Opening Films: I Am Everything & The Helsinki Effect

The festival opens with two thought-provoking titles that explore history through a contemporary lens, combining AI technology and archival material. In the Danish short film I Am Everything by Jeppe Lange, an artificial intelligence attempts to attain human consciousness by drawing on art history and the infinite image archives of the internet.

In the Finnish documentary The Helsinki Effect, Arthur Franck employs archival material, artificial intelligence, and humour to vividly bring to life the 1975 Helsinki Conference set during the Cold War. What exactly happened at the meeting between the most powerful men of the era?

After the screening, head down to Brogatan where Lasertrion will play tunes of improvisation and an unpredictable mix of genres – nothing’s off limits, everything’s in play.

I Am Everything

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I Am Everything

Jeppe Lange

Using art history and the internet's infinite image archive as building blocks, the director has created a thought-provoking and subtly funny work in which an artificial intelligence developing >

Jeppe Lange

Using art history and the internet's infinite image archive as building blocks, the director has created a thought-provoking and subtly funny work in which an artificial intelligence developing >

Documentary, Animation, Experimental

Denmark

2025

12'

The Helsinki Effect

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The Helsinki Effect

Arthur Franck

29 July 1975. Thirty-five world leaders gather at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki for an unprecedented three day Cold War extravaganza: the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe, sometimes >

Arthur Franck

29 July 1975. Thirty-five world leaders gather at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki for an unprecedented three day Cold War extravaganza: the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe, sometimes >

Documentary

Finland
Germany

2025

88'