Finnish Music Video Competition open until May 6th

Submissions for the 32nd Finnish Music Video Competition at the Oulu Music Video Festival are now open. The deadline for submitting music videos is Friday 6th May.

Registration and more info:

https://www2.omvf.net/fi/kotimainen-kilpailu/ilmoittautuminen

The competition is open to music videos directed by Finnish filmmakers that have not been previously screened at the festival. Creators may also submit videos made for international artists. The same video can take part in both the Finnish and Nordic competitions, but needs to be submitted for both separately.

The submitted videos will be pre-screened and placed into either competition or showcase screenings. The competition screenings will be curated into thematic programmes, and all selected videos will be shown in free public screenings during the festival. All submitted videos will take part in the audience vote and will be archived in OMVF’s archive – the world’s largest collection of Finnish music videos – currently containing 7,301 works from the years 1994–2024.

Participation is free of charge, but the festival can be supported at:

Winners will be announced at the festival’s awards gala, Pumpeligaala, on Saturday 23 August. The gala will also feature the winner announcement of OMVF’s first international competition, the OMVF Nordic Music Video Competition. Winners of The Finnish Music Video Competition will be selected by an independent jury, which this year includes journalist and author Anton Vanha-Majamaa, Tromsø International Film Festival director Lisa Hoen, and award-winning music video director Kalevi Suopursu.

Directors competing in the Finnish Music Video Competition are vying not only for eternal glory but also for the main prize, the Kultapumpeli, which comes with a 3000 € gift card donated by Kinos Rentals. A promising new director will receive the Teinipumpeli and a prize provided by Toast. The most outstanding post-production work will be awarded a product prize from Valco. Best cinematography will be recognised with the Linssipumpeli and an equipment rental prize sponsored by Valofirma and Kamerafirma. In addition, the jury will award four honorary mentions, and the audience vote winner will receive the Kansanpumpeli.

This year’s Pumpeli statues are designed by Irene Suosalo, who also created the festival’s 2025 visual identity.