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
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
Invitation: Official selection: Cinéfondation Selection
Invitation or ranking in competition
School Common ARTS
Nov 2025
Yvonne Blake Awards 2025 - Special International Mention: Critical Costume
AAPEE Special International Mention awarded to Critical Costume (chair: Sofia Pantouvaki), for the educational and research work highlighting costume as a cultural and historical discipline.
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Film
Nov 2025
Research Award 2022
Research Award 2022 (Aalto ARTS) presented by the Dean, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Film
Mar 2022
Student prize: ODOTTAJAT, 2024, fiction, dir. Vilja Keskimäki
WINNER: Best Student Film
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Film
Jul 2025
Student prize: ODOTTAJAT, 2024, fiction, dir. Vilja Keskimäki
Invitation: Official selection of Short Student Films
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Film
Jul 2025
Student prize: MEMORABILIA, 2025, fiction, dir. Roosa Vuokkola, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: R&A Shorts – National Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
School Common ARTS
Sep 2025
Student prize: MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), 2025, fiction, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: Film and Art School Etudes Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
School Common ARTS
Nov 2025
Student prize: MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), 2025, fiction, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film
Official selection: International Short Film Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
School Common ARTS
Nov 2025
Student prize: MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), 2025, fiction, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: Young Audience Programme and competition for best Nordic or Baltic short film
Invitation or ranking in competition
School Common ARTS
Nov 2025
Student prize: MATALAPAINE (The Lightning Rod), 2025, fiction, dir. Helmi Donner, MA film
Invitation: Official selection: International Competition
Invitation or ranking in competition
School Common ARTS
Oct 2025
Research groups
- Costume in Focus Research Group
Publications
Michelle Liu Carriger, Sofia Pantouvaki
2025
Studies in Costume and Performance
Harri Laakso, Sofia Pantouvaki, Priska Falin
2025
RUUKKU: Studies in Artistic Research
Harri Laakso, Sofia Pantouvaki, Priska Falin
2025
Ruukku Studies in Artistic Research
Suzanne Osmond, Sofia Pantouvaki, Madeline Taylor
2025
Studies in Costume and Performance
Sofia Pantouvaki
2025
Sofia Pantouvaki, Michelle Liu Carriger
2025
Studies in Costume and Performance
Sofia Pantouvaki
2025
Sofia Pantouvaki, Suzanne Osmond
2025
Studies in Costume and Performance
Sofia Pantouvaki
2025
Suzanne Osmond, Sofia Pantouvaki
2024
Studies in Costume and Performance