HELENA ALEKSANDROVA
I am a Helsinki-based artist and cinephile who engages with film and moving images through the roles of director, editor, writer, performer, and art director, My work is deeply influenced by site-specificity, using existing spaces to shape my storytelling. My visually rich films explore subcultures, urban mythology, and genre cinema.
In April 2023, I am a co-founding member of a film collective
Film Tonight! together with Mariangela Pluchino, Roxana Sadvokassova and Jelica Jerinic.
Member of Av-Arkki & Filmverkstaden.
I hold a double BA in Film & Video Theory from Bard College, USA and Smolny College, St.Petersburg, Russia. In 2017, I received a Master's degree in Visual Culture and Contemporary Art from Aalto University, Finland. In 2019, I was a participant of the Academy of Moving People and Images (AMPI). In 2021, I joined AMPI in a position of coordinator.
I received grants from SKR, Kone Foundation, TAIKE, AVEK. My works were shown around Finland, Belgium, Croatia, Latvia, Spain and Czech Republic.
In September 2025, was a MPI Filmmaker in Residence at Finnish Film Affair.
Outside of my moving-image practice, I organise events focused on live music, alternative and accessible spaces, and grassroots community culture.
For me, organising an event is a lot like staging a film scene.
I have organised November Rain fest, a stage at Kallio Block Party, parties for
Love & Anarchy Film Festival, events with Kino Konepaja, and more.
KATASTROFI - Juovat (music video),2025
directed & edited - Helena Aleksandrova
camera - Roxana Sadvokassova
SWITCH TO LOVE - Paradox Obscur (music video),2025
directed - Mariangela Pluchino
camera - Ville Piippo
edited - Helena Aleksandrova
1.
Peppermint Diesel 20%, short film, thriller
15 min, 2024
directed by Mariangela Pluchino
Produced by Kenno Filmi
Production Design & Costume Design:
Helena Aleksandrova
Learn more about the film here.
Special Prize at Tampere Film Festival'25.
2.
Whispers of Odd, experimental
Super 8mm, 6'26 min, 2024
Directed, Edited, Production Design & Costume Design:
Helena Aleksandrova
Produced by Helena Aleksandrova, Film Tonight!
Music by Ari-Pekka Leinonen
Made in collaboration with Riga Circus &
Riga Circus School
Learn more about the film here
3.
Attraction Park, short film, art horror
19'38 min, 2023
Directed, Produced, Written, Edited, Art Direction :
Helena Aleksandrova
Learn more about the film here.
