Pandora’s Box
Pandora’s Box was not a sensation upon its initial release. The film, based on two plays by Frank Wedekind, was... View Article
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He Who Gets Slapped
Russian author Leonid Andrejev’s 1915 play quickly gained a wide audience in both Moscow and on Broadway, and in Russia... View Article
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The Kid
Charlie Chaplin’s first directorial feature is essentially a series of tragicomic events. In the beginning, an unwed mother (Edna Purviance)... 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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Therapy
Setting: a picturesque manor on the Estonian coast. Three couples arrive at a relationship retreat, each burdened by layers of... 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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The Squirrel
The Squirrel is a unique science fiction film depicting a world where the humans have scrubbed away all grime and... View Article
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Happy Sassy Beautiful
“You’re finally realizing your mission / you don’t need anyone’s permission.” In this biographical film, it takes Finnish singer Kaija... View Article
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Kalevala: the Story of Kullervo
The Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, has inspired our country’s artists across all fields since its publication, but in the... View Article
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A Light That Never Goes Out
The themes are timeless: the individual’s inability to fit in, youth, friendship and love, and above all, the impossibility and... View Article
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