
HELENA ALEKSANDROVA
Here you can find my: filmography, exhibitions & screenings, events produced & work experience.
My background as an artist, director and coordinator, paired with a strong analytical approach,
enables me to meticulously manage complex initiatives and bring unique creative style.
EDUCATION
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Academy of Moving People & Images, 2019
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MA in Visual Culture & Contemporary Art
Aalto University, Finland 2017
MA Thesis '‘Presence and absence through mediation of television and new media’
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Double BA in Film & Video Theory
Bard College, USA, 2014
Smolny College, St.Petersburg State University, Russia, 2014
BA Thesis '"History, memory and trauma in the films of Alain Resnais and Aleksei German"
GRANTS
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AVEK (2024, 2023)
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Nordic Culture Point (2024)
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Kone Foundation (2021-2022, 2023-2024)
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TAIKE (2022, 2020)
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Finnish Cultural Foundation (2018)
RESIDENCIES
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
EVENTS PRODUCING
As director, producer, editor & production designer & costumes:
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KATASTROFI, 2025,music video for Juovat
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Whispers of ODD, 2024, Super 8mm
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Attraction Park, 2023, short film
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BOYRIDE, 2022 ,music video for HASH
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FIFA, 2022, music video for Agamwe
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GARDENIA, 2021, short film
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29th July, 00:27, Reenactment, 2020,short film
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Death in Paradise, 2020, short film
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We Are Lady Godiva, They Are Peeping Tom, 2019, video essay
As production designer & art director:
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Peppermint Diesel 20 % dir. Mariangela Pluchino, 2024, short film
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Moving in November trailers in 2021, 2022, dir. Mariangela Pluchino
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CUT To Chase, trailer for Helsinki FF , 2020, dir. Mariangela Pluchino
As costume designer/costumer:
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Father’s Day, dir. Mikko Lopponen, 2025, short film
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Peppermint Diesel 20 % 2024
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As assistant director:
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Jellymama, dir. Hertta Kiski, ZODIAK Visions, 2025, short, 16mm
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Leonarda Flesh Ain’t Weak, dir. M.Pluchino, 2020, short film
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Other:
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Scent of ancestral dream, dir. Shamsil Balkis, 2025, short film
visual consultant & assistant on set for production designer
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Switch to Love, 2025, music video for Paradox Obscur, dir. by M.Pluchino
editor
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Jellymama, dir. Hertta Kiski, 2025
distributor
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As actress:
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Sorsapaisti, dir. Jelica Jerinic, 2023, background cast
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Reflection, dir. Samu Kuukka, 2022, 16mm, main cast
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Phantasmagoria, dir. Tia Hassinen, Ilona Lehtinen, 2020, main cast
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most of my own works
(producing, coordinating, art direction, promotion, host)
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KINO KONEPAJA:
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DECA-DANCE: for Love&Anarchy HiFF, 27.09.2025*
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Film Tonight! presents: SUNMA x HASH x TUNNWLI, 28.08.2025*
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KATASTROFI: JUOVAT x Film Tonight!, 23.05.2025*
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Kinokoneparty 1, 14.03.2025*
KATAMANDO BAR :
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JEHU djs, 22.01.2025
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Alte Exellenze, 27.11.2024
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Trick o Treat, 30.10.2024
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Back to School,14.08.2024
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Mimi Vetter & Agamwe, 31.07.2024
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Lazer & Vector, 24.07.2024
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JEHU djs,17.07.2024
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M (live), 10.07.2024
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JEHU djs, 30.06.2024
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BASIC (live acts),Sound Art night, Film Tonight Office, 30.04.2024
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Ele-gi-eli + Marloes + mii, Sound Art night, Film Tonight Office, 20.04.2024
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FRAME FUSION shorts screening + Dj Set, Bio Bristol, Stockholm, 3.12.2023*
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PIT STOP, for Finnish Film Affair & Love & Anarchy, Jackie Bar, 21.09.2023*
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35th Anniversary of Love & Anarchy HiFF, Konttori, 17.09.2022*
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November Rain, one day live music festival, Malmin Mestari
twice 12.11.2022 and 17.11.2023
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AMPI 3rd Graduation Screening, BIO REX, Helsinki, 21.11.2022
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AMPI 2nd Graduation Screening, Cultural Center Caisa, Helsinki,27.10.2021
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Farewell to Summer Art & Music, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki12.09.2021*
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'Laskovyi May' Art Karaoke, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki, 28-30.05.2021*
*together with Film Tonight!
