OMVF x CSFF

Copenhagen Short Film Festival is happy to partner with OMVF (Oulu Music Video Festival) and present a curated assortment of rare Finnish music videos! Oulu is 2026 European Capital of Culture year, and to celebrate, OMVF has opened submissions for the OMVF European Music Video Competition!

19:30 - Sähkö (1995)

Sähkö (1995) is the cult documentary on @sahkorecordings , the legendary Finnish record label home to, amongst other great music, Mika Vainio’s seminal work. The movie is a snapshot in time of the label and its artists. Exclusive footage of Vainio, Mono Junk and others working on music, touring and creating their own instruments, offers a unique glimpse into their uncompromising DIY ethos. This is a must-see film for all fans of electronic music!

20:15 - Obscure Finnish music videos

The movie is followed by an hour-long screening of Leftfield and Obscure Finnish music videos. Want to see the Bomfunk Mcs rapper Raymond Ebanks’ early forays into hip-hop in what is perhaps the first Finnish hip-hop music video? Interested in the intersection between tracker-ghettotech and traditional Finnish tango? This screening brings abstract and grainy film footage into dialogue with 90’s computer graphics, with music ranging from EBM and acid to ambient experimentalism. Don’t miss it, as most of these videos are not on Youtube and this is your once-in-lifetime opportunity to see them! Curated by @jaydayalldayeveryday

If you have a music video fitting OMVF European Music Video Competition, don’t wait and submit your work!

You can read more about submissions via the link below. Submissions are open to all EU and EEA countries, as well as Georgia, the UK, and Ukraine. The festival itself takes place on 27.–30.8.