Sofia Pantouvaki
Professor
Professor
A801 Department of Film
Sofia Pantouvaki founded Costume in Focus (2013), the first research group on performance costume and led the research project Costume Methodologies(2014-2018) funded by the Academy of Finland. Her research currently focuses on the theory and practice of performance costume with a special interest in design for opera and dance, costume and technology, and costume and sustainability; curation and exhibition design; scenography as theatre education; and clothing in the concentration camps of World War Two.
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Phone number
+358505992288
Areas of expertise
Scenography, Costume in Focus, Costume design, Costume in action, Concentration Camp Clothing
Honors and awards
Student prize: MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), 2025, fiction, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film
WINNER: Honourable Mention, New Nordic Films – Next Nordic Generation -competition
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Department of Film
Aug 2025
Student prize: MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), 2025, fiction, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: New Nordic Films – Next Nordic Generation -competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Aug 2025
Student prize: MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), 2025, fiction, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: La Cinéf -competition
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Department of Film
May 2025
Student prize: ASTRO TV, 2025, fiction, dir. Magdaleena Jakkila, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: R&A Shorts – National Competition
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Department of Film
Sep 2025
Student prize: ASTRO TV, 2025, fiction, dir. Magdaleena Jakkila, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: ELOa Espoossa – Fresh out of ELO, Special screening
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Department of Film
Aug 2025
Student prize: ASTRO TV, 2025, fiction, dir, Magdaleena Jakkila, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: New Nordic Films – Next Nordic Generation -competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Aug 2025
Student prize: ODOTTAJAT (The Wait), fiction, dir. Vilja Keskimäki
Invitation: Official selection: Nordic Flames -competition
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Department of Film
Aug 2025
Student prize: ODOTTAJAT (The Wait), fiction, dir. Vilja Keskimäki
Invitation: Official selection of Short Student Films
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Department of Film
Jul 2025
Student prize: ODOTTAJAT (The Wait), 2025, fiction, dir. Vilja Keskimäki
Invitation: Official selection: NEXXT Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Jun 2025
student prize: ODOTTAJAT, 2024, fiction, dir. Vilja Keskimäki
invitation: Official selection: R&A Shorts National Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Sep 2024
Research groups
- Costume in Focus Research Group
Publications
‘Re-Imagining’ across the diverse fields of artistic research
Harri Laakso, Sofia Pantouvaki, Priska Falin
2025
RUUKKU: Studies in Artistic Research
Special Issue: Nro 23 (2025): Re-Imagining
Harri Laakso, Sofia Pantouvaki, Priska Falin
2025
Ruukku Studies in Artistic Research
A decade of Studies in Costume and Performance
Suzanne Osmond, Sofia Pantouvaki, Madeline Taylor
2025
Studies in Costume and Performance
"Nara" (costume design for contemporary opera)
Sofia Pantouvaki
2025
Species
Sofia Pantouvaki
2025
Studies in Costume and Performance, Issue 10.1 (open themed)
Sofia Pantouvaki, Suzanne Osmond
2025
Studies in Costume and Performance
"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" ("Η Παράξενη Υπόθεση του δρ Τζέκιλ και του κύριου Χάιντ") (costume design)
Sofia Pantouvaki
2025
Emergent voices and recovered practices
Suzanne Osmond, Sofia Pantouvaki
2024
Studies in Costume and Performance