* in collab. with Vera Kavaleuskaya
2024
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Art of Small, group exhibition, Tampere Intercultural Art Space
embroidery ' Cherry on Top'
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PLATFORM festival, Vaasa, Finland
with 'Whispers of Odd’ & ‘Attraction Park”
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HOT POT, group exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
Embroidery ‘Moth Town.Disco Lights’
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ON FILM, group exhibiton of FILM TONIGHT!, Asbestos ArtSpace
‘Whispers of Odd’ & 3 works on 16mm
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‘Attraction Park’ screenings:
Yö Festival, Tornio, Finland
Lapinlahti Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Oranssi Fest, Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland,
Lyhytelokuvapäiva at Kino Laika, Karkkila
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2023
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Seven Of Seven, Myymala2, Helsinki, Finland
Performance on theremin 'The Electric Fingers',
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Solo exhibition 'Attraction Park'
GalleriA, Kuopio Art Museum Kuopio, Finland
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Cinema Nova, Brussels, Belgium
Open Sessions Screening of Attraction Park
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2022
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‘BOYRIDE’ screenings:
Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, 4th of March
Bajramovic Unlimited Gallery, Athens, Greece, 15th April
Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic, 20th of March
2021
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Nyctalope, public performance
Directed by Maeva Longvert, hosted by Caisa, Helsinki, October 8th
2020
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Fears or Fierce?, exhibition in collaboration with Tia Hassinen
Oksasenkatu 11 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 13-30th Aug
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Pori Bienaali IV, group exhibition, online platform, 3-31th July
2019
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The Crew: taco stuffs and life after the institution, group exhibition
Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland, Oct.11th - Nov. 3d
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No Filter, solo exhibition
Myymala2, Helsinki, Finland. May 24th - June 16th
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Devil Hotel, collab. with Bert Jacobs for YART
Castle Geeraard the Duivelsteen, Gent, exhibition 19 March- 26 July
2018
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Experimental Event VI, group exhibition
Valimo Hall of Palmgren Conservatory, Pori, Finland, Nov 29th - Dec 2nd
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Music you used to hate. Performance-radio show, with Ariel Bustamante
La Paz, Bolivia, May 21st. Night of Museums
2017
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Wicked Games, solo exhibition, curated by Katie Lenanton
TUAS space, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland. Nov 21st - Dec 18th
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Reviewing Richter, group exhibition
Zbirka Richter, Zagreb, Croatia, July
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The Truth About Finland. Porin kulttuurisäätö, group exhibition.
Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland. June 2nd – June 22th
Pori, Finland. July 8th-16th
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All this free time, ladies of the mansion. Performance on camera, collab. wth Anna-Sofia Sysser. Space Invaders V, group exhibition.
Tampere, Finland. May 18th – May 21st
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The Present Continues, video installation, solo exhibition
Third Space, Helsinki, Finland. April 20th – May 4th
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MPI Filmmaker in Resdience, Finnish Film Affair, Helsinki, 2025
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Filmverkstaden, Vaasa, Finland, 2023
Together with Mariangela Pluchino, March
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YART, Ghent, Belgium, 2019
Together with Bert Jacobs, March
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SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
Coordinator
Academy of Moving People & Images (AMPI)
2021 - 2023 - full-time
2024- 2025 - part-time
Guest Lecturer
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2019-2022 Aalto University, UWAS
Lectures on history of video art, social media and the staged aspect of viral videos
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2021 Kallio Art High School
Lecture on art exhibition building and collaborative techniques / with Tia Hassinen
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2021 Universidad de las Américas PueblaGuest
Lecture at Tridimensional Thematic Workshop lead by Mario Martinez
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Exhibition attendant at 'Po-Fo Show"
HIAP, 2020
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Innternships
Catalysti, 2020
GroovInk, 2019
HIAP, 2018 - 2019
Exhibition installation assistant
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Museum of Contemporary Art of Zagreb
Ivana Franke, Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen exhibition, 2017
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Videokaffe, Gallery Anhava, 2017
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Tour Guide
Helsinki Art Walk, MUU Gallery, 2017
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Translator
SFERA Studios, Film Subtitles translator, Eng-Rus, 2014 - 2017