Other events

Thursday and Friday, 19. and 20.8.2010
Schoolchildren from around the region invited to enjoy narure films
Location: Punkaharju, Art Centre Retretti

With two local cooperative banks, we are giving schoolchildren from around the region the chance to enjoy nature films on the big screen.
We are offering hundreds of elementary school pupils (aged ca. 8 to 12 years) a fun way to start off the new school term: we will hold free special screenings of two films in the concert hall of the Retretti art centre. In addition to this, the children can enjoy further events organized on the same day in cooperation with the Finnish Forest Museum (Lusto), the district Association for Nature Conservation, and Retretti.




Friday, 20.8
Lecture: Climate, Environment and Biodiversity
Location: Savonlinna, Savonlinnasali
Time: 10-15
The lecture is open to everyone and free of charge

Friday, 20.8
Charity gala
Location: Savonlinna

Proceeds from the admissions and other sources will be donated to the WWF, which passes the funds on to the protection of the Saimaa ringed seal. The gala will feature an auction of nature-related works of art. Donors include Mr Pertti Salolainen, a long-time memberof the Finnish Parliament



Note also:
In connection with the nature film festival, there is a range of related events:

- 30 years in Saimaa, Juha Taskinen´s jubilee exhibition at Savonlinna Provincial Museum
- Moonlight dance in Punkaharju 21.8.
- Nature photographs, documentaries, cruises etc.

We will set up exhibitions of nature photography in the neighbourhood and show further nature documentaries in other locations. A list of these events and locations will be published in July.
Among the highlights will be award-winning documentaries from the Wildlife Vaasa nature film festival, which is the longest-standing event of its kind in Finland (since 2002).