him through the lens of his camera.

“Jonas Mekas 1” film program consists of documentary by Pip Chodorov “Jonas Keeps Shooting Around – an Interview Portrait of Jonas Mekas” (2002) and ten short films by Jonas Mekas “Cassis” (1966), “Hare Krishna” (1966), “Notes on the Circus” (1966), “Quartet Number One” (1991), “Imperfect 3-image Films” (1995), “Song of Avignon” (1998), “Cinema is not 100 years old” (1996), “Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten” (2001), “Williamsburg, Brooklyn” (2002), “365 Day Project March 16” (2007).

Read more about Jonas Mekas at Tampere Film Festival here.

More information on “Jonas Mekas 1” program and tickets available here.