We are very excited to have received 40 fantastic proposals for the festival’s program. We were also very pleased that 12 different languages were represented in the proposals, other than Finnish, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, and English. These are: Arabic, Estonian, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Latvian, Mandarin Chinese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian and Ukranian. 

We are truly grateful to each one of the candidates for their professionalism, support and interest in amplifying voices and actively making Finnish children’s culture more polyphonic and accessible.   

The following artists have been selected for Kolibrí Festivaali 2022: 

• Claudia Herrera Rosales (MX)- Corporal expression and dance: an alternative language 
• Vivita Kaupere (LT)- Sensory Forest 
• Sandra Bencomo (ES/FI)- One big canvas 
• Ina Fiebig (DE)- BIRD PERSPECTIVE. Family Life through the Bird Lense.  
• Anastasia Artemeva (RU)- Word play/Игра слов/Sanapeli 
• Mariana Moretti Carvalho (BR) – The adventures of Saci-Pererê  
• Yelyzaveta Glybchenko (UA) Color Up Peace 
• Alejandro García (MX)- Navigating through science 
• Sami Kontola (FI)- Integrated Workshop of Musical Toys and Rhythm 
• Clara Petrozzi (PE)- OHO! music workshop for babies  
• Mariana Núñez Sánchez (MX)- Chunches: Pelotas Sorpresa  
• Ida Danielsbacka (FI)- Light Show and Circus Workshop 
• Anne Savitie (FI)- Animation workshop Metamorphosis/ Animaatiopaja Metamorfoosi 
• Yunjia Liu (CN)- Awaken through Improvisation 
• Leandro Roco (AR) Cantando con Corocó 

Selection Team: Andrea Santos Brito (BR), Maritere Vargas (CR), Javier Gauto (PY) 

Technical Support: Eduardo Acosta 

Production: Laura Gazzotti