The Mastermind
On the one hand, there is the Vietnam War and an era where people are encouraged to pick a side.... View Article
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Remake
As a fiction-oriented festival, we screen only a small number of documentaries. But when we do, they are either Finnish... View Article
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Queen at Sea
Amanda (Juliette Binoche) arrives at her mother’s place and finds her in bed with her stepfather Martin (Tom Courtenay). Martin... View Article
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My Father’s Shadow
Nigerian cinema finally arrives at the Midnight Sun Film Festival! Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow, one of last year’s... View Article
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Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Youthful vigor, the chaos of family life, summer volleyball at the beach, and cramped urban living – Joel Alfonso Vargas’... View Article
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Late Fame
Kent Jones, qualified in many ways in the art of cinema, visited Sodankylä in 2019, when we screened his fiction... View Article
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Blue Heron
The festival’s second Canadian-Eastern European film – in this case, Hungarian – directed by a young woman is Sophy Romvari’s... View Article
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Sisu: Road to Revenge
Director Jalmari Helander likes to twist solemn Finnish war dramas into spirited action genre pieces. First came Sisu (2023) which... View Article
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E
The storm of progress has swept reality away, leaving behind a desert. That, too, is part of the communication society.... View Article
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Masculinity and femininity take extreme, even parodic and violent forms in this riotous Aussie classic. The main players make up... View Article
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