TASTE Finland pop up restaurant The Restaurant day organized by Finnagora and the Finnish Embassy in Budapest has already become a tradition. This year the event is organized for the 7th time in the courtyard of the Finnish Embassy in Budapest. The Restaurant day-concept is originally from Finland and it has been hugely popular around the world. This year the event profile has been renewed. We will serve the biggest street food trends in Finland right now at the TASTE Finland pop up restaurant! The vegans out there will be happy to know that there will be a vegan main course and dessert

Finnagora and The Finnish Embassy have joined forces to present Pirjo Honkasalo’s 2013 movie, Concrete Night, in Cinema City Allée. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the Finnish director. Set in Helsinki, Concrete Night tells the story of a day in the life of two brothers, one of whom is about to go into prison, and spends his last free hours with his 14 year old younger brother. The movie depicts this fragile state of mind in dreamlike sequences, telling a gripping tale about the loss of innocence. Concrete Night is based on a novel with the same title, written by Pirkko

Editor and debut novel writer Satu Vasantola is the second Finnish guest at the European First Novel Festival, held at the International Book Festival Budapest. Satu Vasantola’s recently published first novel, (Never) Going Back is a deft portrayal of individual lives uprooted and inexorably intertwined across time and space. Satu Vasantola’s singular style is both lyrical and bold. Due to her fascination with medicine, diseases, accidents and violence, Vasantola’s characters are often led into hospitals and operation rooms. Vasantola is a journalist, who worked as an editor-in-chief of

International Book Festival Budapest is regarded as one of the most important events for professional authors in Hungary. Every year the event is visited by up to 60 000 people. This year the event is organized 19.-22.4. and the Finnish guest author is Finlandia-award winning Pirkko Saisio. Saisio is one of the most important contemporary authors in Finland right now. At the Book Festival the first part of Saisio’s autobiographic trilogy, Pienin yhteinen jaettava, is presented. The book has been translated into Hungarian by Ildikó Varga P. and it’s published by the publishing house Polar.

The TelepART Mobility Support Platform supports emerging and semi-established artists in showcasing their work internationally. At the core of this project is a new style of rapid-access funding. This funding is designed to support travel costs for performances between Finland and Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Romania. The aim of TelepART is to promote cultural exchange between Finland and the countries involved. The platform is permanently open to applications. Applications can be submitted by performers and their representatives or event organisers. Applicants will be notified of