Two Wars
Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars is a documentary essay film in two parts. The first concerns a prisoner-of-war camp in Monte... View Article
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The Worthless
The Worthless breathed new life into Finnish cinema, broke the mould and shattered perceptions that had become ossified into realism.... View Article
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The Northern Star
Saara Cantell’s new documentary The Northern Star dives into the twists and turns of acting legend Anneli Sauli’s (1932-2022) unbelievable... View Article
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The Mercenary Soldier
Beginning with a sequence that challenges even the unforgettable opening of Touch of Evil (1958), Anssi Mänttäri’s The Mercenary Soldier... View Article
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The Missile
The Missile, a carnivalisation of 1980s Finland that equates violation of the national border with invasion of privacy, begins when... View Article
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Stormskerry Maja
The fifth full-length film by director Tiina Lymi, who started out as an actress, then branched out into writing and... View Article
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Snowball Effect
What happens when ”the lay of the land” and good governance collide? Dubbed ”the Kittilä Crisis” in Wikipedia, the dispute... View Article
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Once Upon a Time in a Forest
Once Upon a Time in a Forest tackles a subject on which Finnish people are more opinionated than educated: the... View Article
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New Finnish Shorts
Mia Halme: Fabulous Cow Ladies (Finland, 2024, 30 min) An award-winning documentarian with a long career, Mia Halme gained wide... View Article
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Je’vida
The Midnight Sun Film Festival once again includes the landscapes of Lapland and the rights of the Sámi people in... View Article
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