We are excited to partner with BAFF – Brussels Art Film Festival, which opens with Karin Pennanen’s Days of Wonder (Päivien lumo) on 10 November at 19:00, Cinema Palace, Brussels.
For it’s 25th edition, Brussels Art Film Festival – BAFF presents 13 films in competition, 15 films from around the world, special screenings, and a focus on the guest country, Lebanon, in collaboration with CINEMAMED and the BAFF – Beirut Art Film Festival. Pennanen’s Days of Wonder has been selected as the festival’s opening film.
Days of Wonder
Film still from Karin Pennanen- Days of Wonder- 2025
A collage-like portrait of her uncle Markku, a painter, musician, composer and performer: an artist full of secrets. In 1970s Finland, Karin Pennanen grows up fascinated by her larger-than-life uncle. Years later, she discovers the vast body of work he left behind in an isolated house in the woods: drawings, collages, sound recordings and videos. Through this archive, Karin brings Markku back to life and reconnects with the world of her childhood. Days of Wonder becomes an intimate dialogue between generations, memory and creation.
Days of Wonder (Päivien lumo)
Karin Pennanen | Finland | 2025 | 87min
10.11.2026, 19:00 at Cinema Palace, Brussels (followed by a DJ set by Rokia Bamba at the Palace bar, free entry).
Subtitles are in French and Netherlands. Accessibility information about the event can be found on the Cinema Palace website.
Karin Pennanen
Karin Pennanen is a film director and screenwriter. Born 1977 in Helsinki, Finland she now lives and works in Espoo, Finland. She holds an MA from the Aalto University in Helsinki from scenography and continued her studies in film in Norway, at Filmkunstskolen i Kabelvåg. Learning the craft of film making in the spectacular surroundings of the Lofoten Islands was a turning point for her in becoming a film director. Her background in scenography and fine arts can be seen in her special interest for spatiality and visuals in film. Pennanen has made short films, both fiction and documentary, that have been screened internationally, winning several awards.